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169956 2003-08-23 12:24:00 Just wondering... my flatmate reckons that Windows 2000 doesn't support Hyperthreading... A quick search on Google shows some mention, but was wondering which OS is best suited for HT??

Lo.
Lohsing (219)
169957 2003-08-23 12:32:00 Windows XP Pro BIFF (1)
169958 2003-08-23 12:40:00 Or Windows Server 2003 BIFF (1)
169959 2003-08-23 12:41:00 But not Windows 2000 Pro...? Lohsing (219)
169960 2003-08-23 13:00:00 NOT Windows 2000

www.theinquirer.net
godfather (25)
169961 2003-08-23 22:10:00 www.intel.com

Personally I thrinks its just another marketing ploy .
mark.p (383)
169962 2003-08-24 15:04:00 And is the program you are using optimized for hyperthreading????? mikebartnz (21)
169963 2003-08-24 23:15:00 Windows XP (Or server 2K3 or Linux...) is really the only OS you can use because it doesnt read the number of CPU's from the BIOS.

Win2K asks the BIOS how many CPU's there are and goes by that.

I've heard fire-light tales as such of people who've gotten Win2K to support hyperthreading by trying to do a little bit of hacking of Windows, but nothing concrete to offer sorry.

If you actually NEED it, then upgrade OS to XP or try the Open-Source alternatives!
Chilling_Silently (228)
169964 2003-08-24 23:18:00 It's all good.... I've done a full fresh install and it's running very nicely now! ;)

Pity that hardly any of my programs are HT optimised... :(

Lo.
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