Re: kernel settings with x86 hyperthreading
On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 04:20:47PM +0100, Fabio wrote:
My last question is about the hyperthreading itself: Do we really get
improvements by turning on that feature? The kernel has been written with
supported multiple CPU operations, so I think it would benefit from hyper.,
but what about KDE, konqueror, kdevelop, qtdesigner and gcc (these are my
most used applications) ?
It's highly, highly load dependent. From what people tell me, with a normal
desktop workload, it's pretty good. For scientific computing ("keep the CPU
as busy as possible"), it's often not good at all.
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