Anyone using W2K with a HyperThreading chip?

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Yeff

Googling around I find that either W2K works fine with the chips or
shouldn't be used with the chips. I can't find anything definitive,
though.

I'm currently getting the funds together to build my first box (time to
replace my aging Dell 450Mhz) and want to know if I should avoid the chips
or what?

I *am* going to go with an Intel chip so the AMD/bang/buck argument has
already been decided in my mind. I just need to which flavor of Intel to
choose.

Looking on Newegg the price difference between a 533Mhz FSB and an 800Mhz
FBS is only $5 dollars at the moment
<http://makeashorterlink.com/?F27311606> so I need to know if running W2K
on the 2.8C is going to give me more problems than the small price
difference is worth?

Thanks for any help.

-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com
 
You should be able to disable the Hyperthreading in the BIOS if it causes
problems..

John S.
 
Yeff said:
Googling around I find that either W2K works fine with the chips or
shouldn't be used with the chips. I can't find anything definitive,
though.

I'm currently getting the funds together to build my first box (time to
replace my aging Dell 450Mhz) and want to know if I should avoid the chips
or what?

I *am* going to go with an Intel chip so the AMD/bang/buck argument has
already been decided in my mind. I just need to which flavor of Intel to
choose.

Looking on Newegg the price difference between a 533Mhz FSB and an 800Mhz
FBS is only $5 dollars at the moment
<http://makeashorterlink.com/?F27311606> so I need to know if running W2K
on the 2.8C is going to give me more problems than the small price
difference is worth?

Thanks for any help.

-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com
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From what I have read (I only use AMD at the moment) you can use HT on W2K
and it shows up as 2 CPUs. You should have HT enabled before you install
W2K to ensure the correct HAL is loaded.

Only problems I have heard of is if you have a dual HT system as W2K Pro
will only allow 2 CPUs and a dual HT system would make W2K think there were
4 CPUs so only the first 2 would show.

Andy
 
Howdy!

Only problems I have heard of is if you have a dual HT system as W2K Pro
will only allow 2 CPUs and a dual HT system would make W2K think there were
4 CPUs so only the first 2 would show.
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I've not tried a dual-Xeon HT capable machine yet, but supposedly
SP3 and above will treat a HyperThread CPU that's HyperThreading as one CPU
for license count.

SUPPOSEDLY.

So far, I've not felt any strong reason to verify this.

Then again, 2K Pro is a 4 CPU license anyway ...

It's XP Pro that's 2 CPUs only.

RwP
 
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