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Are quad cores worth it?
In time I'm sure their full potential will be able to be grasped.....so should I get one?
My options of CPUs on different PCS are...
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz
or
AMD Phenom X4 9850 Quad Core 2.5GHz
or I can get one of these dual cores..
Athlon X2 7750 2.70GHz
or
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8GHz
So really the question is what is better? More cores, or faster CPU speed?
My options of CPUs on different PCS are...
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz
or
AMD Phenom X4 9850 Quad Core 2.5GHz
or I can get one of these dual cores..
Athlon X2 7750 2.70GHz
or
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8GHz
So really the question is what is better? More cores, or faster CPU speed?
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Permalink Reply by reaper on -
if your programs don't fully utilize all 4 cores then its pretty useless
however if the processor prices are the same, i'd go for a quad anyways lol
if you like messing with pins go with amd, they still overclock better......i just prefer intel cpu installs
for a cost savings i'd wait until the upcoming core i5 and i3's come out as it will force a markdown on the current core 2 duo and core 2 quad lines
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Permalink Reply by implying implications on -
i have no clue what you are talking about, mine came with zero bent pins.
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Permalink Reply by reaper on
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i'm just not very gentle with cpus and i've had amd pins fall off.....not saying they come out of the box with bent pins lol
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Permalink Reply by Izzy on -
Well the thing is they're all in the same range ($500-$700 for the comps with the CPUs)......so yeah I guess I'll run with the quads. But what are these i3s, i5s, and i7s I've heard of?
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Permalink Reply by reaper on
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the core 2 and core 2 quad lines are being replaced by the nehalem series....otherwise currently known as the i7
i7 will be the high end, i5 mainstream, and i3 value based
as far as i know the i7 and i5 are quad core, with the i3's being the mixed low end quad/dual core
check this out for more details http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=18944
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Permalink Reply by reaper on
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i'll agree amd can be a fine alternative, it all comes down to preference :)
i hate pins so i stick with intel heh
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Permalink Reply by Justin on -
I was less excited about the i7's performance at first than the system overall performance. You have to account for the fact that the i7 or LGA1366 platform is a great leap in the entire Core architecture. I was excited to get a onboard memory controller (something AMD had first), I was excited to get triple channel ram in the cutting edge DDR3 variety, and I was ecstatic that my board plays nice with both SLI and Crossfire. When the system was finished however I was unprepared for the more than impressive performance of the chip itself performing tasks that were previously painful to watch. MediaCoder for example is a up and coming transcoding platform that is one of the few that truly supports multithreading (no it doesn't use multiple cores to process several videos, it parallels) this is pertinent to all of us PMP fanatics (iPod, Zen, Archos, etc.) it can takes hours for us to get our precious shows in these restrictive formats on a single or dual core CPU and that just won't work when we are in a hurry. I have seen iPod touch transcodes at the top of the hardware limits encode at over 150FPS, that is a complete format change and it is utterly sick. So you decide, is it worth it to have quad core performance?
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Permalink Reply by Izzy on
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Well the i3,i5,i7,etc cores kind of just confused me. When are they due out anyway? And what is the presumed time till quads are outdated?
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Permalink Reply by Wandering I on -
Good point.....I finally got onto my schedule of about 2-3 years for a major upgrade. I'm a mid gamer.....not really die hard pc gamer. So i'll do a board, cpu, and ram upgrade every 2-3 years, vid card every 3-4, and anything else that needs to be replaced in between. I try to plan ahead for upgrade paths. My last system I had had the only non-server board I've ever seen to have BOTH an AGP 8x slot AND an PCI-16x slot for video. I had the best of both worlds with that thing, but the cpu socket wasn't helping with anything else so I finally updated a few months ago.
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