[ubuntu-uk] Dual-Core = less not more?

[Kris Douglas]

On 26/12/2007, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk>
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was one of the many who purchased the Dell laptops when they shipped
> here in the UK with Ubuntu pre-installed.  I've got a Pentium Dual-Core
> chip (not a core-duo although I'm not sure what the difference is!)
> installed and although /proc/cpuinfo shows both cores as seperate
> processors, I'm really not convinced that the dual-core with 1024MB RAM
> is faster than my old 1.4GHz with 512MB RAM.
>
> I've got stock Gutsy installed on the laptop (upgraded from feisty using
> apt-get dist-upgrade) so if there are any packages that you think would
> be more beneficial, please let me know.
>
> One of the things I've stumbled upon in the forums is the possibility of
> running x64 on Core2-Duo processors - would that help me here?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matt.
>
>
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I think there is a point where the performance just levels out. You will
notice the difference when you run lots of apps at once. I dont know, but
I'm running X86 on a 2x dual xeon machine with 8gb of ram, and it boots
about the same time as my dual core 3.6ghz 2gb ram, but is much better on
performance, when running say, lots of applications, database stuff etc..

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Kris Douglas
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