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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Getback on January 24, 2008, 03:48:08 PM
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Didn't I read somewhere that there are no programs written for the quad core chip. So if you bought one and used it on duo threaded games would it run the slower than a duo core machine?
See if you need a quad. Over looked it when I posted.
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No, even though XP programs can only utilize two cores at once at the moment it still leaves another two cores to handle antivirus, firewall etc. programs that possibly run on the background aswell. This increases system responsiveness when multitasking.
Price to price compared you can get a faster core2duo chip with a higher clock speed but that doesn't make the quad core inherently slower.
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Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
No, even though XP programs can only utilize two cores at once at the moment it still leaves another two cores to handle antivirus, firewall etc. programs that possibly run on the background aswell. This increases system responsiveness when multitasking.
Price to price compared you can get a faster core2duo chip with a higher clock speed but that doesn't make the quad core inherently slower.
If you are a heavy multitasker that uses multiple programs open at once that handles large files etc.. (see Designing, Modeling, etc. programs), quad cores is where you'd see a benefit.
If you don't, then you might want to stick with a dual core. Quad cores may be a little more future proof, but its somewhat similar to when 64 bit processors came out. A need in the future was apparent, but the pratical demand was limited.