About my hyperthreading on my Dell Dimension 4600

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  1. Posts : 11,990
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
       #11

    Lordbob75 said:
    Jordanllgg45,

    The Pentium 4 processor is not x64 compatible, nor is there ANY way to make it "become" a different processor.

    At this point, it sounds like you would be much better off buying a new computer.

    ~Lordbob
    +1 Solid advice.
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  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #12

    +2 Really, really solid advice. You cant do any of the things you want with a download.

    I am sorry but you are stuck with the hardware you have.


    If what you want were possible we wold all do it, but unfortunately it isnt.



    Ken
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  3. Posts : 53,363
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #13

    OK, let me reword this, as I say, I have a Dimension 4600 it is in the closet now (not that there's anything wrong with that :)). The 2.8GHz CPU choice for the Dimension 4600 was not one that had HT. Yes, there were 2.8GHz Pentium 4 CPU's that have HT, but not the one you have, if it is the one that came with your PC.

    I installed a 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 that did have HT, and belive me here, there was no discernible difference in anything I could see or feel after I managed to activate HT on my PC. The only difference was 2 CPU graphs in task manager.

    There is an option in your BIOS to turn on HT, but you can't do it unless you make the change from a ACPI Uniprocessor to Multiprocessor. But that won't make your CPU into a HT CPU if it doesn't support it. Tell you what, on the front of your tower, there is an Intel Inside sticker, post back exactly what it says, every word, letter for letter. A Guy
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  4. Posts : 640
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Build 7600
       #14

    There is a very easy way to know if you have HyperThreading for that P4... just open Task Mannager and see the "Performance" tab, if you see "2" cores in the CPU history, you have HyperThreading... if not, you have the old P4 build (older than Prescott)... and sadly, that models don't support HT...

    Anyway, download and run this:
    CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

    Post all the info that program gives to you, depending on the Codename, I can tell you if your CPU can support HT or not...

    A Guy said:
    OK, let me reword this, as I say, I have a Dimension 4600 it is in the closet now (not that there's anything wrong with that :)). The 2.8GHz CPU choice for the Dimension 4600 was not one that had HT. Yes, there were 2.8GHz Pentium 4 CPU's that have HT, but not the one you have, if it is the one that came with your PC.

    I installed a 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 that did have HT, and belive me here, there was no discernible difference in anything I could see or feel after I managed to activate HT on my PC. The only difference was 2 CPU graphs in task manager.

    There is an option in your BIOS to turn on HT, but you can't do it unless you make the change from a ACPI Uniprocessor to Multiprocessor. But that won't make your CPU into a HT CPU if it doesn't support it. Tell you what, on the front of your tower, there is an Intel Inside sticker, post back exactly what it says, every word, letter for letter. A Guy
    I agree with this... HT, even in the new i7 chips is worthless, you will never get any performance gain with that, I worked with some Prescott P4 HT 3.0 Ghz... and many games ran slower... even a Pentium D processor is better... HT does no difference...

    If you have a bit of $$$ and would like an upgrade... go for a new rig instead (I mean, processor, MoBo...) If not... don't worry, you are not loosing anything.

    See ya!!
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  5. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #15

    The Dell 4600 Motherboard has a BIOS that will recognize a HT processor and show it in the BIOS as such. If you don't have HT you will not see it in the BIOS. If you do, it will give you the option of turning it on or not.
    Something new I just learned is that there are two different types of 4600 motherboards. The early ones will only support up to a P4 3.0GHz and the later ones will support a P4 3.4GHz. If you plug a 3.4 into an early 4600 it will tell you it is not supported but will still run at a severely reduced clock speed.
    Lately I'm finding out WAY more than I ever wanted to about 4600 Motherboards!

    Jim
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  6. Posts : 3,322
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
       #16

    Lordbob75 said:
    Jordanllgg45,

    The Pentium 4 processor is not x64 compatible

    ~Lordbob

    Old post I know.

    The "newer" ones like the Prescott core are, older ones aren't.


    There's so many Pentium 4s, it's confusing, like there's two different version of the Prescott version, some have hyper-threading, some don't.
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