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QUAD Core @ OCUK

FrankJH said:
Very true - however not every app likes to be minimised etc, a few old burner aps really hate it for example and can make coasters because of only this I have found and as stated above struggling could be caused by memory or hdd's caching to keep up not necessarily the cpu's fault
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I'd agree that a system struggling will be a combination of saturating bandwidth on the buses between CPU cores, memory & hard storage/optical storage units etc. However I can't really avoid that with my system as I'm running 2gb of overclocked RAM & all my drives are SATA. I have no IDE drives whatsoever. So there is not much I can upgrade to increase throughput. However I'm sure the southbridge will still be a limiting factor at times on my mobo.
So the only worthwhile upgrade is to a new mobo with increased throughput & double the cores to share the workload ;)
 
But surely you will still have the same problem if you double the number of cores as the south bridge will still be the problem :confused:

The only advantage of quad cores i can see is multithreaded apps where the cpu is talking direct with the ram eliminating the slower components from the equation.
 
Krakpot said:
But surely you will still have the same problem if you double the number of cores as the south bridge will still be the problem :confused:

The only advantage of quad cores i can see is multithreaded apps where the cpu is talking direct with the ram eliminating the slower components from the equation.
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Would be a different mobo that I would have to purchase though to fit a quad core which could well have an improved southbridge compared to my current mobo.
 
People with 2.6Ghz Athlon 64's are still doing extremely well in games and I think dual core hasn't really launched in software yet either. Quad core isn't needed really but it will be in the future. If your a gamer, I'd stick with dual core. How many true multi-threaded games are out right now?. How much will the quad cores be worth when it's mainstream and just about everything has a patch to use multi-threading?. Certainly not near £800 anyway.

I think it's a good idea but useless for now in my eyes. For the people who do buy them and have a good use for them I hope you enjoy the extra power. :D
 
<maddness> said:
your gonna have to fill me in!

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Recode entire DVD to DVD.
Then follow the wizard.

Pick a dual layer 9 DVD so it gets compressed a lot.

I want dual pass and quality selected.

Tell me how long, what compression %, and how many frames rendered a second.
 
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Tuvoc said:
People asked what applications use all 4 cores. Well, incredibly boring I know, but my dual dual core (i.e. quad) Opteron runs 24/7 with all 4 cores fully loaded, with chess programs that in many cases will us up to 8 cores if you have them :) My next purchase may well be dual Quad core Xeons

Also - some chess programs come in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, and there is one example where the 64-bit exe gives a 70% speed-up. Yes you read that right, 70%. Many question the value of 64-bit, well there is one example where it benefits hugely.

Chess is however a very snmall market segment.... :rolleyes:
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chess programs? :confused: :confused:
 
manoz said:
chess programs? :confused: :confused:
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hehe great stuff, yeah like a computer chess game where you battle against the CPU, I remember regularly visiting the science museum as a young teenager when they had one of the first chess programs set-up on a computer, spent hours standing there pitting my chess skills against the 10MHz cpu (or whatever it would have been back in 1982 :) )
 
easyrider said:
Maddness has a carp DVD collection LOL :D

Pick a film Ill probably have it Maddness.
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lol last time you put me through this test i had a 33% lead despite
me using a seagate 7200.10 over your Raptor 150 :D

quad core power :D

i'll check it out later, catch you on msn!
 
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