More Hyper Threading Reviews

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The overclocking performance and CPU scaling at 3GHz are what impress me most with this new processor. You don't have to run with HyperThreading enabled (and of course you may not even wish to run the processor on a board that even supports it) and as a single processor with HyperThreading off, it simply flies.

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All in all, the Pentium 4 3.06GHz is the fastest PC processor available. The fastest Athlon XP system we tested, the 2800+ chip running on an nForce2 system, isn't widely available yet, over a month after we first reviewed it. The Athlon XP 2800+ can challenge even the Pentium 4 3.06GHz for supremacy; which one is faster depends entirely on what you want to do.

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Viewed in such a light, the AthlonXP 2800+ definitely becomes a better option for someone on a "budget." Its performance is generally quite close to the P4's, would be most-likely tied against a P4 DDR platform, and the package is almost half the price of Intel's.

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The Pentium 4 processor at 3.06GHz is here and it certainly means business not only breaking the impressive 3GHz barrier but sporting a new technology called Hyper-Threading (HT). Wouldn't it be nice to have dual processing support from a single processor? Well in theory, at least, you can with the latest processor from Intel.

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The Hyper-Threading technology is not new but it's the first time that Intel is introducing this technology to the desktop environment. Although most of today's benchmarking software do not fully take advantage of the added performance that Hyper-Threading offers, users will have to see it to believe it.

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As you can see, the new Hyper-Threading enabled 3.06GHz CPU makes quite an impact on simulations that benefit from extra threads. Increases in IL2, Falcon 4.0, Comanche 4 (surprisingly it seems to run on multiple threads- did not know that!) and our synthetic benchmarks are roughly 10-20%. That would fall right in line with the ~25% increase Intel says are possible with Hyper-Threading. Either way, the scores with and without HT are fantastic. Hyper-Threading is just extra on top... ok a lot extra.