DUAL VS SINGLE CORE HELP PLEASE

Received wisdom (which is probably correct, in this case) is that a
gamer is currently better off buying the best single-core chip (s)he
can get for whatever money (s)he plans to spend on a CPU. AFAIK, no
current games are able to use more than a single processor. XP can
make use of 2 cores, but if you run a game on a dual core system you
will end up with one core being thrashed by the game and the second
idling almost all the time. You are better off buying a CPU with a
single, faster, core.

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:43:03 GMT, "widowmak" <u17649@uwe> wrote:

>Hello,
>Last year I built a pc with the Fatality an8 mobo, and I installed the 939
>pin Athlon clawhammer 3500 processor.
>I guess my first and foremost question is can I install the AMD 64x2 3200
>without any problems? And second I'm an avid gamer and I realize the dual
>cores are top notch at multi tasking. That said would I be better off going
>with a single core AMD 4000 or switching to a dual core processor if mobo
>permits.

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With a dual core, the game will run on one core, XP will be using the
other core. The end result is a more responsive system.

Stephen

On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:06:01 GMT, Peter R. Fletcher
<seebelow DeleteThis @mydomain.com> had a flock of green cheek conures squawk out:

>Received wisdom (which is probably correct, in this case) is that a
>gamer is currently better off buying the best single-core chip (s)he
>can get for whatever money (s)he plans to spend on a CPU. AFAIK, no
>current games are able to use more than a single processor. XP can
>make use of 2 cores, but if you run a game on a dual core system you
>will end up with one core being thrashed by the game and the second
>idling almost all the time. You are better off buying a CPU with a
>single, faster, core.
>
>On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:43:03 GMT, "widowmak" <u17649@uwe> wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>Last year I built a pc with the Fatality an8 mobo, and I installed the 939
>>pin Athlon clawhammer 3500 processor.
>>I guess my first and foremost question is can I install the AMD 64x2 3200
>>without any problems? And second I'm an avid gamer and I realize the dual
>>cores are top notch at multi tasking. That said would I be better off going
>>with a single core AMD 4000 or switching to a dual core processor if mobo
>>permits.
>
>Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the exchange.
>Peter R. Fletcher
--
 >> Stay informed about: DUAL VS SINGLE CORE HELP PLEASE 

Absolutely true, of course, but most people don't need a responsive
system (other than within the game) when they are gaming.

On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 23:31:55 GMT, Stephen <yes RemoveThis @its.invalid> wrote:

>With a dual core, the game will run on one core, XP will be using the
>other core. The end result is a more responsive system.
>
>Stephen
>
>On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:06:01 GMT, Peter R. Fletcher
><seebelow RemoveThis @mydomain.com> had a flock of green cheek conures squawk out:
>
>>Received wisdom (which is probably correct, in this case) is that a
>>gamer is currently better off buying the best single-core chip (s)he
>>can get for whatever money (s)he plans to spend on a CPU. AFAIK, no
>>current games are able to use more than a single processor. XP can
>>make use of 2 cores, but if you run a game on a dual core system you
>>will end up with one core being thrashed by the game and the second
>>idling almost all the time. You are better off buying a CPU with a
>>single, faster, core.
>>
>>On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:43:03 GMT, "widowmak" <u17649@uwe> wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>Last year I built a pc with the Fatality an8 mobo, and I installed the 939
>>>pin Athlon clawhammer 3500 processor.
>>>I guess my first and foremost question is can I install the AMD 64x2 3200
>>>without any problems? And second I'm an avid gamer and I realize the dual
>>>cores are top notch at multi tasking. That said would I be better off going
>>>with a single core AMD 4000 or switching to a dual core processor if mobo
>>>permits.
>>
>>Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the exchange.
>>Peter R. Fletcher

Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the exchange.
Peter R. Fletcher
 >> Stay informed about: DUAL VS SINGLE CORE HELP PLEASE