Hyper Threading?

[Mike T.]

I have now a non-HT 2.53GHz, 512KB, 533MHz, Socket 478 CPU.

Would an:
*HT* 3.06GHz, 512KB, 533MHz, Socket 478 CPU
...speed up my systems graphics noticeably?

Nope. Not at all, in fact. -Dave

 

[SHRED]

I have now a non-HT 2.53GHz, 512KB, 533MHz, Socket 478 CPU.

Would an:
*HT* 3.06GHz, 512KB, 533MHz, Socket 478 CPU
....speed up my systems graphics noticeably?

I am running:
D845PET2 mobo
1g 2700 Crucial mem
NVIDIA 256mb 6800GS AGP
2 80g Seagate SATA hd's

Just looking to squeeze a bit more out and was wondering if it is worth
the $200 for a bump in CPU speed and the added HT feature?

thanks

 

[Marcel Overweel]

I have now a non-HT 2.53GHz, 512KB, 533MHz, Socket 478 CPU.

Would an:
*HT* 3.06GHz, 512KB, 533MHz, Socket 478 CPU
...speed up my systems graphics noticeably?

I am running:
D845PET2 mobo
1g 2700 Crucial mem
NVIDIA 256mb 6800GS AGP
2 80g Seagate SATA hd's

Just looking to squeeze a bit more out and was wondering if it is worth
the $200 for a bump in CPU speed and the added HT feature?

thanks

Because you are going from 2.5GHz to 3.0GHz; yes, *games* will run a little
better, depending on how cpu or gfx dependent the game is.
Because you are going from non-HT to HT: theoreticaly probably a little but
noticable absofraginglutely no.

I think the 500Mhz extra CPU power isn't worth 200 the dollars if it's just
for gaming.

regards,
Marcel

 

[Paul]

Because you are going from 2.5GHz to 3.0GHz; yes, *games* will run a little
better, depending on how cpu or gfx dependent the game is.
Because you are going from non-HT to HT: theoreticaly probably a little but
noticable absofraginglutely no.

I think the 500Mhz extra CPU power isn't worth 200 the dollars if it's just
for gaming.

regards,
Marcel

$70 buys an A8V S939 motherboard with AGP slot and DDR memory.
Probably not much of an overclockers board, but you won't need
to overclock. Use your existing RAM.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131541

For $135, I can get an S939 Athlon64 4000+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103529

Now you're gaming... For $205.

Paul

 

[JAD]

if you were a benchmarking program, but your never going to 'feel' the
difference.
another 512 of ram, setting the aperture properly and the settings within
the 'game' / software will have more of an effect. or of course the prime
thing that effects graphics of a system is...............the graphics card.

 

[Mxsmanic]

I have now a non-HT 2.53GHz, 512KB, 533MHz, Socket 478 CPU.

Would an:
*HT* 3.06GHz, 512KB, 533MHz, Socket 478 CPU
...speed up my systems graphics noticeably?

It depends on which application you are running to generate the
graphics.

If you are not running games, you should have not problem with system
graphics to begin with. If you do, you have a driver problem, not a
hardware problem. With your CPU and graphics card, graphics speed
should _never_ be a problem for any ordinary stuff, including system
stuff like opening and closing windows, moving windows, etc.

If you are running a game that uses 3D graphics very heavily, speeding
up the CPU won't improve their speed much, with or without HT. You
generally need a faster video card for that, although your card looks
pretty fast already.

If you are running a game that generates a lot of graphics in the CPU,
such as Flight Simulator, a faster CPU can improve graphics speed.

To provide from HT, you need a program that can run multiple threads,
and the threads must be doing _different_ things (if they are all
processing the same type of data in parallel, HT has hardly any effect
at all).

Just looking to squeeze a bit more out and was wondering if it is worth
the $200 for a bump in CPU speed and the added HT feature?

Impossible to say without knowing what you are running.

 

[EDM]

It depends on which application you are running to generate the
graphics.

And what video card he's using.

 

[Mxsmanic]

And what video card he's using.

He gave the video card, but didn't say which application he had in
mind.

 

[EDM]

Sorry.
Just games in general.
Like intensive graphics of the game F.E.A.R.'s caliber.

F.E.A.R. is more GPU-dependent than CPU. You'll get
a better speed boost by upgrading your video.

 

[SHRED]

He gave the video card, but didn't say which application he had in
mind.

Sorry.
Just games in general.
Like intensive graphics of the game F.E.A.R.'s caliber.

 

[SHRED]

F.E.A.R. is more GPU-dependent than CPU. You'll get
a better speed boost by upgrading your video.

Thanks.
I just mentioned that game because the demo causes a bit of stuttering
yet I can play it.
That might be the "ceiling" with my current set-up.

 

[Bob M]

Thanks.
I just mentioned that game because the demo causes a bit of stuttering
yet I can play it.
That might be the "ceiling" with my current set-up.

Turn off shadows in the game FEAR itself and that should help you
with the stuttering. I can't remember right now but I think the exact
setting is "light shadows" or something like that. I had the same
problem along with a lot of other people.

Bob

 

[JAD]

Thanks.
I just mentioned that game because the demo causes a bit of stuttering
yet I can play it.
That might be the "ceiling" with my current set-up.

You know something that hasn't been mentioned....DirectX and its
installation check the diag software and make sure all is well there.