when i right click my computer and go to properties, i see that it says pentium(R) 4 cpu 2.40ghz 2.41ghz, 2.00 gb of ram. and when i go to device manager and go under processors, it shows me there are 2. does this mean im using 2 processors on one motherboard? i thought dual processors was a new thing.
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Jump to Postno it probably doesnt mean you have 2 processors
and its not a new thing, servers have been having dual/quad processors since the 1990swhat it means is that you have 2 virtual cpus or 2 cores
you will have 2 virtual cpus if you have a pentium …
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no it probably doesnt mean you have 2 processors
and its not a new thing, servers have been having dual/quad processors since the 1990s
what it means is that you have 2 virtual cpus or 2 cores
you will have 2 virtual cpus if you have a pentium 4 with HT (hyperthr4eading) or you will have 2 cores if you have a Pentium 4 D (dual core)
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oh. ok. i get it now. i just checked and it says i am using pentium 4 HT. so its 2 virtual cpus? what does that really mean? lol
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