Quote Originally Posted by ethernal View Post
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Besides cache-thrashing I'd add a perhaps even more important factor:
single-threaded performance.
Netburst with HT1 enabled incurred a performance hit at single-threaded
applications. With a native quad-core I don't see the need for even more
virtual cores, since there are barely any applications taking advantage of
even 4 cores, not to mention 8. Might be useful in the server/hpc space
for maxing out the capability of the chip, but imo it's useless for desktop,
and if it can't be disabled, then it is also be detrimental to (single-threaded)
performance