Ivy E vs Haswell E for gaming

[Ajay]

Can some one please explain what the benefits of hypthreading are? I know that a 2 core cpu an have 4 threads but surely it is just spreading the workload over 2 physical cores, how much benefit can be gained and why?

Here's a quick overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-threading

 

[TheRyuu]

HPET enabled is noticeable on my EVGA 760 A1 in Unreal Tournament III online DM where my ping is 20-30s. There is an odd system lag that isn't in sync with an online frag. I wouldn't say the same thing for HPET enabled on this Asrock X58 Extreme VS Disabled for playing Red Orchestra Rising Storm online. I can't feel a difference.

I should have clarified, I meant the useplatformclock bullshit (but anyway, I guess that's kind of off topic for this thread although I think the comparison still holds true).