Hyperthreading worth the extra cost?

[JML]

I've been looking at a 2500+ Barton (a mere $90 on newegg) vs a 2.6c P4 ($170, almost double the price of the Barton).

Is the hyperthreading noticeable in every day applications and general windows use?

 

[Mr. $T$]

I've been looking at a 2500+ Barton (a mere $90 on newegg) vs a 2.6c P4 ($170, almost double the price of the Barton).

Is the hyperthreading noticeable in every day applications and general windows use?

no I see no difference, the apps I run are internet, games, music, e-mail, and occasional video editing. In fact with win 2k I see it being faster with it turned off , however If you have XP it should work fine even on Home because that is the os it was made for.

 

[shortbus_]

thats because win2k doesnt support it :<

 

[Dc5e]

i heard with video editing and stuff, some people say they saw up to 30% speed increase... it really depends on what your doing.

 

[barton2500]

Intel's website shows that if you game and do video encoding at the same time, the game will not lag with HT; without HT the game lags.

HT isn't worth it unless you plan on running 2 or more processor intensive tasks simultaneuously.

 

[jazztrumpet216]

thats because win2k doesnt support it :<

Yes it does. HT is supported by anything that supports 2 CPUs. It just works better in XP.

 

[eaglescouter]

thats because win2k doesnt support it :<

I'm running Windows 2000 on a P4 3.2Ghz with HT enabled. Windows 2000 absolutely does support HT and my Seti productions shows a production increase with HT enabled.

I don't know if it justifies the cost though.

 

[JML]

Doesn't seem like it's really worth the extra $80. Guess I'll stick with AMD

 

[Tawcan]

It really depends on what you use your computer for. If you're just using it for browsing and occasionally gaming then I doubt you'll notice the difference. If you do a lot of video/sound editing or folding then yes it would be worth it IMO.

 

[Noodles]

Who would try to encode a video while playing a game anyway? Its nice that you can but...it just seems like I'd be doing a half assed job of both of them.

 

[tom10167]

^^^^^ My thoughts EXACTLY.

 

[Surfeit00]

Defintely, it lets me run 2 x SETIs instead of one

 

[barton2500]

Isn't 2 bartons->MP better than hyperthreaded P4? You'd get to real processor.

 

[Surfeit00]

Isn't 2 bartons->MP better than hyperthreaded P4? You'd get to real processor.

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it would also cost a lot more than a 2.4c rig

 

[chasingapple]

I vote for the Barton setup, save the money and maybe upgrade another component?

 

[zabomb4163]

are you planing on buying all new components?

-if not

what components are you planing on keeping?

 

[chasingapple]

Nice overclock zabomb4163!!!!!

 

[JML]

Thinkin about it as a xmas present. I'm not sure what board I want, though I'd like it to have SATA RAID (can windows boot from a SATA RAID set-up?), and have a 400FSB. To go w/ the mobo, Corsair XMS PC3200 512MB ram, and maybe two of those new WD 10,000 RPM SATA drives >=-)

There's prob some other crap I want I can't think of at the moment cause I'm exhausted. I'd appreciate motherboard suggestions though

 

[zabomb4163]

Nice overclock zabomb4163!!!!!

on my 9700, 8rda+, or 2.6C?

 

[a12bc3]

Whos looking @ zabomb's sig when you can look at his avatar

Anyways ... I think he means the 8RDA+ ... 240 is good cept the 7 multiplier

I got my 2.4C --> 3.1Ghz 100% stable on stock cooling.