imac hyperthreading

[goher2000]

Hey guys,

how do i check if hyperthreading is enabled or disabled. I have imac 2.93 ghz intel core i7 with 16gb 1333 mhz ddr3.


thnx

 

[Intell]

It is enabled. Open Activity Monitor and count the CPU Usage boxes. You should have twice as many boxes as you do cores. Example: If you see four CPU Usage boxes and have a dual core CPU, then its enabled.

 

[goher2000]

imac hyperthreading

Thanks , all I can see one partition or box for cpu, it use to be displaying 8 boxes/partitions in 'CPU Usage' when i click on cpu in the activity manager. not sure why it is displaying only one box/partition now. my mac book pro display 4 boxes stacked on each other when i click on 'CPU'.

 

[Intell]

Activity Monitor could have a limit as to how many CPU Usage boxes it can show. Why do you have reason to believe HyperThreading is turned off?

 

[goher2000]

well only reason is it was displaying graph of 8 cpus before and now displaying only for one. I paid for 8 cores. wana see 8 cores regardless am using them or not. can you please confirm if this is activity monitor limitations.can i configure it to display 8 graphs i.e one for each cpu. activity monitor versions seems to be same on my imac and mac book pro i.e 10.6 (212)

Regards

 

[Intell]

You only paid for four cores. The other four are virtual cores. I can lt test the limitations of Activity Monitor, because I don't have anything with that many threads. I'm still very sure your iMac is working properly and there is nothing to worry about.