I always turn hyperthreading off on my pc, because I can get at least 300-500 mHz improvement per core with overclocking, with more stability. Not to mention RAM requirements.

And Rob, that build is seriously starved for RAM - 16 GB is not nearly enough for CS6 with an 8 core xeon. you'd be better off going with an overclocked i7 sandy bridge six core and 32 GB RAM for much less. My recent build, which absolutely screams, was well under $3k

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Brendan Bolles <brendan@fnordware.com <mailto:brendan@fnordware.com>> wrote:

    On Jun 12, 2012, at 11:05 AM, Rob & Jenny wrote:

    > Hmm, makes me wonder if I should turn hyperthreading off then.


    On the Mac if you have the developer tools installed, you can
    install the Processor control panel found in
    (/Developer/Extras/PreferencePanes) and toggle hyperthreading on
    and off.  In my AE tests (mostly involving OpenEXR), keeping
    hyperthreading on always gave better performance.


    Brendan


    +---End of message---+
    To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv
    <mailto:ae-list-off@media-motion.tv>>




-- Animator & Editor
www.teddygage.com <http://www.teddygage.com>
Brooklyn