processor question?

Eric Crake · 05-07-2008, 12:59 AM

I have 2.4 GHZ Quad- Core. Is that pretty good? How many GHZ is that eqivilant to for a Duo processor?

[-0MEGA-] · 05-07-2008, 01:46 AM

Yes it's good, I assume you mean the Q6600.

A 2.4Ghz quad core is equal to a 2.4GHz dual core, it just has half the theoretical processing power. A 2.4GHz quad can't be compared to a faster dual core, because very few programs utilize 4 cores anyways, so saying a 2.4GHz quad equals a 3.2GHz dual core, it not true. Some things your quad core will excel in, other things a faster dual core will excel in.

Pck21 · 05-07-2008, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

Yes it's good, I assume you mean the Q6600.

A 2.4Ghz quad core is equal to a 2.4GHz dual core, it just has half the theoretical processing power. A 2.4GHz quad can't be compared to a faster dual core, because very few programs utilize 4 cores anyways, so saying a 2.4GHz quad equals a 3.2GHz dual core, it not true. Some things your quad core will excel in, other things a faster dual core will excel in.

Bingo.

Interested · 05-07-2008, 02:47 AM

yea. the Q6600 is great, i dont think that the e8400 is worth it, but thats my opinion. the e8400 is amazing and great, im not saying that it sucks, but unless you are gaming all of the time, a quad core will lag less running many everyday programs and will multi-task better than a dual core. And when i say it will lag less, you probably wont notice. Another thing that is not widely accepted yet i believe is that quad-cores are more future proof as more and more software will utilize all four cores. Also, you can not compare AMD/Intel clock for clock. A 3.2Ghz AMD Athlon X2 is demolished by a 3.0Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo.

Eric Crake · 05-07-2008, 04:06 AM

should i have any problems running any games or Adobe programs?

[-0MEGA-] · 05-07-2008, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Eric Crake

should i have any problems running any games or Adobe programs?

Nope, those programs all run fine on a quad core. Even some of my old games such as Age of Empires II ran fine on my overclocked Q6600.

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Interested Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: PA Age: 14 Posts: 795	yea. the Q6600 is great, i dont think that the e8400 is worth it, but thats my opinion. the e8400 is amazing and great, im not saying that it sucks, but unless you are gaming all of the time, a quad core will lag less running many everyday programs and will multi-task better than a dual core. And when i say it will lag less, you probably wont notice. Another thing that is not widely accepted yet i believe is that quad-cores are more future proof as more and more software will utilize all four cores. Also, you can not compare AMD/Intel clock for clock. A 3.2Ghz AMD Athlon X2 is demolished by a 3.0Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo. __________________ Main: \| On The Go Device: Q6600 @ 3.0 w/ ACF7P \| 620MHz ARM 1176 4GB DDR2 800 \| 128MB DRAM P35-DS3L \| 16GB Samsung NAND 250GB seagate disk X2 \| PowerVR MBX 3D 8600GT

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