The GIMP + hyperthreading = ?

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The GIMP + hyperthreading = ?

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Does The GIMP support hyperthreading yet?
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I doubt it. Hyperthreading is strickly an Intel thing, and a very poor substitude for SMP. Really all Hyperthreading does is it uses the unused bandwidth for other processes. I've heard both good and bad, but really what go me is that some server admins turned it off as it reduced performance.
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