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farkedup · 01-26-2008, 07:14 PM

even under linux you won't really EVER touch all 8 cores, there are too many other bottlenecks in performance.

RAM speed?
Hard drive?
RAM --> CPU BUS
CPU cache --> CPU

Personally I'd like to see them focus on bus speed, RAM speed and ESPECIALLY cache size and speed before they go tacking on yet even more cores. TODAYS apps can take advantage of the added fast cache. I'd even settle for like those old XEON L3 1/2Mb cache they used to have as an off chip added cache which was slower but it was a workaround for the complexities of large amounts of cache actually IN the CPU.

Even video encoding I don't believe will be able to use all 8 CPU's fully EVEN in linux

01-26-2008, 07:14 PM
farkedup Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 2,490	even under linux you won't really EVER touch all 8 cores, there are too many other bottlenecks in performance. RAM speed? Hard drive? RAM --> CPU BUS CPU cache --> CPU Personally I'd like to see them focus on bus speed, RAM speed and ESPECIALLY cache size and speed before they go tacking on yet even more cores. TODAYS apps can take advantage of the added fast cache. I'd even settle for like those old XEON L3 1/2Mb cache they used to have as an off chip added cache which was slower but it was a workaround for the complexities of large amounts of cache actually IN the CPU. Even video encoding I don't believe will be able to use all 8 CPU's fully EVEN in linux __________________ -- QUOTE ME IT MAKES ME FEEL SPECIAL --