AMD Dual Core CPU's

[Larry McKevitt]

On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 18:57 +0100, Aphorism wrote:
> Well, considering that a good portion of applications developed for *nix
> are multi-threaded -- the dual core is a great choice.
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> I have the low end X2 for the very same pricing reasons cited in this
> thread.  It is remarkably quick, and yes, you notice it with all of
> your basic apps as well simply because the GUI uses both cores to
> manage the load.
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> So I am afraid I disagree with those folks who say to go single core. 
> Go single core if you want to run fast games under blows.  If not, go
> dual core.  It is the most cost effective way to get more power.
> 
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> Also, on a side note, I bought a Foxconn with onboard Nvidia chipset. 
> Avoid onboard Nvidia and ATI.  Buy a board with onboard Realtek / SiS /
> etc.  If you don't do this, you will suffer from a crap onboard sound
> (like my Nvidia -- added a Soundblaster after market) without alsa
> support (oss is about all you will get out of Nvidia).
> 
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> If you want better graphics performance after the fact, buy an Nvidia
> card then send them hatemail about their proprietary driver stance.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Aphorism
> 

Actually, games utilize both cores - one for AI and the other for
graphics, so games run better with dual core (or at least SMP) and lots
of memory on the graphics card.