Will Acid5 Benefit fr/ Duel CPU's? -ACID Product Family

Subject:Will Acid5 Benefit fr/ Duel CPU's? Posted by: Hertyar Date:1/10/2005 6:27:20 PM Im considering a duel cpu mobo with two p4 2.6 ghz. any one else using something like this? Thanks! Martin
Subject:RE: Will Acid5 Benefit fr/ Duel CPU's? Reply by: Iacobus Date:1/11/2005 11:23:53 AM Yes, I know ACID Pro 5 supports dual CPUs, but I'm not sure about the lighter versions. (I believe the Sony apps all support Intel's HT technology as well.) Note that in addition to the mobo with dual CPUs, the operating system must also support them for the added benefit. Windows XP Professional supports dual CPUs; Windows XP Home does not. Iacobus ------- RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid Pre-order Instant ACID mD at ACIDplanet Guitars 4 Kids
Subject:RE: Will Acid5 Benefit fr/ Duel CPU's? Reply by: Hertyar Date:1/11/2005 1:05:37 PM Cool on A5 pro and the HT technologie. Thanks for the reminder about the OS. Right now I'm using W2k pro and although I want to upgrade my mobo, I'm not nearly as excited about upgrading my OS right yet. :) I think I'll just stick to a cingle CPU upgrade for now. Thanks! martin
Subject:RE: Will Acid5 Benefit fr/ Duel CPU's? Reply by: Sonic Date:1/11/2005 4:52:32 PM Actually, all multi-threaded apps (including Sony's) will generally benefit more from multiple processors than from HT. Hyper-threading tends to be more promising in theory than practice because of load-balancing issues. It's better than nothing, but will never outperform multiple processors of modestly comparable speed. There's probably a price/performance analysis hiding in there somewhere. How about 2 HT CPUs? ;-) Win2k pro already supports multiple processors, btw. Up to 4, I think. It won't, however, support HT. J.

Subject:Will Acid5 Benefit fr/ Duel CPU's?

Posted by: Hertyar

Date:1/10/2005 6:27:20 PM

Im considering a duel cpu mobo with two p4 2.6 ghz. any one else using something like this?

Thanks!
Martin

Subject:RE: Will Acid5 Benefit fr/ Duel CPU's?

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:1/11/2005 11:23:53 AM

Yes, I know ACID Pro 5 supports dual CPUs, but I'm not sure about the lighter versions. (I believe the Sony apps all support Intel's HT technology as well.)

Note that in addition to the mobo with dual CPUs, the operating system must also support them for the added benefit. Windows XP Professional supports dual CPUs; Windows XP Home does not.

Iacobus
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Subject:RE: Will Acid5 Benefit fr/ Duel CPU's?

Reply by: Hertyar

Date:1/11/2005 1:05:37 PM

Cool on A5 pro and the HT technologie. Thanks for the reminder about the OS. Right now I'm using W2k pro and although I want to upgrade my mobo, I'm not nearly as excited about upgrading my OS right yet. :) I think I'll just stick to a cingle CPU upgrade for now.

Thanks!
martin

Subject:RE: Will Acid5 Benefit fr/ Duel CPU's?

Reply by: Sonic

Date:1/11/2005 4:52:32 PM

Actually, all multi-threaded apps (including Sony's) will generally benefit more from multiple processors than from HT.

Hyper-threading tends to be more promising in theory than practice because of load-balancing issues. It's better than nothing, but will never outperform multiple processors of modestly comparable speed.

There's probably a price/performance analysis hiding in there somewhere. How about 2 HT CPUs? ;-)

Win2k pro already supports multiple processors, btw. Up to 4, I think. It won't, however, support HT.

J.