Originally Posted by Mr Bond

True.... most programs are not designed to use 4 cores,

But that doesn't matter when I have several things to do and I don't want my primary machine tied up. But it's much easier to just let those apps run in the background as I can now do.

I can continue working on other stuff and hardly even know the encoder is running

As you can see in screenshot 2... the encoder is using all 4 cores (I tested this out on a Dual Xeon Core2 before dropping the cash on the QuadCore).


As far as cores... how many.. and what they mean.... think of it like this:

Programs are like cars on a highway.
Cores are lanes on a highway

Some Programs use 1 lane...
More Programs are using 2 lanes...
and hardly any Programs use 4.

While most of my programs only use 1 or 2 lanes.... that still leaves 2 more lanes open for me to do other shit with virtually No Noticeable slow down.

However, Most of my Video and encoding Programs are using all 4 Cores so the investment has totally paid off. Fuck, even if it only saves you 10 minutes per hour - that?s a free hour every 6!!

Right now I'm saving 40 minutes per hour over my previous 3.2 HT Prescott (which was not a slow machine).

My main goal was getting to 64-bit. As with the cores... most programs are still 32 bit... But the OS IS 64 bit... and that's what really counts for me. I hop around all over shit all day and every second saved is worth the 500 extra this processor cost.

I mean FUCK.... what?s $500 compared to an extra 3-4 hours each day?

Mr.Bond