On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 08:46:54AM -0600, Dave Dutcher wrote: > > > The machine has 2x Intel dual core processors (3GHz) and 2 Gigs of > ram. > > > > Unless I missed some big news recently, no such CPU exists. > > Hyperthreading is absolutely not the same as dual core, and many > people > > have found that it's best to disable hyperthreading on database > servers. > > Maybe I'm confused by the marketing, but I think those CPUs do exist. > According to New Egg the Pentium D 830 and the Pentium D 930 both are > dual core Pentiums that run at 3Ghz. It also specifically says these > processors don't support hyper threading, so I believe they really have > two cores. Maybe you are thinking he was talking about a 3Ghz Core > Duo. A quick google shows I'm just behind the times; Intel does have true dual-core CPUs now. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
