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Dual core v quad core
Hmmmmm now there’s an interesting question, OK so maybe not interesting but here goes anyway.
In theory a quad core will beat a dual core hands down.
Its like shoving a 2L 4pot against a 4L V8 the V8 is going to win as it simply has more CC’s. Lets not get bogged down with the analogy lest assume the engines are both petrol and both from Land Rover and the same year
Anyhow the quad should win BUT at the moment most, (not all) software is not coded to specifically take into account the additional cores so what you have just done is pulled off two ignition leads. But hey it’s a V8 its still going to limp past the line first.
Then you have to consider the architecture of the board and memory, what’s happening with a quad core, presuming its fully utilized by the application, its trying to shove twice as much data down the bus as it does with a dual core. So now you have a nice fast V8 but your stuck in sand, and in sand its more about the gears and driving ability than the horses and because the dual core and quad core use the same transmission, (trust Land Rover) then you are neck and neck.
At the moment, here comes the but ………
IF software companies decide to make full use of the quad core and produce code accordingly then they just shoved the ignition leads back on and towed you out of the sand and onto tarmac, then they threw in a set of racing slicks, but land rover being land rover didn’t bother changing the transmission so it gets hot now and again but will still beat the pants of the 2L.
In reality, at the moment given that both processors are about the same price the dual core should be that little bit better value as its faster with day to day applications like MS office and playing games but the quad core will be faster at stuff that can multi-thread like video encoding/editing. With a bit of luck however programmers will learn the error of their ways and change the way they code then you wont see the dualcore for your dust cloud.
Still not an easy choice but hope it helped a bit.
**it would be useful to know what motherboard they are putting in the other system.
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Originally Posted by feral
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