Dual Core or Quad Core CPU?
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Okay guys, need some input here.
As you may or may not know Intel came out with their new line of 45nm CPU this year. And I'm ready to go for it.
I'm torn between the Q9450 quad core (which just got avialble today) and the E8400 dual core that has been out since last month. I do some music editing, Photoshop, and a bit of gaming now and then but my main concern is, would SU benifit from "Dual" or "Quad" cores?
I have seen great thing from the E8400 overclocking wise in reaching 4Ghz at 1.2 - 1.3 vcore and I think my rig can acommplish that. No real review yet of the preformance of the Q9450...still waiting.
So I homblly asking you opintion on this to help me narrow down my choices. TY
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SU doest benefit directly form multiple cores as it can only ever run on one core. Because of this i reckon its best (and cheaper) to go for a dual core proccessor with quite a high clock rate.
Then again if your doing a lot of multi tasking, or rendering in a progam that can utilise the cores its definetly worth looking at the quad core. A quad is also more futureproof than a dual core.
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Thanks remus, I really don't multi task heavily and for now I can get a E8400 for a very affordable price. I can upgrade to a quad core later in the year as the prices go down a bit.
It's just to bad that SU is not taking advantage of multi core processing.
Now what to do about a GPU....
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Let's hope version 7 addresses this issue.
Me personally, when I next upgrade my machine (sometime this year) I will go Quad Core. As much as I run SU, I also run other software and don't really want to hold my machine back satisfying the needs of one program.
It is certainly a very tricky issue choosing the best processer for all us SU users. -
You have a point their Dylan, I guess you have to look at it in the grand scale of thing now and the unforeseen future.
It's just mind blowing how fast technology moves now a days. You get the latest gear and two months later it's obsolete already.
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