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Hyper-Threading 4% drop with IntelBurnTest, so...

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IanM

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...at what point does Hyper-Threading become useful for home desktop use and gaming?

The 4% performance drop in IntelBurnTest makes sense as the CPU is being pushed to maximum load without Hyper-Threading, and I can't imagine the performance penalty is as high under normal applications and games - as under more typical circumstances the CPU probably has processing to spare for managing multiple threads.

Hyper-threading is primarily for multi-tasking, I rarely have more than 3-4 applications open plus anti-virus in the background, and when I play games the applications are closed down. So can I benefit from Hyper-Threading or is it mostly going to cause a performance hit - albeit one so small that it will go unnoticed?
 
The way I see it, those extra threads allow me to keep my background programs (such as web browser, antivirus, etc) running while I play games or do other tasks, and not impact performance noticeably. But then again, this i7 rig is so much faster than anything I have used before performance "hits" are not seat-of-the-pants noticed by me at all.
 
4x4not said:
The way I see it, those extra threads allow me to keep my background programs (such as web browser, antivirus, etc) running while I play games or do other tasks, and not impact performance noticeably. But then again, this i7 rig is so much faster than anything I have used before performance "hits" are not seat-of-the-pants noticed by me at all.
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As I read the first portion of your post, I glanced down at your sig and thought to myself "this dude has an i7 why in the hell is he worried about leaving firefox/chrome whatever and an antivirus open."

I'm glad you made sense of it all for me at the end there. You really know how to tie things together my man.
 
TheBlueChanell said:
I'm glad you made sense of it all for me at the end there. You really know how to tie things together my man.
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As an engineer I have to do that all the time, and dumb things down for managers much less intelligent than most of the members of this BB :D
 
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