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I recently upgraded the processor in my Dell Dimension 4500 to the
Northwood 3.06 P4. Everything runs smooth as glass, but the 4500 does
not permit taking advantage of the new cpu's hyperthreading ability.
I'm contemplating swapping out the mobo for an 8300 mobo so I can use
the CPU and RAM I presently have while getting a mobo that will allow
for upgrades down the road if I need/want them. From what I
understand, hyperthreading is not utilized by many programs aside from
video editing and rendering. Is that about right, or does HT offer a
performance boost in other apps? I actually do quite a bit of video
editing and rendering in that I'm slowly transferring a lot of VHS
stuff onto DVD, but I usually leave the rendering for an overnight
task, so encoding speed isn't all that much of an issue for me.
Any thoughts?
I recently upgraded the processor in my Dell Dimension 4500 to the
Northwood 3.06 P4. Everything runs smooth as glass, but the 4500 does
not permit taking advantage of the new cpu's hyperthreading ability.
I'm contemplating swapping out the mobo for an 8300 mobo so I can use
the CPU and RAM I presently have while getting a mobo that will allow
for upgrades down the road if I need/want them. From what I
understand, hyperthreading is not utilized by many programs aside from
video editing and rendering. Is that about right, or does HT offer a
performance boost in other apps? I actually do quite a bit of video
editing and rendering in that I'm slowly transferring a lot of VHS
stuff onto DVD, but I usually leave the rendering for an overnight
task, so encoding speed isn't all that much of an issue for me.
Any thoughts?