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Subject: Quad Core Processors, when they out?
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Yo,

Gunna buy Halo 2 PC with Crysis with Vista n im gunna have to wait now because my dad said he isnt having Vista on his computer the arseh**e, so anyone know when teh Quad Cores will be otu next year?

Spartam 012.

  • 12.12.2006 10:06 AM PDT

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*stares in disgust at the butchering of the english language*

Quad core is already out.

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  • 12.12.2006 10:09 AM PDT
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Jesus im blind, well thanks you anyway my good fellow. I shall look into buying 1 of these.

  • 12.12.2006 10:20 AM PDT
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Hey man, don't be so offended by his grammar; this guy's been around the Maw longer than you have I bet. Definitely has more respect from older members, such as ;am; Inspire, Me15ter, Muffmeister, etc. Also was an amazing Halo player if I remember correctly...

Anyway, I'd say that buying a quad core would mean that you are a megatasker. Not a multitasker, but a megatasker. Sounds like overkill to me.

  • 12.12.2006 11:27 AM PDT
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What jackal says... (and yeah i was awesome at Halo until i got a new crap wireless router)

I ask for a Quad Core cos Crysis looks so bloody good n its gnna need the power.

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  • 12.12.2006 11:56 AM PDT
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From what I can see, the Quad Core Processors, when they out is early 2007. Just a longer little. :)

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  • 12.12.2006 12:02 PM PDT
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Quad cores are allready out. Sun has actually had an 8 core system many many years ago.

  • 12.12.2006 12:03 PM PDT
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Yes, but I think he's referring to the next series, the next line of QCPs.

  • 12.12.2006 12:04 PM PDT
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Next series? When you have four cores, you don't need a next series...

  • 12.12.2006 12:19 PM PDT

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Quad cores are allready out. Sun has actually had an 8 core system many many years ago.


You and I both knew he meant x86 class processors.

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Next series? When you have four cores, you don't need a next series...


Says who? Next time you try to render something and it takes 50+ hours to render on a dual ore system talk to me.

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  • 12.12.2006 12:21 PM PDT
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<3 the ability of people to detect sarcasm. And btw, Sun did have an 8 core x86 system out years ago.

Anyways, Intel has had dual-dual-core processors out for a couple of months now. They're overly expensive and small in numbers. Their native quad-core solutions are due out in march, at the latest. Beyond that, they'll take it down to a smaller process type in late 07.

AMD's solution is Vista oriented with a significantly improved non-uniform memory architecture hotlinked between two physical processors on their FX line. Where Intel has taken it step by step, peeking through the woods, AMD has taken a helecopter up to get a good view. It's definately not something you'd want running XP, because XP's understanding of NUMA is incredibly poor. They'll launch it in a 2x2 form, providing four cores here soon and their native quad core will launch later on giving true 4x4 for eight cores.

  • 12.12.2006 12:48 PM PDT

Posted by: X Rampancy X
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^Which is why I like where AMD is heading. The only reason you would want an 8 core processor (or even a quad core) would be for a graphics workstation. Or if you want to play Doom 3 while doing a virus scan AND scanning for spyware AND cleaning out your registry AND converting audio/video files at the same time.

And I apologize Spartan 012, I meant no disrespect.

  • 12.12.2006 7:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: th3m4dblimp3r
^Which is why I like where AMD is heading. The only reason you would want an 8 core processor (or even a quad core) would be for a graphics workstation. Or if you want to play Doom 3 while doing a virus scan AND scanning for spyware AND cleaning out your registry AND converting audio/video files at the same time.

And I apologize Spartan 012, I meant no disrespect.


nah, you want it as a multi/mega-tasking solution. Aside from multithreaded developement apps that I'll be using the moment they come out to make my life a helluva lot easier, I personally dont want to have to close anything to play a game. I've always wanted to encode my renders in1080p@60Hz, listen to music, burn a DVDDL, archive a hard drive to high compression, and play a game a once. No need to have 8 or more cores if they're not going to be used. 90% of everyon has no need to go past four cores for typical use or gameplay for at least three years. By then, the next OS, graphical solution, networking solutions, and actual applications will be ready to make use of multiple cores naturally.

Remember that processors are still bottlenecked by the hard drive. Multiple cores will only show benefit with better memory control and larger memory sizes. Having up to 16 instances of access to the HDD at once isn't friendly for any hard drive.

  • 12.12.2006 9:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: th3m4dblimp3r
And I apologize Spartan 012, I meant no disrespect.


No effence taken bro.

  • 12.13.2006 4:37 AM PDT