Question about Quadcore Technology

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Larry

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I am not too sure how to put this...
Well, one of my friends told me he got the new Intel Quadcore processor Q6600. He keeps saying that it's 9.6 GHZ and he doesn't believe me when I say that it's 4 times 2,4 GHZ seperately and it's pointless if the applications are not using it but he doesn't believe me.

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Could anyone possibly enlighten me ?

Thanks in Advance,
Larry
 
All four cores work together for total speed and can reach a max default of 2.4 ghz. Many applications do not utilize quadcore technology while it is rather new but is right now being aimed more towards the gaming consumers and developing rapidly.
 
Yes, but you need an application which is capable of combining the power of all four cores and there are not many applications that can do that. Afaik, games can use dual core CPU's and use 1 core for the physics and the other one for processing data. The only thing I want to know is whether a "9.6" GHZ cpu really is a 9.6 GHZ cpu.
 
There is no 9.6 ghz cpu available to teh consumer public. The highest default is 3.0 ghz and the world record is like 5.4 ghz.
 
I know , i just saw that on youtube with liquid nitrogen. so it's more like 4 times 2,4 ghz operating seperately ?
 
theresthatguy said:
All four cores work together for total speed and can reach a max default of 2.4 ghz. Many applications do not utilize quadcore technology while it is rather new but is right now being aimed more towards the gaming consumers and developing rapidly.
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Thats not entirely true. All four cores dont work together, they work on separate processes (unless the program is multi-threaded).


As for your original question, he is wrong about it being 9.6Ghz. He has 4 cores which run at 2.4Ghz each. Now if one process could run on all 4 cores, then yes you would have a 9.6Ghz CPU, however that can't happen so he can just run more processes at the same time at a higher clock speed then he could with a single/dual core CPU.
 
the Ghz should be a measure of the a core. unless 4 cores somehow = a core, the GHz rating applies to 1 core. if there are 4, it just means each core has the same speed. unless each core has 9.6GHz its not 9.6GHz. you cant just add each cores speed together, it just doesn't work like that. its like a cooking recipe, if you want double the amount of cookie batter, you don't just add twice as much.
 
sort of. if the apllication utilizes all four cores then each core independently processes the data sent to it.
as far as gaming goes supreme commander is the only game I've heard of that utilizes all four cores. there may be more out there or under development though.
 
Thanks so much, i can finally rub it in his face.
Just back me up once more so I say this right :
It's 4 cores at 2.4 ghz each which can run multiple different proggies at the same time using each core seperately but not alltogether.
 
some can use all 4, and some can use 2.

Also use this analogy: 4 cars pushing an object at 30MPH each. they're all going 30MPH at the same time, so you wouldn't say they're going 120MPH. it just eases the load for each car to push the object.
 
nexolus said:
some can use all 4, and some can use 2.

Also use this analogy: 4 cars pushing an object at 30MPH each. they're all going 30MPH at the same time, so you wouldn't say they're going 120MPH. it just eases the load for each car to push the object.
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And add to that the object position, A rectangular object, Width 12 by 4. Positioned horizontally along the road, it can be pushed by more then one car, signifying a multi-threaded app. But positioned vertically, it contains the same mass, yet can only be pushed by one car, signifying a singular-threaded app...

Yeah that works, though the analogy is weird. ;)
 
Cheese said:
its like a cooking recipe, if you want double the amount of cookie batter, you don't just add twice as much.
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Actually, you do add twice as much to the recipe when you double it, you just don't want to cook it for twice as long or twice as hot.
 
MMMM... cookie batter. Just as good uncooked as it is.. cooked.

..damn now I want some cookies

EDIT: SOLVED! I'm making cookies. XD
 
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