<div>Thank you.</div> <div><BR>Hyper threading "pre-feches" instructions. so for linear programs it is faster. It kind-of sounds like RISC. </div> <div> </div> <div>The other thing is that an OS might "see" 2 or 4 cpu's and use them but slow down while waiting for a responce from a shadow of a CPU "thinking" that it is a fully functionaly CPU. </div> <div> </div> <div>Oh, I checked last night Micro Center got a truck in yesterday, they should have new ones in. </div> <div> </div> <div>David </div> <div> </div> <div> </div><p> 
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