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comper6
When I ran devmgmt.msc on my XP machine, it stated that i had 2 Intel Pentium 4 3.00 ghz CPUs. I have not upgraded the computer to 2 CPUs so is there really 2 CPUs
CTskifreak
That was Intel's Hyperthreading Technology. It (sort of) simulated having a second core, allowing programs to take advantage of it. Read up on it here: Wikipedia: Hyperthreading

AJ
comper6
QUOTE (CTskifreak @ Apr 19 2009, 12:34 PM) *
That was Intel's Hyperthreading Technology. It (sort of) simulated having a second core, allowing programs to take advantage of it. Read up on it here: Wikipedia: Hyperthreading

AJ

Yeah, that's it because when I boot up there is the little HT thing on the side of the pentium 4
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