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Offline Naokii

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« on: December 10, 2007, 09:45:46 pm »
Hey all, I plan on getting a Mac Pro and am confused about something. Would two dual core intel Xeon's @ 2.66Ghz = Quadcore @ 5.32Ghz? (2.66Ghz dual core Xeon + 2.66Ghz dual core Xeon)

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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2007, 08:28:26 am »
Doesn't work like that, 2x dual-cores can do double the amount of pure maths, however most of the time a computer is just running instructions, not doing maths (hence my supercomputer comments in your other thread), so in normal use a 1x single core 2.66GHz machine will feel almost as fast as having 4 cores running at the same speed, all other things being equal.
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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2007, 10:38:54 am »
Closed. Please continue discussion of anything Apple/Mac related in this thread here:
http://cgi.furtopia.org/cgi-bin....t=30422

Thanks.