Re: Game Company- Java Server Thread Priority

From: Nigel Wade (nmw_at_ion.le.ac.uk)
Date: 01/27/04


Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:42:50 +0000

BlackHawke wrote:
> We do have dual Xeon processors...
>
> Out of curiosity, is there a problem with hyperthreading?

Not that I know of.

> Will we run faster
> if we disable it?

The easiest way to answer that is to try it and see.

I thought that Windows desktop was licensed for a single processor, base
server for 2 and advanced server for more. I might be wrong though as I use
Linux not Windows.

What Windows does if you run desktop on dual processors, or basic server on
dual hyperthreading processors (which appear as 4) someone else will have to
answer. But if it totally disables your 2nd processor and allows the single,
hyperthread processor then it will most definitely run slower with
hyperthreading enabled.

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             University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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