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Old 01-12-2008, 10:05 AM  
farkedup
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Originally Posted by tom3k View Post
ummm... just because a cpu has 2 or 4 cores doesnt make it 2 or 4 times as fast as a single core verison of the same cpu.

the increase in speed going from a single core to a dual core is actually only about 40%, not 100%.

and yes thats with all modern os's, from *nix, win32, win64, solaris, you name it.

alot of what transpires inside the cpu is still handled on a single core basis.
I never said it does.... the bulk of the applications you'll see nearly no gains in speed. You'll have pretty nice overall gains if you're a big multi tasker like me. I was just making a point that 10Ghz IS here, count the cores ;)
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