Calibretto
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ok so I got an Athlon 64 X2 3800 at 2.0GHz. but is that 2.0ghz on one core? or two cores?
Dual core
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Shadowhunter
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If you're asking if it's 1Ghz on each core multiplied by 2, then no. It's 2Ghz per core.
Calibretto
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thats what I thought. So 4 GHz total?
INTELCRAZY
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No that isn't true, you bought the processor unit, not each core.
Geoff
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Yes its 2Ghz per core, but no, it's not 4Ghz total.
*trying to put it simple here*
With a single core running at 2Ghz, if you have a program using up 100% of your CPU, it's using up around 2Ghz of the total processing speed.
With a dual core running at 2Ghz, you can have two programs using 100% of each core, and each program uses 2Ghz. But if you only have one program running, it will only use up one core still, so it will still run at 2Ghz.
*trying to put it simple here*
With a single core running at 2Ghz, if you have a program using up 100% of your CPU, it's using up around 2Ghz of the total processing speed.
With a dual core running at 2Ghz, you can have two programs using 100% of each core, and each program uses 2Ghz. But if you only have one program running, it will only use up one core still, so it will still run at 2Ghz.
Geoff
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haha, I just post so muchwow you get a lot of people sucking up to you dont you omega?
jk
Geoff
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I take omega 3 every morning
Calibretto
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oh ok I got so when I play a game, it will only use one core right?
Not exactly.
It depends on the game. Newer games are being coded to take advantage of multiple core processors.
However, most games will only use one core, while other system processes can use the other core.
So.....sorta.
Martingale00
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Yeah anything mid-2006 and earlier is def going to run on one core. Dual core still helps you in the tiny way that the other core will take care of background tasks.