dual core half the speed?

[Kevinaz]

Hi,

I'm upgrading soon, and am getting an amd athlon x2 6000+!

Anyhow, i'm just curious, if I have a 3.0 ghz dual core, does that mean I'm running two 1.5 ghz processors, or two 3.0 ghz processors totaling 6.0ghz?

kevinaz

 

[kobaj]

Two 3.0ghz CPUs totaling 3.0ghz.

 

[ThatGuy16]

Two 3.0ghz CPUs totaling 3.0ghz.

Yeah, if that makes since lol

 

[Ambushed]

It's just a 2 in 1 chip

 

[hermeslyre]

You don't add the two cores together. Imagine that both cores are little elves.. Both elves can be working on two different things and be very proficient. But if you have them doing they same thing the might get in the way of each other, bumping into each other, whatever. But if you had a toy that was made for two elves to work on then you can almost add the cores together.. In that 2 cores working on one multi-threaded application can possibly see double the performance increase.

BTW i'm not making fun of you, If anything I'm making fun of my imaginative ass.

 

[Kevinaz]

Ok. I guess it makes sense now. Very good visual hermeslyre! Thanks.

Kevinaz

 

[Ambushed]

. Imagine that both cores are little elves.. Both elves can be working QUOTE]

Lol, orginal way to put it.

 

[hermeslyre]

Yes it is... I try very, very hard.. Thankies all around.

lol

 

[Kevinaz]

Maybe there's a reason he's a DIAMOND member?

 

[Geoff]

To answer one of your questions, the X2 6000+ runs at 3.0Ghz, not 1.5Ghz. But as others have said in more detail, they speeds arent added together by the number of cores.

 

[Bradan]

u can run more programs, but not more of a program.

 

[diduknowthat]

u can run more programs, but not more of a program.

Unless that program is coded for dual core processing, then you will benefit from dual core.