HT and Dual Core users read!

[AimLXJ]

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=896256

Download Link: http://www.evilkitty.org/misc/WindowsXP-KB...-v3-x86-ENU.exe

Virus Scanner: http://virusscan.jotti.org/

**NOTE**

This patch is a beta and is going to be released in XP SP3

Comments

I installed this patch and man, I did see a performance gain and even in games to but remember guys, this is a beta!!! So use at your own risk!!!!

Bugs Found

-Battlefield 2142 graphical issue while on bottom floor in Titan: http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4748/screen004iv9.jpg

-The DxDiag Test DirectDraw and Test Direct3D cubes spins very fast

NEW VERSION! V4!

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...MtjOBJVPQ%3d%3d

( 12/19/06 )

Edited December 24, 2006 by BlackShadow

[halcyoncmdr]

I have had to install this 3 times now, stupid partition problems :(

Every time though I notice an increase in performance.

[:: Lyon ::]

What does "HT" stands for...?

By the way, is this applicable for Vista or just XP?

[gdodson]

What does "HT" stands for...?

HyperThreading - 2 logical processors.

[QwertyManiac]

Whoa! Cool find BlackShadow! I too see a performance increase, finally my HT put to use!

[Saadu]

Did you say SP3? Id like a Microsoft source mentioning that acronym please.

[User6060]

What does this do, and why do I need it/what will I benefit from installing it. I do have a Core Duo btw.

Can I uninstall painlessly should I find it unnessecary or not functioning.

[AimLXJ]

What does this do, and why do I need it/what will I benefit from installing it. I do have a Core Duo btw.

Can I uninstall painlessly should I find it unnessecary or not functioning.

Because Windows XP was not originally designed to support performance states on multiprocessor configurations, changes are required to correctly realize this support on multiprocessor systems. Windows XP Service Pack 2 includes the required changes to the kernel power manager. These changes make sure that Windows XP correctly functions on multiprocessor systems with processor performance states.

You don't really need it unless you really want a bit of performance increase ( works for games also )

Edited October 17, 2006 by Joel

[jimbo11883]

Did you say SP3? Id like a Microsoft source mentioning that acronym please.

Service Pack 3, the next service pack to be released for Windows XP Home and Pro 32-bit. You most likely are running Windows XP Service Pack 2 at the moment. Service Pack 3 will contain tons of bug fixes, some which are already available on Windows/Microsoft Update or as special cases where you can request the patch/hotfix if you are having the problem as described in the knowledge base.

[Saadu]

Sir Jimbo, i am fully aware of what SP3 stands for. Perhaps i should rephrase, has there been an official confirmation/time-line from Microsoft on when SP3 will see the light of the day?

[AimLXJ]

Somewhere after Vista, thats what I heard

[AionXn_]

cool i'll give it a try

edit: hmm there IS a performance increase...thanks!

Edited October 9, 2006 by AionXn_

[NienorGT]

Virus Scanner: http://virusscan.jotti.org/

What the Virus scanner as to do in this case?

Bugs Found

-Battlefield 2142 graphical issue while on bottom floor in Titan: http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4748/screen004iv9.jpg

-The DxDiag Test DirectDraw and Test Direct3D cubes spins very fast

About the cube... AFAIK, this is a driver proplem, I had that few time in the past... Again it's had nothing in relation...

[AimLXJ]

What the Virus scanner as to do in this case?About the cube... AFAIK, this is a driver proplem, I had that few time in the past... Again it's had nothing in relation...

1. Its for users that doesn't trust me

2. How do you fix it? These two problems started happening just when I installed this beta patch ;)

[NienorGT]

Installed the patch... nothing changed so far :/

My cube is alright

Try re-install your drivers then re-install DirectX August:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

It "may" work... but I don't remember what I had done in the past... I think I never cared of this... :huh:

[Kaidiir]

meh...no real performance increase on my machine :unsure:

P4 HT 2.8GHz Northwood (oldie)

[+DKAngel Subscriber²]

eh noticed no difference at all

[i||uSi0n^]

hum on the ms support site its stated that there is revision 4 available but the download link has "v3" so im gussing revision 3? anyhow did any'1 try this yet on Core 2 Duo? does it really give some performance boost?

thanks,

i||uSi0n^

[Raa]

I disable HT/Dual Core/Etc to get maximum performance on my primary cpu. Games work the best in this configuration.

Thanks for the patch tho, already knew it was out, but R3/4 already? Dayum!

[ZombieFly]

if you have an amd processor, get the latest amd cpu driver from the amd site for an additional boost (use with this patch)

[MrCobra]

Link for the AMD stuff.

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Techni...71_9706,00.html

[hosebeast]

Did you say SP3? Id like a Microsoft source mentioning that acronym please.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/servicepacks.mspx

Official Microsoft Windows Service Pack Road Map: "SP3 for Windows XP Home Edition is currently planned for 2H 2007. This date is preliminary. SP3 for Windows XP Professional is currently planned for 2H 2007. This date is preliminary."

http://www.betanews.com/article/Windows_XP...2007/1137527416

Microsoft Windows Product Manager Jed Rose: "We are tentatively targeting the second half of 2007 to release XP SP3."

[NoneAvail]

Is it jsut me or everybody, I can't find the damn download link! :angry:

[xion82]

Anybody know if I can get this to work for windows xp 64bit? becuase I get a error when I try to install.

"The updatebr.inf file is invalid" is the error I get.

[Sheppard]

Its for 32bit windows not 64bit,

I installed it on my Pentium D 820 and didn't see any performance gains in windows, games or benchmarks.