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A few quick question I have
Ok, as the title says, I have a couple of quick questions. I have a new Dell and i am no computer wizz so here it goes:
1) What does the HT stand for in HT technology and what does it do?
2) On the Dell web site it said I ordered 60gb hard drive but I checked and it said 52gb, what is up with this?
3) Finaly in the my computer properties first it says 2.8ghz but then right after on the next line it says 1.5ghz, why is it doing this?
mattcowger
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Posted September 9th, 2004 02:00
1) HT stands for HyperThreading. Basically, it makes the processor somewhat more efficient at handling multiple simultaneous applications by appearsing as two distinct processors to the computer. There is only 1 processor, but its emulates 2, and gets some efficiency benenfits out of that.
2) Its due to 2 reasons. First, HD manufacturers and Dell and all other makers measure hard drive size where 1GB = 1 billion bytes (10^9 bytes). In those kind of bytes, it is 60GB. However, Windows and everyone else in the world measures GB to mean 2^30 bytes. The difference between these number is about 7%. Then, you have to format the hard drive, which takes up another few % of space, leaving you with 52GB useable out of a 60GB advertised.
3) The processor has a feature called SpeedStep, which means that it turns itself down when there isn't much work to be done. Your processor is turning itself down to conserve power as well as prevent excessive heat buildup. When there is a lot of work to do, it will turn back up to complete the work, then turn back down. It is POSSIBLE to force it to the maximum speed, but there is no reason to do so, it does crank up when needed, and you will only unncecessarily overstress the processor.
Hope these make sense!
jonosd
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Posted September 9th, 2004 01:00
im not too sure about the answers to ur questions, however i am having some similarites myself. i orderd a 40gb hdd and the computer says its 37.2gb.....my guess is that dell 'rounds it up' so that u think ur getting more than u actually are, its cheeky if its true, secondly i think HT is hyper threading, its to do with the processor and i believe it allows the chip to handle more processes at once. lastly and this is a total guess is that 1.5ghz is what your processor will slow down to if it gets too hot. when putting a heavy load on the processor it can get too hot and when it senses this it will cut its maximum speed to 1.5ghz to prevent damage, u may notice when playing games, they will be 'jerky' for a couple of seconds while the processor is running at a slower speed this is so it can cool, it cools and heats up very quickly and can be very annoying...if i am right in saying this does anyone know of a way to stop this from happening other than shutting down other running programs ?