OMG!!! HT is So cool!

[Torlok2002]

Wow..... was browsing around gateways site and ran across this..... finally i can play solitaire and write that report at the same time now that i got HT on my new CPU.



"Hyper-threading
Run two programs at once with Intel's state-of-the-art Hyper-threading technology. Juggle two programs at once when you convert music and edit a video or play a game and encode a CD at the same time.

Benefits:
Increase productivity
Run two programs simultaneously
Decrease system slowdowns
Enhance performance and efficiency "



Talk about misleading customers.... of course not like most customers would even understand even if gateway relly did explain it!!! Looks like the marketing folks got a little to far out of the box here.....

[zybch]

I was going to say that you don't seem to have many friends till I read the last paragraph :)

As far as I know HT is simply a method to keep the P4's overlong pipelines full.
I think they are something like 20 instructions long and so if the branch prediction thingumy makes a mistake you have to wait till the 20 stage pipeline fills up again before proceeding. This really slows things down.

AMD have a much shorter pipeline (10-12 I think)so if an error is made it takes nowhere near as long to fill the pipeline and carry on.

P4s can reach nice high clock speeds because they have a long pipeline and its usually (well more often than not) filled with correct data. Things like encoding video/audio work quite well in this way which is why the P4s always benchmark better than the Athlons at these kind of tasks.

HT running a single program is often slower than if you ran it on a non-HT chip. Good one Intel.

[Torlok2002]

yeah... this "EASY PC" thing has gotten out of hand..... everytime i hear the Dell commercial "Forget mega-this, and Giga-that....just tell us what you want to do and well build the system for you" i want to vomit......

Since when has it become a good practice to become a ignorant customer? You wouldnt buy a car if the dealer said "Forget 4 door this, and 2.0 liter that.... just tell us what you want to do and we will pick out the vehicle for you."

[fishybawb]

Think someone should mention the term "multitasking" to Gateway's marketing bods? :D

[Torlok2002]

Perhaps when PCI-X is released we will be able to use multiple PCI card AT THE SAME TIME!

Sad thing is... i hate it when people come to me claiming how great this new technology is.... and they dont have a single clue about what it really does.

[Cyan]

Originally posted by Torlok2002
Sad thing is... i hate it when people come to me claiming how great this new technology is.... and they dont have a single clue about what it really does.

But it helps the market :D So I'm fine with it.

[tantone]

Come on down to Gateway Country where you can get a computer and do stuff with it:

- look at porn
(that's right! real porn!!!)

- look at more porn
(still not satisfied???)

- look at FOREIGN porn
(now we're talkin')

internet connection required

PLUS:
- it comes with a keyboard and a mouse!!
- some manuals that you'll never read
- a power cable (FREE!!!)

Don't forget about the award winning Windowx SP operating system and the Intel Pentium4 processor with HyperThreading!! Now you'll be able to look at two porn sites simultaneously!!!!

[j.m@talk]

Originally posted by tantone
Come on down to Gateway Country where you can get a computer and do stuff with it:

- look at porn
(that's right! real porn!!!)

- look at more porn
(still not satisfied???)

- look at FOREIGN porn
(now we're talkin')

Might get a Gateway next then ;)

[Bob The Great]

plus they're advertising all those big old plasma screens :p

J.M. is in heaven...well probably more like hell but its heaven to him :D

[Bluehail]

Ignorant consumers are the wave of the future. Just like the increasing number of welfare recipients.

[Strawbs]

Originally posted by Bluehail
... Just like the increasing number of welfare recipients. http://www.kurts-smilies.de/augenreib.gif Wow ...never expected that!!!

[zybch]

Originally posted by Bluehail
Ignorant consumers are the wave of the future. Just like the increasing number of welfare recipients.

You'd get along well with Billforce.

[Billforce]

DA dA dA dA dUH, .....GET A JOB.........

MAYBE MORE SHOULD SPEND MORE TIME WORKIN and less time on the net, lot more progress than just *****in.

[tantone]

You can always tell an ignorant consumer.
...but you can't tell him much!

[Ammok]

Originally posted by tantone
You can always tell an ignorant consumer.
...but you can't tell him much!

i like that one. :D

[causticVapor]

Originally posted by Torlok2002
yeah... this "EASY PC" thing has gotten out of hand..... everytime i hear the Dell commercial "Forget mega-this, and Giga-that....just tell us what you want to do and well build the system for you" i want to vomit......

Since when has it become a good practice to become a ignorant customer? You wouldnt buy a car if the dealer said "Forget 4 door this, and 2.0 liter that.... just tell us what you want to do and we will pick out the vehicle for you."

Yep, let us do your thinking for you. Put whatever **** in there and market it to you, our Humble ignorant (large screwover headroom) consumer.:mad:

[causticVapor]

Originally posted by fishybawb
Think someone should mention the term "multitasking" to Gateway's marketing bods? :D

Seriously. They're making themselves look pathetically stupid. :rolleyes:

[Cyan]

Originally posted by causticVapor
Seriously. They're making themselves look pathetically stupid. :rolleyes:

That's true for you an me and some others, but the bulk will always buy into it.