Dual Processor PC
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Well.. Tom's Hardware asked that same question. Here is a link to their writeup.
http://www20.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20020211/index.html
As you can see, the dual processor doesn't offer any significant advantages and they mention that the ONLY game that supports dual processor operation is Quake. Everything else will run at really close (if not slower) on a dual system, and may be unstable because the hardware isn't supported by the game.
All in all, unless you are looking for serious prestige among your peers in the computer geek arena (I'm a computer geek so I can say that, lol.) or have big rendering or video file conversion to do then you would probably be better of with just a faster single processor and lots of Ram. (not to mention a snazzy case with some lights and a solid game system underneath impresses the technoweenies just as much, lol)
Alexander
http://www20.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20020211/index.html
As you can see, the dual processor doesn't offer any significant advantages and they mention that the ONLY game that supports dual processor operation is Quake. Everything else will run at really close (if not slower) on a dual system, and may be unstable because the hardware isn't supported by the game.
All in all, unless you are looking for serious prestige among your peers in the computer geek arena (I'm a computer geek so I can say that, lol.) or have big rendering or video file conversion to do then you would probably be better of with just a faster single processor and lots of Ram. (not to mention a snazzy case with some lights and a solid game system underneath impresses the technoweenies just as much, lol)
Alexander
Dude521....I just came upon a Tyan 2460 mobo....I have only one processor for it though (do I need both for it to work?) How do you like the mobo....has it worked out for you at all? Any feed back would be appreciated. I heard that the ATX connectors tend to burn out from trying to pull too much power. Have any problems with yours? Like I said any and all info on this mobo would be appreciated.
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Why not just get a P4 with Hyper-Threading??? It acts as two processors and you can see signiifcant gains when multitasking
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