XP Pro Multi CPU Support Question

[imported_Noob]

Will XP Pro recognize P4 HT CPU's as 2 CPU's? If so, will this increase performance in games?

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Noob
Will XP Pro recognize P4 HT CPU's as 2 CPU's? If so, will this increase performance?

Yes, as will XP home and MCE. As for performance, people will argue it really depends on what work load you have on your machine. But overall, yes, you should see some performance improvement.

Bill

 

[imported_Noob]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: Noob
Will XP Pro recognize P4 HT CPU's as 2 CPU's? If so, will this increase performance?

Yes, as will XP home and MCE. As for performance, people will argue it really depends on what work load you have on your machine. But overall, yes, you should see some performance improvement.

Bill

Sorry I didn't specify. Will it improve gaming?

 

[imported_Noob]

I have 2 graphs, one CPU Usage and the other PF Usage. On the CPU Usage there is one graph but split down the middle which forms 2 graphs that each have 1 line. Does this mean that Windows is recognizing the CPU as "2 CPU's"?

Also will there be a game performance improvement from XP Home to Xp Pro?

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Noob
I have 2 graphs, one CPU Usage and the other PF Usage. On the CPU Usage there is one graph but split down the middle which forms 2 graphs that each have 1 line. Does this mean that Windows is recognizing the CPU as "2 CPU's"?

Yes

Also will there be a game performance improvement from XP Home to Xp Pro?

They should have extremely similar performance.

B ill

 

[Nothinman]

Also will there be a game performance improvement from XP Home to Xp Pro?

Not likely. Some games like UT2K4 are multithreaded so there might be a little improvement in those, but most by are are single threaded and will only use 1 CPU. There's also the fact that the other CPU will be available for other things while the game is running, so if you have a lot running the background it might help. But it's 1 HT CPU and not 2 real CPUs so the benefits will probably be smaller than if you had a true SMP machine.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

Also will there be a game performance improvement from XP Home to Xp Pro?

Not likely. Some games like UT2K4 are multithreaded so there might be a little improvement in those, but most by are are single threaded and will only use 1 CPU. There's also the fact that the other CPU will be available for other things while the game is running, so if you have a lot running the background it might help. But it's 1 HT CPU and not 2 real CPUs so the benefits will probably be smaller than if you had a true SMP machine.

I think he was just asking Pro vs Home for gaming...

 

[Nothinman]

Yea, sorry, I quoted the last post but responded to the first.