Re: Game Company- Java Server Thread Priority

From: BlackHawke (blackhawke_at_legacygames.net)
Date: 01/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 04:28:54 GMT

We do have dual Xeon processors...

Out of curiosity, is there a problem with hyperthreading? Will we run faster
if we disable it?

Nick

"Nigel Wade" <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:bv3426$rrc$1@south.jnrs.ja.net...
> BlackHawke wrote:
> > I know that there is CPU Throttling in Windows 2003... Is that only for
IIS?
> >
> > We found a way to compile this into native code... It's now revved up to
25%
> > of the CPU cycles during intense work... I notice that in the
"performance"
> > section of the task manager it lists 4 CPU's (we only have 2)... It's
> > letting us max out one of the "4" to 100%.... Any way to let it max them
> > all?
> >
> > Again, I increased the priority, but no luck....
> >
> > Nick
> >
>
> That implies you've got dual Xeon processors with Hyperthreading enabled.
> That might be confusing Windows into thinking you've got 4 processors. How
> many processors is the verion of w3k on that system licensed for? It could
> be ignoring processors for which you don't have a license. Of course, this
> is pure speculation on my part...
>
> Try disabling Hyperthreading in the BIOS so Windows only sees the 2
> processors you actually have, and see what happens.
>
>
> --
> Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group,
> University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
> E-mail : nmw@ion.le.ac.uk
> Phone : +44 (0)116 2523548, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555
>

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