Hyperthreading question

[Hacp]

How effective is hyperthreading for multi-tasking? I'm not talking about extreme multi tasking, but things like encoding songs while playing wow. How effective will it be? IE, how much of a performance boost will hyperthreading offer?

 

[dhw200]

on a single application, such as a game, it will make no real difference. for multitasking, its pretty good

 

[Sprooty]

i find it quite good, i can run aplications and play games at the same time works fine.

 

[Apokalipse]

it depends on the applications you're running

 

[Hacp]

Do you mean that hyperthreading won't work for just general multitasking? For example, how about if i have limewire running, encoding with itunes, and also watching a dvd on wmp at the same time. Will a hyperthreaded processor be able to encode the songs significantly faster than the non hyperthreaded processor?

 

[woot7800GT]

well, it's alot better than a regular p4 at multi.

 

[m3trj]

I noticed a difference between my P4 2.6 without HT, and my 3Ghz with HT. HT seems to be very good at what it does.

 

[idiotec]

I would say it does a good job as well. I always have a bunch of crap running at one, including dvd decoding, never a problem.