I still use a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 (512KB L2 cache) and I still can't get a job yet, and I'm a little pissed that I can't use multi-threading. I do know that Every Northwood Pentium 4 has hyper-threading on it, but only the 2.8GHz and higher version has hyper-threading unlocked. I was wondering if anyone has figured out how to unlock it on lower ones.
It unlocks automatically when you reach Master Gunnery Sergeant.
This might help you:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=184612
http://forum.osnn.net/showthread.php?t=40046
http://www.devhardware.com/forums/intel … 38134.html
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/s … hp?t=36849
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and these:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/sho … php?t=4807
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=14346
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=184612
http://forum.osnn.net/showthread.php?t=40046
http://www.devhardware.com/forums/intel … 38134.html
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/s … hp?t=36849
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and these:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/sho … php?t=4807
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=14346
Last edited by xGj (2008-02-08 10:31:44)
Not all P4 Northwoods support HT. Some have it and has it disabled, yes, and that's programmed onto the die and can't be changed without intel's CPU factory.
HT doesn't affect performance that much anyhow. In fact, it makes some applications slower.
HT doesn't affect performance that much anyhow. In fact, it makes some applications slower.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP