A little advice pls...

[gaskie]

Folks,

I have just purchased an Asus P4S8X-X motherboard from my local shop, and it says that it supports Hyperthreading processors. My first question is this:

I thought that HT processors ran at 800mhz FSB, but the motherboard only states that is supports 400/533mhz. The way to enable HT support is by putting an HT processor in the motherboard, and then enabling a BIOS setting. Is this true HT support, or just a BIOS frig? Will I see the full benefits of HT?

My second question is, would it be better to plumb for a 2.533Ghz P4 N/W or a 2.4Ghz with HT? They are both the sam price, give or take a few quid so I really have no idea. I guess if the 2.533 is a better option, the first question is pretty much irrelevant, but I would still be intersted to know!

TIA,

James.

 

[fell8]

HT is supported by many if not all 533 processors. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, HT is built into every P4 and simply disabled in the earlier ones due to performance and marketing issues at the time (it may be possible to hack those processors).

Both processors are Northwoods and should support HT, however if the choices are between HT and slightly faster non-HT, go with HT as the feature makes the processor act like 2 processors (just make sure your OS supports either HT or SMP to take advantage of it).