On Saturday 18 June 2005 1:04 pm, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Sa, den 18.06.2005 schrieb Claude Jones um 18:51: >.............. you say that I 'may' want to > > use this kernel. What considerations should govern this decision, or is > > there a page that discusses this more in depth that you can refer me to? > > Here I am :) good ;-) > I said "may" because it should not sound as a general recommendation to > use the Hyperthreading mode of your processor. In many cases > Hyperthreading (virtually 2 CPUs while being physically 1 single CPU > core) can improve the operation speed. If running several applications > in parallel you can have the feeling that applications react more > smoothly. On the other hand I remember reports where active > Hyperthreading reduced the CPU operation speed over all. So it depends > on what you are doing in specific with your system. > Under another cap, I'm a video editor on a Windows platform, and the same considerations have been discussed in depth relating to the editing package I use - in fact, it was recommended that hyper-threading be turned off for this particular workstation. -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
