P4 HTT enabled vs disabled

I remember a few days or so ago I was having a discussion with someone (who
I can't remember), about Intel's HTT enabled processors being slower than
the identical processors with HTT disabled. I was reading some benchmarks
just now and I found a case where this is exactly true:
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/...deo/index.html
Scroll to MPEG1/MainConcept.

The Intel P4 2.4 beats out the P4 2.4C w/HTT enabled, which itself loses to
a Celeron 2.4.

Interesting to see the performance hit caused by the overhead.

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DeMoN LaG

DeMoN LaG wrote:
> I remember a few days or so ago I was having a discussion with
> someone (who I can't remember), about Intel's HTT enabled processors
> being slower than the identical processors with HTT disabled. I was
> reading some benchmarks just now and I found a case where this is
> exactly true:
> http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/...deo/index.html
> Scroll to MPEG1/MainConcept.
>
> The Intel P4 2.4 beats out the P4 2.4C w/HTT enabled, which itself
> loses to a Celeron 2.4.
>
> Interesting to see the performance hit caused by the overhead.

Interesting...yes it does seem to make a difference, and I've seen this
happen when comparing running a single app vs another single app without
HT. The HT does have an advantage in multi-tasking though, does it not?

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"Night_Seer" <ecamacho4 at hotmail dot com> wrote in
news::

> Interesting...yes it does seem to make a difference, and I've seen this
> happen when comparing running a single app vs another single app without
> HT. The HT does have an advantage in multi-tasking though, does it not?
>

Theoretically, yes.

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On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 03:09:40 -0000, DeMoN LaG <n@a> wrote:

>"Night_Seer" <ecamacho4 at hotmail dot com> wrote in
>news::
>
>> Interesting...yes it does seem to make a difference, and I've seen this
>> happen when comparing running a single app vs another single app without
>> HT. The HT does have an advantage in multi-tasking though, does it not?
>>
>
>Theoretically, yes.


Question? I sit worth the extra money to buy a P4 HT if you plan on
making DVD's from home made VHS tapes? Planning on building my own
computer and confused between using an AMD or P4 or P4 HT.

Thanks,
Steve

daults(spy)@comcsat.net wrote in news:466u009qnfddkg27f4chvm4sbco05f22t2@
4ax.com:

> Question? I sit worth the extra money to buy a P4 HT if you plan on
> making DVD's from home made VHS tapes? Planning on building my own
> computer and confused between using an AMD or P4 or P4 HT.

I would definitely go for a P4 w/HTT if given a choice between having it or
not having it. As for Athlon/P4, that depends. The only way to tell what
is right for you is to look at benchmarks, and see which does better at the
things you do most, and then decide if the difference in price between the
P4 and Athlon of your choice warrants spending more for a little more
performance or saving some money and dealing with a few extra minutes per
hour spent encoding or whatever.

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DeMoN LaG wrote:
> daults(spy)@comcsat.net wrote in
> news:466u009qnfddkg27f4chvm4sbco05f22t2@ 4ax.com:
>
>> Question? I sit worth the extra money to buy a P4 HT if you plan on
>> making DVD's from home made VHS tapes? Planning on building my own
>> computer and confused between using an AMD or P4 or P4 HT.
>
> I would definitely go for a P4 w/HTT if given a choice between having
> it or not having it. As for Athlon/P4, that depends. The only way
> to tell what is right for you is to look at benchmarks, and see which
> does better at the things you do most, and then decide if the
> difference in price between the P4 and Athlon of your choice warrants
> spending more for a little more performance or saving some money and
> dealing with a few extra minutes per hour spent encoding or whatever.

I would agree, until there is a 64 bit Windows for Athlon 64, nothing
can top the P4 for video encoding.

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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:25:06 -0800, "Night_Seer" <ecamacho4 at hotmail
dot com> wrote:

>DeMoN LaG wrote:
>> daults(spy)@comcsat.net wrote in
>> news:466u009qnfddkg27f4chvm4sbco05f22t2@ 4ax.com:
>>
>>> Question? I sit worth the extra money to buy a P4 HT if you plan on
>>> making DVD's from home made VHS tapes? Planning on building my own
>>> computer and confused between using an AMD or P4 or P4 HT.
>>
>> I would definitely go for a P4 w/HTT if given a choice between having
>> it or not having it. As for Athlon/P4, that depends. The only way
>> to tell what is right for you is to look at benchmarks, and see which
>> does better at the things you do most, and then decide if the
>> difference in price between the P4 and Athlon of your choice warrants
>> spending more for a little more performance or saving some money and
>> dealing with a few extra minutes per hour spent encoding or whatever.
>
>I would agree, until there is a 64 bit Windows for Athlon 64, nothing
>can top the P4 for video encoding.

Thank both of you for the advice, looks like I'll pay the extra and go
with the P4/HTT. I did check out a site someone posted here a while
back and the benchmarks for video encoding was confusing. Some
programs the AMD was better and some the P4. So I'll go with the P4
and buy a program that works best with it.

daults(spy)@comcsat.net wrote in news:eed010lrd52jlvs7cuh7c2e1ufkvqv33ee@
4ax.com:

> Some
> programs the AMD was better and some the P4. So I'll go with the P4
> and buy a program that works best with it.
>

Yes, that's the thing. Neither company's chip is better across the board.
Some video encoders like Athlons, some like P4s. Some games like Athlons,
some games like P4s. Like I said, look at what software you like to use
and get the CPU that runs it better.

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