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| Thread ID: 123467 | 2012-02-26 18:36:00 | Dual CPU vs Single CPU | ChazTheGeek (16619) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1261638 | 2012-02-27 10:55:00 | Do you mean Dual-Core in a single CPU or two single-core CPUs running in SMP? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1261639 | 2012-02-27 18:13:00 | Two Dual core CPU's on one mobo. Two sockets in one motherboard. | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1261640 | 2012-02-28 03:55:00 | 2 dual cores on 1 motherboard seems kind of pointless. Surely 1 quad core would be *better*. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1261641 | 2012-02-28 05:03:00 | I know eh. A quad core would be better. | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1261642 | 2012-02-28 05:34:00 | Likely to be cheaper at any rate | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1261643 | 2012-02-28 06:58:00 | 2 dual cores on 1 motherboard seems kind of pointless. Surely 1 quad core would be *better*. What about dual quads. You got to remember dual core were out before quad. We have 3 dual core2 and a dual quad. |
plod (107) | ||
| 1261644 | 2012-02-28 18:22:00 | It would be cheaper to go with a single CPU rather than two CPU's. | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1261645 | 2012-02-29 12:17:00 | It is important to distinguish between multiple cores vs multiple cpus, if you are considering what type of system to get for a workstation don't even bother with multiple CPUs, its not cost effective. As for the whole "most apps aren't mutli threaded" it is not 2007 any more, there are actually very few apps now that don't take advantage of multiple cpu cores (unless you never update your apps), and you are foolish if you think that no new or recent games are multi threaded. Also consider this, are two hands better than one? think of a complicated task, and how much longer would it take to do it with only one hand, multi-core CPUs feel a lot faster because they can effectively handle multiple tasks at once, but try doing multiple tasks on a single threaded CPU and things start to go real slow, so comparing a dual core 1.6 to a single 3Ghz is pointless, regardless of what software you use, you are always multitasking, it has almost always been that way because we have an OS that uses CPU time, then you run software on top. |
Deimos (5715) | ||
| 1261646 | 2012-02-29 18:56:00 | Exactly. Thanks. | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
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