pentium D with windows xp

[sdadept]

does windows xp show the pentium D 930 as 4 way? because of the dual core with hyperthreading?

 

[InorganicMatter]

The 930D does not have hyperthreading, only dual-core. So no, you will only see two cores. The 955X, on the other hand, has dual-core and then hyperthreading in each core, for a total of four. You will see four cores on that one.

 

[StealthyFish]

Yea, only the extreme editions have dual core with hyperthreading... so it'd only show as 2 cores (which still isn't bad)

 

[sdadept]

ah i see. Any idea when the 955x's will be available?

 

[JetUsafMech]

ah i see. Any idea when the 955x's will be available?

Now.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116246

Typical EE (or XE, whatever's "hip") pricing.

 

[sdadept]

$1158.... shazam. heh. k, maybe I should rephrase the question. Any idea when they are going to be mainstream?

 

[JetUsafMech]

Pretty much never. Intel's Extreme Edition line has never really came down, even from the socket 478 days.

 

[lt_shiro]

Windows XP Pro only supports two cpus.

 

[JasonE4]

Windows XP Pro only supports two cpus.

So therefore Win XP Pro supports one dual core hyperthreaded CPU. XP does support the EE CPUs.

 

[chrisf6969]

Microsoft has defined CPU as a processor package. (or socket) So when quad core procesors come out, it will still only be considered a "single" cpu system and work even with XP Home.

XP Home, supports dual core & even the 955XE.
XP Pro will support dual packages, which could be like 2 opteron 275's (2 dual core processors = 4 cpus)