http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/01/30/going-quad-core/ the home of peter chng Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:21:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/01/30/going-quad-core/#comment-99808 Juan Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:57:36 +0000 http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/01/30/going-quad-core/#comment-99808 Oh yes, the quad-core will certainly be used in compiling a lot of stuff and encoding in a shorter period of time (I believe). Using the power of 4 individual Core micro-architectured CPU running at 2.4GHz is really useful. Oh yes, the quad-core will certainly be used in compiling a lot of stuff and encoding in a shorter period of time (I believe). Using the power of 4 individual Core micro-architectured CPU running at 2.4GHz is really useful.

]]> http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/01/30/going-quad-core/#comment-92795 Robert Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:54:38 +0000 http://unitstep.net/blog/2008/01/30/going-quad-core/#comment-92795 I recently did a very similar upgrade to you, except I chose the E6850 instead of the Q6600. Part of me regrets that, especially given how many people can overclock their Q6600 up to 3 GHz with no problem. On the other hand, the only thing that I do that would really benefit would probably be Gentoo compiles, but I can do that in the background while doing other things anyway. Oblivion, LOTRO, or any of the less intensive games I play would see approximately zero benefit, and I don't do any video encoding or the like. But still, like you say, quad core is so...cool. If I just can't take it any more in a few months, I might just sell my E6850 and snag a Q9450 (12 MB cache!) and OC it to 3 GHz or above. I recently did a very similar upgrade to you, except I chose the E6850 instead of the Q6600. Part of me regrets that, especially given how many people can overclock their Q6600 up to 3 GHz with no problem. On the other hand, the only thing that I do that would really benefit would probably be Gentoo compiles, but I can do that in the background while doing other things anyway. Oblivion, LOTRO, or any of the less intensive games I play would see approximately zero benefit, and I don’t do any video encoding or the like. But still, like you say, quad core is so…cool. If I just can’t take it any more in a few months, I might just sell my E6850 and snag a Q9450 (12 MB cache!) and OC it to 3 GHz or above.

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