Re: [Expert] Hyper-threading okay?

[Miark]

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:55:53 +1000, Hugh wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Miark [mailto:mlist@gardnerbusiness.com] 
> > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:46 AM
> > To: Expert
> > Subject: [Expert] Hyper-threading okay?
> > 
> > Any caveats with hyper-threading in 2006? 
> > 
> > Miark
> 
> I have been regularly using the smp kernel for a while.
> I have stability problems in KDE, but that seems to happen
> regardless of kernel (and even regardless of whether I have
> Kat running...) It 'feels' better, but I am totally unable to
> back this up :) Hugh

Honestly, I don't really care about the hyper threading--I just
wanted a faster CPU, which a 3GHz P4 will be(*). Am I correct in
assuming that by running the 1UP kernel, I'll be getting _all_
the benefit of its speed? In other words, I won't get any
performance hit just because the chip itself wants to run HT,
right?

Miark

(*) In fact, I'll be running Win XP for one reason alone: to play
    Half-Life 2, and I understand that HL2 screws up if you have
    HT enabled, so I absolutely don't want it in Winblows.