Hi guys!

I would like to ask a computer Guru :-) about the following.

I know that one can render faster with more physical processor cores (double, quad) but what about the new Intel i7 QuadCore processor with hyper-threading? (2.66-2.80 Ghz per core)

It uses 2 threads per processor core and the VistaOS 64 (+ your 3D software) may see it as 8 cores (4 cores x 2 threads) but when you do PURE rendering...how much faster will it be with 4 extra "virtual processors; will you have a super-duper render machine with a  speed of 8 x 2.66 GHz for example or it won't be that fast after all?