Is it safe to disable hyper-threading?

[SocceRich20]

I have a 2.8GHz with 800MHz fsb running on Windows 2000 Professional. I cannot run Red Alert 2 because of Hyper-Therading issues. Is it safe to disable hyper-threading in order to see if RA2 will play? Thanks.

[originel]

if it's possible to disable it then yeah it won't be a problem (only the latest p4's have it afterall). i couldn't tell you how to disable it though

[tony_j15]

If its a BIOS option, go ahead and give it a try. But I think you will have much better gaming overall if you ditch 2000 and get XP.

[nukes]

There's no reason it would break anything. Most of the P4s had some form of HT, but only the latest ones have it enabled. Try it and see.

[wackoguy]

i read somewhere that hyperthreading can slow some things down, so i think it would be a good idea to disable anyway regardless of RA2

[nukes]

Thats only with applications requesting HUGE (not adjective, noun) page spaces in XP SP1. Not normally something seen on the desktop.
MS released a patch for it anyway, but SocceRich20 isn't using XP. 2k Pro.

[blackie]

of course its safe to disable HT. i dont think they would allow such an option in the BIOS if it was dangerous. go ahead and disable.

Originally posted by blackie
of course its safe to disable HT. i dont think they would allow such an option in the BIOS if it was dangerous. go ahead and disable.

The last great words spoken at the last boot!

[mpc]

Hyperthreading was designed to be disabled!