Re: [Hampshire] [OT] A hot new PC without Windoze?

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Lähettäjä: Andy Smith
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Vastaanottaja: hampshire
Aihe: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] A hot new PC without Windoze?

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On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 09:10:56AM +0000, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> I would be interested to see if it is really faster than a dual core or not.
> Intel and AMD seem to be upping the clock rate and number of cores
> without actually improving the IO capacity.


I don't think it will be any faster than 2x dual core, while being
significantly more expensive. Unless you need 8+ cores I don't
therefore think quad core chips are economical at this stage.

Cheers,
Andy

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