[Hivetyrant]

Originally posted by TheCrimsomBlade: So The Pent D prcessorers are twice as fast as the Pent HT and the pent D processorers double check everything like the Pent HT but with no lag nor lock up problems the HT and other single core procressors ten to have when trying to run the newer high tech Games comming out

Not really true, dual cores are indeed faster, but not "twice as fast" they are still limited by the shared lvl 1 cache and motherboard bandwidth.

Originally posted by TheCrimsomBlade: AMD is changing over to the intel Pent D processors because of this and other facts.

Where on earth did you hear that crap?
AMD although did not invent Dual core, certainly had the fist dual core chip on the market and continue to ahve the fastest processors (dual core included) on the market I do not see why they would change, the AMD dual core architechture is far more advanced than the Intel setup and that's why they perform better, just wait untill they start using DDR2....

Originally posted by SpiritWarrior: So without argument dual is the way to go no matter what, right? And that example I posted, in effect it would be about double its speed (6ghz) then? I have a system with HT and I have found it makes very little difference whther its off or on. But is dual core noticeable in comparison?

Hehe, I wish it would be 6Ghz [img]tongue.gif[/img] Yes Dual core is the way of the future, but dont expect the processor to run much faster than the single core equivilant, it doesn't work that way, the main advantage of two cores is that the CPU does not have to stall whilst running many different threads, essentially dual core just makes it easier for you to have a "main" program running and have minimised effects on it by other programs such as the OS or anything else you are running.
(Don't be misguided by my test saying effective 4.8GHz...though that would be damn nice )

Originally posted by Tomin: There is a negligible difference between the 2. The biggest reason is though while the hardware can use the dual core or even 64 bit chips software can't do anything with the extra capabilities. Untill Vista comes out there is no real difference between the 2. Even then they are very similar as one can do twice the calculations while the other has twice the pipeline..

Also not entirely true, dual core technology is not entirely controlled by the software/Operating system and can be used by DOS if neccesary (or if possible [img]tongue.gif[/img] ) though the OS can controll what threads are running on each core.
But yes, 64-bit technology is not fully utilised yet, with minimal ammounts of decent software actually designed to use 64-tech/windows.

Sorry if I sound a bit ranty and I didn't want to offend anyone, but I didn't want old Spirit here getting the wrong idea, though feel free to prove me wrong

EDITon't expect it to run much faster

[ 03-28-2006, 05:36 AM: Message edited by: Hivetyrant ]