On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:32:24 +0000 Dick Gevers got an infinite number of monkeys to type out:
> >It never even occurred to me when I was buying my new P4 rig, to ask > >whether the CPU is dual core or not... > > > >The MOBO supports it, but is there some way to tell one way or the other? > > > >Here I am, looking for another way to break my system ;-) > > Usually the P4's are, so use the smp kernel and it will show 2 cpus as > running, both in dmesg and e.g. in gkrellm. But to be sure look up the exact > type at www.intel.com. But they're not very clear whether or not ht is > enabled / whether or not they are 64-bit enabled: you have to look real > hard. So ht and dual core are the same thing? I ask because in MCC, it shows this: Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe lm pni monitor ds_cpl tm2 cid cx16 xtpr I noticed that 'ht' (Hyperthreading?), but I wasn't sure if that meant the same thing. How much more 'oomph' would I get out of an smp kernel? This thing's pretty fast as it is... > BTW, it's not a stupid question ;) :-) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Rule $19.99 (Brad `Squid' Shapcott): The Internet *isn't* *free*. It just has an economy that makes no sense to capitalism. ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
