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I can remember a time when newer and faster CPU's came out every few months or so and ecah time it made big news. Has that trend stopped? Have we reached a point where cpu speed is fast enough and we are all satisfied?
 
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The emphasis now is on dual cores rather than the frequency of the processor. That's why you do not have processors going up in speed dramatically now.

JAN :D
 
I still don't like duel core...I guess it'll kick in soon enough, but untill it's truely utilized, it's more of a waste IMO.

See, I used a duel processor video editor back in high school. Get this, someone swipped one of the processors. The darn thing still worked just fine, probably BETTER running in single processor mode. Now it needed both processors for some of the realtime rendering capabilities it had but for the basic capture/edit stuff, 1 processor did the best. Hehe, oh, and the teacher was quite pissed when he realized a processor was missing ;P
 
Just have a look at 3DMark06, a dual core processor is extremely better in the cpu test than a single core, and more games are going to be multi-threaded/
 
geoff5093 said:
Just have a look at 3DMark06, a dual core processor is extremely better in the cpu test than a single core, and more games are going to be multi-threaded/
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3DMark06 already utilizes the dual core procxessors. The_Other_One said that he's not gonna buy one until more programs take advantage of them.
 
*nods* Oh I use premiere a good bit which utilizes duel processors, but I have yet to find any progoram where I NEED duel processors. Once it's more mainstream, I'll consider it. But just as with SLI, I feel it's a waste for something I won't really ever use...
 
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Just have a look at 3DMark06, a dual core processor is extremely better in the cpu test than a single core, and more games are going to be multi-threaded/
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I don't think getting a higher score in a program is a goos us of a dual core processer :rolleyes:
 
The_Other_One said:
*nods* Oh I use premiere a good bit which utilizes duel processors, but I have yet to find any progoram where I NEED duel processors. Once it's more mainstream, I'll consider it. But just as with SLI, I feel it's a waste for something I won't really ever use...
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Agreed. This applies even more to the common computer user. How many home users use programs that can take advantage of dual core? Even less home users run programs that NEED it. Dual core video cards seem alot more beneficial than dual core processors.
 
4W4K3 said:
Agreed. This applies even more to the common computer user. How many home users use programs that can take advantage of dual core? Even less home users run programs that NEED it. Dual core video cards seem alot more beneficial than dual core processors.
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Agreed as well... I don't care for SLI either, but it is certinally very useful for those people who wish to go beyond your normal user specs :rolleyes:

Another point, which I don't know how this applies to duel core, but with SLI or a standard duel processor setup, what do you notice about speed? The common user would think it would be faster, when in fact, it's SLOWER untill you truly utilize the two processors. SLI scores will usally slow this when you run at lower resolutions, but I guess if you're using SLI you wouldn't be running at low resolutions :rolleyes: Either way, I'm just making a point :P
 
well, dual core is a different type of performance increase... it only really increases something that uses a lot of processing power... and theres is still one bus speed such as 2ghz or 3ghz.
as i understand it intel has gotten pentium d up to 3.4ghz 65nm, and AMD has gotten athlon 64 X2 up to 2.6ghz (still 90nm, athlon 64 FX-60 dual core)
edit: sorry i believe the pentium d has gotten up to 3.46ghz, as well as a 3.4ghz pentium d
 
i've seen the "new" 65nm p4 overclocked to 4.26 GHz so there's still plenty of legroom yet.
i must admit the main thing i noticed about the GHz race slowing down was when AMD released the 1GHz Tbird, it seemed like ages before there was another increase in speed
 
people keep saying that games will be multi threaded..........how do you guys know this? i have seen it posted on this forum before, but i dont consider that a "source". who knows how long it will be. the current x2's could be outdated before the majority of games become multithreaded.

also, does anyone know if the new m2 socket cpus will all be dual core or if there will be some single cores?
 
there are some already out, there's a game thats been out for ages but i cant remember the name of it; i'm sure that quake 4 takes advantage of multiple threads
 
Until it's the "standard" I still really wouldn't break the bank on it. I mean I can't justify spending $2000 on a kick-ass dual core system, just to play a few $50 games. But I'm not a real big gamer...
 
4W4K3 said:
Until it's the "standard" I still really wouldn't break the bank on it. I mean I can't justify spending $2000 on a kick-ass dual core system, just to play a few $50 games. But I'm not a real big gamer...
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Ya agian its up to the person really. . .
 
AM2 you mean?
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AM2 is a socket :)

They will also be debuting with an X2 5000+ (which is hopefully what I'm going to get
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You sound pretty sure about that. Lets not forget the FX60, FX62 and the Windsor 4200,4600,4800, the new Opteron 1xx, the Manilla 3000,3200,3400,3600,3800

I still don't like duel core...I guess it'll kick in soon enough, but untill it's truely utilized, it's more of a waste IMO.
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Thats prolly because you dont make full use of one core yet let alone two :)

Just have a look at 3DMark06, a dual core processor is extremely better in the cpu test than a single core, and more games are going to be multi-threaded/
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Especially since, you know, 3dMark06 is such a good game and all....

but I have yet to find any progoram where I NEED duel processors.
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You'll need to wait until an operating system needs it (which will be a hell of a long time) because until that point, no matter how threaded a program gets, a singlecore based operating system will still schedule it for a single core (which means yes your performance will be stupid but... as you say.. you wont NEED multiple processors)

it only really increases something that uses a lot of processing power
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Assuming of coruse that program utilizes both cores

people keep saying that games will be multi threaded..........how do you guys know this?
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People say a lot of things. Multithreaded games have been out for some time now

also, does anyone know if the new m2 socket cpus will all be dual core or if there will be some single cores?
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Manilla based chips are singlecore

It does.
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