why does xp think i have 2 cpu's?

[deepfried]

Hello again.

right, when i go on hardware manager to check if all my drivers etc are working, i notice somthing. under the processors tab, It says i have 2 pentium 4's.

which is odd, seeign as i have a single core prescott p4e. also, it says hyperthreading is available but disabled. when i run the hyperthreadign test from intels website, it says it cant examien the hardware. and yes, my board does suppord HT.

any answers to this mad, gnarly problem?

matt x

 

[FragTek]

Hyperthreading. Don't pay any attention to Windows telling you HT is disabled.

 

[Ham]

HT = 2 vertual cpus. Thats why it shows as 2 in DM.

My geuss is it will detect it as two cpus whether HT is enables or not. Afaik its part of the hardware/chipset.

Frag beat me there

 

[Rastalovich]

Multiple processor drivers being listed in there isn`t anything to worry about, if u don`t have 2, it just happens that a driver for the processor is installed without the complete removal of the other.

EDIT: I`ll get my coat.

 

[nathan]

Multiple processor drivers being listed in there isn`t anything to worry about, if u don`t have 2, it just happens that a driver for the processor is installed without the complete removal of the other.

EDIT: I`ll get my coat.

nathan holds the door open (j/k)

 

[deepfried]

yay!

hehe, thanks, i'm very n00bish with intel cpu's

you were right HT is enabled, just intels prog is a bag of crap. I'm extremely pleased with this cpu, its handling games a hell of a lot better than my celly d, and for only 30 quid more

My only problem now is that my 9600xt's default gpu clock is 325 (9600 pro level) rather than the tasty 500 its sposed to be. i wondered if maybe someone (ionicle hehe) loaded the wrong bios on? it is a 9600xt because its got the model number printed on it and it uses the rv360 core.

think its worth flashing , or should i just adjust core manually with atitool/omega drivers?

 

[Ham]

9600? just save up and by a 6600GT...

 

[NickS]

Flash the BIOS. The Pro probably has tighter timings.

 

[Rastalovich]

9600? just save up and by a 6600GT...

The 6600GT is a great card, cheap and cheerful atm too

 

[deepfried]

ha ha don't worry, ATI's old battered servile hound is soon to be laid to rest in the scrap heap, being replaced by a 7600gs

what can i say, im on a major budget. just ran futuremark games adviser and my cpu's performance at 3.5ghz is equal to 4.50, don't know how they work that out. amazingly, with my crappy vid card i still scored better than 66% of other pc's what can i say, apart from that i'm very happy, and i can't wait for 7 series budget ownage to unleashed, muhahah:yumyum: