psinfo question (pstools - sysinternals.com)

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Musafir

Hi,

How reliable is the psinfo.exe information? I ask because the systems
team in our organization claims that we have a dual processor server
while the psinfo for the server is ->

C:\temp>c:\Sysint\Psinfo.exe \\newServer

PsInfo 1.34 - local and remote system information viewer
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System information for \\newServer:
Uptime: 4 days, 20 hours, 59 minutes, 38 seconds
Kernel version: Microsoft Windows 2000, Multiprocessor Free
Product type: Server
Product version: 5.0
Service pack: 3
Kernel build number: 2195
Registered organization: My Organization
Registered owner: Tagged
Install date: 04/17/2003, 6:16:11 PM
IE version: 5.5000
System root: C:\WINNT
Processors: 4
Processor speed: 2.7 GHz
Processor type: x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7,
GenuineIntel
Physical memory: 5632 MB

Any and all pointers appreciated. Someone mentioned 'hyperthreading'
and processors behaving as if they were duals.

Thanks in advance,
Sharad Agarwal
 
Musafir said:
Hi,

How reliable is the psinfo.exe information? I ask because the systems
team in our organization claims that we have a dual processor server
while the psinfo for the server is ->
....
Processors: 4
Processor speed: 2.7 GHz
Processor type: x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7,
GenuineIntel
Physical memory: 5632 MB

Any and all pointers appreciated. Someone mentioned 'hyperthreading'
and processors behaving as if they were duals.
Click to expand...

That is the answer, so what do you ask for.

The HT-Feature simulates two CPU's to the software. Intel researched
that parts of the cpu hat idle times so they intergrated a second set
of registers between which the cpu can switch quite fast. In a multi-
tasking environment the overall performance is increased, even if some
software using one thread might be slower.

hth
Matthias
 
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