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Article #111Re: Trying to understand dual core processors
From: kony
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:14
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:14
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On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 18:30:33 -0000, "Steve" <sbrads24DELETETHISBIT@ukfsn.org> wrote: > >"muzician21" <muzician21@yahoo.com> wrote in message >news:2b848985-e443-4f11-ae06-b40d51ce5419@b16g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... >> Trying to understand the breakdown of things as far as dual core >> systems. Things got a little murky for me since it isn't simply >> Pentium -whatever- and an ever higher gig number. >> >> I've got a 2.4 gig P4. How does that compare both to early dual cores >> and to whatever the current fastest processors are? >> >> Is there good a site that shows the breakdown of things as far as the >> history of processors to present day? >> >> Thanks > >My E7300 dual core is about 6 times quicker than my old system using an >AthlonXP 2.4Ghz on pure processing tasks like RAW conversion and video >encoding. P4s were only a little quicker generally, so perhaps there's a >5:1 ratio in performance approximately. > In something like video encoding with modern software and codecs, sure, but you really have to look at the uses. Much legacy software isn't even multithreaded so if one wants the max gains they'll have to spend quite a bit of money on replacing software... the hidden cost to reach performance seen on typical review benchmarks.
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