edbug Posts: 10 +0 Aug 21, 2008 #1 my system shows up "Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz" but it shows this twice on device manager? Does this mean that i have 6.40GHz worth of processing power?
my system shows up "Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz" but it shows this twice on device manager? Does this mean that i have 6.40GHz worth of processing power?
dustin_ds3000 Posts: 918 +49 Aug 21, 2008 #2 all the newer p4s use hyper-threading to simulate 2 cores but its not very useful. no you only have one core running at 3.2 ghz
all the newer p4s use hyper-threading to simulate 2 cores but its not very useful. no you only have one core running at 3.2 ghz
edbug Posts: 10 +0 Aug 21, 2008 #3 dustin_ds3000 said: all the newer p4s use hyper-threading to simulate 2 cores but its not very useful. no you only have one core running at 3.2 ghz Click to expand... Burst my bubble why don't ya! Haha, i was getting all excited then! Thank you for the info!
dustin_ds3000 said: all the newer p4s use hyper-threading to simulate 2 cores but its not very useful. no you only have one core running at 3.2 ghz Click to expand... Burst my bubble why don't ya! Haha, i was getting all excited then! Thank you for the info!