[its obvious you will defend your purchase! ]
I don't mean it that way, exactly. I could have bought whatever processor I wanted. It's one of the few consolations of age and having stayed out of most really bad trouble. I looked at the FX-55-57 with price tags above $800. I looked at the X2 4800+ too. I read up on this board and a few others. I used to write Windows applications full time, and already knew a multprocessor architecture would suit the Windows application environment very well. I didn't know at the time that nVidia was already working on dual-core optimized drivers. I also didn't know how much real-world benefit the dual core would get me in day to day use.
I come at this from two perspectives: 1) I am enthusiastic about the X2, because it is in the middle of the AMD price range, and performs incredibly well in Windows; and 2) there are a lot of really clueless comments made about multitasking and thread scheduling in Windows, and the kinds of apps that benefit from multiprocessor architectures. I really don't care who shares (1), but I admit to being bugged by (2). It's irrational, I know.
I don't mean it that way, exactly. I could have bought whatever processor I wanted. It's one of the few consolations of age and having stayed out of most really bad trouble. I looked at the FX-55-57 with price tags above $800. I looked at the X2 4800+ too. I read up on this board and a few others. I used to write Windows applications full time, and already knew a multprocessor architecture would suit the Windows application environment very well. I didn't know at the time that nVidia was already working on dual-core optimized drivers. I also didn't know how much real-world benefit the dual core would get me in day to day use.
I come at this from two perspectives: 1) I am enthusiastic about the X2, because it is in the middle of the AMD price range, and performs incredibly well in Windows; and 2) there are a lot of really clueless comments made about multitasking and thread scheduling in Windows, and the kinds of apps that benefit from multiprocessor architectures. I really don't care who shares (1), but I admit to being bugged by (2). It's irrational, I know.