Core 2 Duo, dual mobos?

Glass · 7 Nov 2006 at 16:03

Is there such a thing??? Two core 2 duo's on one mobo?

sam83uk · 7 Nov 2006 at 16:28

that would mean u would have 4 cores WOWAZZ!! IMAGIN THE POWAR!!!! :cool:

w3bbo · 7 Nov 2006 at 16:51

Why not wait a few weeks..quad core is just aroung the corner (2 core2duo's on one chip).

allllec · 7 Nov 2006 at 17:54

w3bbo said:
Why not wait a few weeks..quad core is just aroung the corner (2 core2duo's on one chip).

i was under the assumption it was 1 core 2 duo chip with hyper threading, thus actually being 2 cores and 2 theoretical cores :confused:

have i been misinformed?

Dureth · 7 Nov 2006 at 19:34

allllec said:
have i been misinformed?

Very much so, it's two core 2 duo cores on 1 chip like the first dual core P4's.

Glass · 10 Nov 2006 at 09:20

so are there any dual motherboards that support core 2 duo chips?

Dureth · 10 Nov 2006 at 09:46

Not that I know of. You'd be looking at the new Xeon line if you want that I think. To be honest I don't see the point even for a high end workstation as a single slot motherboard will soon have a 4 core CPU available which is what you were looking to have with a dual slot core 2 duo motherboard.

Captain Fizz · 10 Nov 2006 at 11:40

Dual CPU motherboards are also not nearly as popular with the gamers/enthusiast side.

Mainly server side.

Therefore the drivers will not be as optimised as they could be, chipset will be built for reliability rather than performance.
Less people using the motherboard = less people to find issues, so there may be niggly things which take 6 months to fix etc.

That's the reason I got an X2 - Finally dual-CPU, but in a decent, overclockable and high performance motherboard.
(Considered dual CPU with Barton's, but stil, the motherboards were not as good for gaming)

So if you wish to have 4 cores, just wait for the new CPU's coming out.