Has anyone tried the AMD 6 core?

[Getback]

Just curious. Not sure what you can do with it.

[Spikes]

Really atm not much you can do that you can't with a quad...I know MAddog is upgrading to the 6 core lineup. Many programs don't even use quads much less 6 core processors...

[Getback]

Really atm not much you can do that you can't with a quad...I know MAddog is upgrading to the 6 core lineup. Many programs don't even use quads much less 6 core processors...

Yes, that is correct. Just not sure what you are gaining other maybe more cores.

[cattb]

From what I have read there is gain in some areas, just depends on the application software.

[Skuzzy]

From the videographers benches, it looks like it gets about a 2% gain in performance over a quad core.

[Krusty]

Is that because of hardware limitations (i.e. potential bottlenecks, etc) or software limitations (just not coded to utilize all 6 cores)?

[guncrasher]

not an expert here but i say most games/programs aren't even coded to use 4 cores, so 6 wont make a difference.

semp

[Skuzzy]

Is that because of hardware limitations (i.e. potential bottlenecks, etc) or software limitations (just not coded to utilize all 6 cores)?

It is not software limitations, as there are some benches using dual Xenon CPUs (16 cores) and they blow everything away by a large margin.