sirantonycartwright
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Hello, Ive had lots of computers and built lots too. Anyway, at the min im running an AMD Sempron 2600+ which is running at 1.6GHz.
I want a new computer soon (which may have a Athlon 64 x2 4200 running at 2.2GHz) and im not sure whats going on with this dual core and AMD's naming conventions.
Firstly: Is saying that AMD's 4200+ (2.2GHz) processor equal to an Intel's 4.2GHz processor fair?
Secondly: Dual core is two processors working at once therefore getting twice as much done in a certain period of time. So you could say that two 1GHz processors on the same chip actually is working at 2GHz because "the processor" which is actually two processors is actually working with 2 billion waves per second, not 1 billion.
So, an AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200+ (2.2GHz) is actually running at 4.4GHz but they are claiming with their naming conventions that its equivalent to 8.4GHz!
An Intel equivalent of the 4200+, lets say Intel Xeon running at the same clock speed of 2.2GHz, there would be two of them working together so you could say its dual clock speed is 4.4GHz.
Also, what happens when installing a game? Say you have a 2.2GHz AMD (4200+) and an Intel computer at 4.2Ghz, the game requires 3.2GHz to play (you'll just have to imagine that!) The AMD computer might say "blah blah, not enough processing power, blah blah!". So whats going on? Are the games programmed to allow AMD processors extra leeway?
So, to sum up.
You can buy and Intel and an AMD processor, both at 2.2GHz. But the AMD one acts like an Intels 4.2GHz processor which means that the AMD architecture is far superior! Please can someone explain?
Ant...
I want a new computer soon (which may have a Athlon 64 x2 4200 running at 2.2GHz) and im not sure whats going on with this dual core and AMD's naming conventions.
Firstly: Is saying that AMD's 4200+ (2.2GHz) processor equal to an Intel's 4.2GHz processor fair?
Secondly: Dual core is two processors working at once therefore getting twice as much done in a certain period of time. So you could say that two 1GHz processors on the same chip actually is working at 2GHz because "the processor" which is actually two processors is actually working with 2 billion waves per second, not 1 billion.
So, an AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200+ (2.2GHz) is actually running at 4.4GHz but they are claiming with their naming conventions that its equivalent to 8.4GHz!
An Intel equivalent of the 4200+, lets say Intel Xeon running at the same clock speed of 2.2GHz, there would be two of them working together so you could say its dual clock speed is 4.4GHz.
Also, what happens when installing a game? Say you have a 2.2GHz AMD (4200+) and an Intel computer at 4.2Ghz, the game requires 3.2GHz to play (you'll just have to imagine that!) The AMD computer might say "blah blah, not enough processing power, blah blah!". So whats going on? Are the games programmed to allow AMD processors extra leeway?
So, to sum up.
You can buy and Intel and an AMD processor, both at 2.2GHz. But the AMD one acts like an Intels 4.2GHz processor which means that the AMD architecture is far superior! Please can someone explain?
Ant...
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