AMD Dual Core CPU's

[Victor Polukcht]

В Срд, 01/02/2006 в 16:07 +1100, Peter Lieverdink пишет:

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> 4GHz of joy vs 2.4GHz. Hmmm.
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> I suppose it mainly depends on how you plan to use it. On a Linux box 
> where you run a lot of concurrent apps (evolution, office, firefox, 
> vmware, whatever) I expect a 2GHz dual-core will give you, the end user, 
> a far better experience than a single core 2.4GHz.
> 
> On an x2, whenever you have an app that eats a lot of cpu time, you 
> still have the other core to run any other app that needs it at full 
> speed. Yum :-)  In most cases (for office/web/mail) you won't notice 
> much of a difference between 2 and 2.4GHz, but you will notice a large 
> difference between a single-core and dual-core box when you try to push 
> the machine a bit.

I'm using AMD64 X2 3800+. Difference is really big only in
encoding/streaming/compiling video/audio/programs. In other apps - no
difference with my old Intel P4-3000. The main problem for me always was
amount of memory. Now i have 2Gb on my desktop and everything is
balanced.

So if you are using your desktop only for "home usage" - there is NO
reason for very expencive AMD64 X2.

> That said, keep in mind that 90% of the time your cpu will be idling at 
> 1GHz (powernowd) because all apps are waiting for user input or some 
> alarm to perform their tasks anyway.

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Best regards,
Victor Polukcht