[Bob-san]

My mistake I was reading the Computer Properties wrong. 

FYI: You could be correct when saying you have a single-core Pentium D. Either one dead core or the second core is turned off (either by the OS; usually an installation problem or by the BIOS; a simple setting to disable cores). So what is it? A P4? P4-HT? Pentium D/Pentium XE? Or maybe one of the rare PXE-HT's?

[Wobble73]

Well, the Computer Properties States that it is Pentium D 3.0 Ghz (apart from the D there is no indication that it is Dual Core) yet the Device Manager tells me that it has a MPS Multiprocessor.

:shrugs:

[Kosh]

*stuff*

Um...I own one of those Dell clamshell P4s myself, and it's been my only machine for almost six years now.  I've never removed it from the floor in all that time (how the hell am I supposed to fit something like that on a small desk?), and yet I've never had a single overheating issue.  The only major hardware issue I've ever had with it was the original hard drive succumbing to the Click o' Doom, but with that replaced and a big RAM upgrade, it's served me well over its lifespan.  (*knocks on head*) I'd like to think I can do a bit more than check my e-mail and use Word, too.

P4's were very, very hard to overheat. If it get s too hot the clock will slow down. To its credit Intel generally did a better job of paying attention to thermal issues at the time.

[chief1983]

The CPU itself perhaps, but that doesn't help the rest of the hardware in the box.  Yes, Intel chips have historically run cooler than their AMD counterparts.  But hard drives, RAM, video cards, etc are all very susceptible to heat issues in such an environment.  Good thing those Geforce 3s were so underclocked they weren't at too much risk.

[Kosh]

The CPU itself perhaps, but that doesn't help the rest of the hardware in the box.  Yes, Intel chips have historically run cooler than their AMD counterparts.  But hard drives, RAM, video cards, etc are all very susceptible to heat issues in such an environment.  Good thing those Geforce 3s were so underclocked they weren't at too much risk.

Actually the P4 could run just as hot as any Athlon at the time given its then high power usage. The difference was the P4 had thermal throtling and the Athlon either had nothing (thunderbird) or a thermal diode that didn't always work. Watch (video made in 2001 by tom's hardware guide). IIRC this video made AMD pay more attention to thermal protection, so starting with Hammer they integrated the thermal throtling feature.

[Hades]

Alright, just powered up my mom's old emachines because we were going to try and upgrade the video card, but I found out that the video card isn't the only thing in need of replacement. It has a classic Athlon single core processor, with 2.0 GHz speed.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Is it better than Intel 915GL combined with an Intel Celeron D at 2.66 GHz? That's what my IBM crate has.

[Mongoose]

Our family's original PC, an almost-15-year-old Gateway 2000 with a whopping 166 MHz Pentium processor and 16 MB of RAM, was lying around until fairly recently.  I would have loved to tinker with the thing a bit, but I couldn't get it to output anything to a monitor (I have no idea what sort of video card was in it), so we just ditched it when our county had a hazardous-waste collection day.  I miss that huge beige box.

[Bob-san]

Our family's original PC, an almost-15-year-old Gateway 2000 with a whopping 166 MHz Pentium processor and 16 MB of RAM, was lying around until fairly recently.  I would have loved to tinker with the thing a bit, but I couldn't get it to output anything to a monitor (I have no idea what sort of video card was in it), so we just ditched it when our county had a hazardous-waste collection day.  I miss that huge beige box.

A PCI graphics card would have probably worked. Then again, probably not even worth paying shipping on.

[Hades]

Is it better than Intel 915GL combined with an Intel Celeron D at 2.66 GHz? That's what my IBM crate has.

Hell no.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Really? Is that Athlon of yours worse than my Celeron?

[Hades]

I'm pretty sure I just said that.

[S-99]

Well, the Computer Properties States that it is Pentium D 3.0 Ghz (apart from the D there is no indication that it is Dual Core) yet the Device Manager tells me that it has a MPS Multiprocessor.

:shrugs:

Computer properties in windows doesn't really tell you much about the processor aside from the name and the speed. Go into task manager instead, and if you see more than one processor work load percentage meter, then you know for sure if it's more than one core.

[Wobble73]

Yeah, that was how I finally figured it was dual core, I could set the core affinity through task manager. 

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I thought affinity was a Professional Edition-only thing. Guess I'm not using common sense there.

[Bob-san]

I thought affinity was a Professional Edition-only thing. Guess I'm not using common sense there.

I've seen it in all versions of NT5+, iirc.