You can never have enough CPU!

[Hulk]

Two weeks ago I upgraded from a P4 3.06 to an E6400 o/c to 3.2GHz. As you can image the performance increase was absolutely stunning. Video editing previews were MUCH better, lower render times, windows snapping open, etc...

I was thinking, "man this is gonna satisfy me for a long time."

Well I'm already thinking about quad core. Last night I was compressing some video, surfing the web, and watching TV and the TV was stuttering a bit. I was thinking, "damn! I need quad core!"

I'm a core junkie!

 

[AkumaX]

could be i/o limitation 😉

 

[n7]

I'm not.

I would much rather have 5 GHz C2D than more same speed or slower C2Q.

There are far too few applications benefitting from more than 2 cores for me to get very excited about quad core+

Then again, if you're an insanely heavy multitasker, i suppose...

 

[Duvie]

Only video editing I see using more then 2 cores is Hi def codec. basic mpeg2 stuff seems become IO limited and rarely use more the 50-70% of total 4 cores....

I had quad amds and saw little advantage. I have a quad INtel chip now and see similar gains over 2 cores in similar apps. I need to try some of the new H.264 codecs more thoroughly but usually higher the quality and analysis it will use 4 cores....

DVDshrink only maxes at 85-88% of all 4 cores but when deep analysis is runnig it is about pegged at 100% for entire duration.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I'd even go so far as to say that 99% of all people that want Quad Core CPUs will not even use 4 cores let alone maxing out 2. There's alot of "me too" and "I have the best stuff" attitudes flying around lately.

 

[o1die]

I like the single core socket 939's. I bought a spare last week. I intend to use them until my last stick of ddram dies. I bought a total of 7 sticks in the last 3 years, including a dual channel pack of crucial for only $50 after rebate. I gave away an old system a few days ago to a co-worker who was using an old pentium hand me down. He was very happy to get a socket a system with leftover parts.

 

[AkumaX]

Originally posted by: Duvie
Only video editing I see using more then 2 cores is Hi def codec. basic mpeg2 stuff seems become IO limited and rarely use more the 50-70% of total 4 cores....

I had quad amds and saw little advantage. I have a quad INtel chip now and see similar gains over 2 cores in similar apps. I need to try some of the new H.264 codecs more thoroughly but usually higher the quality and analysis it will use 4 cores....

DVDshrink only maxes at 85-88% of all 4 cores but when deep analysis is runnig it is about pegged at 100% for entire duration.

*drool* i've been doing a lot of x.264 encoding recently and itching to try it on a c2d 😀

 

[Roguestar]

I agree. A fast enough CPU can run a browser and other things at the same time, we don't need a core for every single application when we suddenly decide that everything has to be done at the same time. That's why processors have time-sharing, after all.