Originally posted by: cessation
http://www.pugetsystems.com/articles.php?id=23
google 4 teh win!
Conclusion
As you can see, the move to dual-core is definitely a win for consumers. Since they are more affordable than dual processor systems, but offer the same or better performance, they are becoming the standard for modern computer systems.
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Originally posted by: zephyrprime
Because of lower latency on die communication, dual core is faster than dual cpu so long as everything else is the same.
Originally posted by: Crescent13
Dual Core FTW! My dream system is 8 Opty 890's (2.8GHz Dual core, in testing now), on a Tyan K8WE + M4881, with 4 Quadro FX 5500's, 128GB Ram, 8 M-Systems 323 GB SSD SCSI drives, and all liquid cooled. ahhhhhhh. I'd love to see how that would do my stuff in softimage XSI, because my computer sucks at workstation apps. (Opty 144 @ 2.8GHz, 7800GT @ 7800GTX speeds).
Originally posted by: dguy6789
Originally posted by: zephyrprime
Because of lower latency on die communication, dual core is faster than dual cpu so long as everything else is the same.
This only refers to AMD cpus.
The Pentium D based cpus cannot communicate core to core on die. They have to do it accross the mainboard just like Xeons do. Only K8 processors can have ondie core to core communication.
Originally posted by: Fox5
Originally posted by: dguy6789
Originally posted by: zephyrprime
Because of lower latency on die communication, dual core is faster than dual cpu so long as everything else is the same.
This only refers to AMD cpus.
The Pentium D based cpus cannot communicate core to core on die. They have to do it accross the mainboard just like Xeons do. Only K8 processors can have ondie core to core communication.
Core Duo and Conroe have an even superior on die communication by using the cache to transfer data. Way faster than the hypertransport controller, though it does come at a small hit to single core performance.
Originally posted by: Crescent13
Dual Core FTW! My dream system is 8 Opty 890's (2.8GHz Dual core, in testing now), on a Tyan K8WE + M4881, with 4 Quadro FX 5500's, 128GB Ram, 8 M-Systems 323 GB SSD SCSI drives, and all liquid cooled. ahhhhhhh. I'd love to see how that would do my stuff in softimage XSI, because my computer sucks at workstation apps. (Opty 144 @ 2.8GHz, 7800GT @ 7800GTX speeds).