How much of a difference would there be in a "true" quad core compared to quad core?

[meat_helmet]

Re: How much of a difference would there be in a "true" quad core compared to quad co

Ahhh that makes sense now. I knew the c2d was based off the Pentium M, but didnt realise the M was based off the P3... I should read more...

 

[peterhuang913]

Re: How much of a difference would there be in a "true" quad core compared to quad co

Ahhh that makes sense now. I knew the c2d was based off the Pentium M, but didnt realise the M was based off the P3... I should read more...

you said completely new, not on the pm

 

[meat_helmet]

Re: How much of a difference would there be in a "true" quad core compared to quad co

you said completely new, not on the pm

Well the point i was trying to make was that it was a big step from the P4...

 

[darksideleader]

Re: How much of a difference would there be in a "true" quad core compared to quad co

and the Athlon 64 x2 is based on the Athlon 64 which is based on the K7 Opteron which is based on the Athlon XP. Strange how the companies continue their old architures instead of making a whole new one.

and the design process of Kentsfield exacally the same as the Pentium D, two conroes bolted together. nothing wrong with it really but yea :/

 

[TheEnd187]

Re: How much of a difference would there be in a "true" quad core compared to quad co

Actually pentium D is a P4EE with locked multipliers, and Hyper Threading disabled. So if you have a P4EE you see four cores in task manager.

 

[veg1992]

Re: How much of a difference would there be in a "true" quad core compared to quad co

Actually pentium D is a P4EE with locked multipliers, and Hyper Threading disabled. So if you have a P4EE you see four cores in task manager.

so does that mean the pentium 4 was a step back rofl

also for all we know the penryns maybe a huge improvement, i mean, the Core 2 Duo was a 30% faster with less power consumption than a Pentium D

 

[Racasdorph]

Re: How much of a difference would there be in a "true" quad core compared to quad co

Im guessing not actually that much. The problem is that there are few applications and no games that make use of 4 cores. I think even in games like crysis (which apparently has support for quads) we will only see maybe a 5% gain from using "true" quad cores.

Im sorry dude but your flat out wrong with saying no games use quad core. Supreme Commander utilizes 4 cores, just search it on youtube... this guys gets all 4 of the cores up to like 75% workload on a huge map in Supreme Commander... thats crazy lol

 

[Slam'n Systems]

Re: How much of a difference would there be in a "true" quad core compared to quad co

it reminds me of enter sandman where the kids like now i will go to sleep O_O

lol yeah, exactly what came to my head after reading the first part of it X_X