[Taeric]

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Originally Posted by Krunk_Kracker Well, to the best of my knowledge, there isn't one real and one simlulated core, it's one core that is split up.

You guys are essentially saying the same thing. The one physical core is split between a "real" and a virtual core so that multiple processes are handled better. Although one processes will only show up to 50 percent CPU usage (multi-theaded processes excluded), if just one significant process is running, it utilizes far more than 50 percent of the CPU's actual capacity when HT is enabled.