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I'm thinking of upgrading my desktop PC to a multiple core CPU and Iv'e just been trying to get my head round how multiple cores work, to do this I have just speed tested my laptop which is already a dual core.
It's supposed to be 1.9 ghz dual core which I took to mean it has two processors that each run at 1.9ghz giving a total processor power of just under 4ghz which just makes it slightly more powerful than my desktop PC which is a P4 3.4.
However Iv'e just run a speedtest programme called CPU-Z and the results have quite surprised me.
Vista says my processor is a 1.9ghz as I expected however CPU-Z is saying my core speed is only 800mhz? I expected this to say around 3.8mhz and certainly nowhere near 800mhz lol.
Can someone please explain this to me and help me to understand how these multiple cores work? I thought a 2.4ghz quad core was the equivalent of a P4 9.6.
Here's the shocking picture of my PC's stats.
Scary stuff huh?
It's supposed to be 1.9 ghz dual core which I took to mean it has two processors that each run at 1.9ghz giving a total processor power of just under 4ghz which just makes it slightly more powerful than my desktop PC which is a P4 3.4.
However Iv'e just run a speedtest programme called CPU-Z and the results have quite surprised me.
Vista says my processor is a 1.9ghz as I expected however CPU-Z is saying my core speed is only 800mhz? I expected this to say around 3.8mhz and certainly nowhere near 800mhz lol.
Can someone please explain this to me and help me to understand how these multiple cores work? I thought a 2.4ghz quad core was the equivalent of a P4 9.6.
Here's the shocking picture of my PC's stats.
Scary stuff huh?
