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Should I go Dual Core or Quad Core? Intel C2 DUO E6850 vs. Quad-Core Q6600
"M" == Matt writes:
M Will all applications for Windows eventually become M multi-threaded and fully utilise a quad core setup? Sure. About the time Windows itself becomes stable and bug-free. What sort of apps are you running? At the moment, off-hand I think only very specialized parallelized, shared-memory numerical apps will truly take advantage of multiple cores. Or if you are running several apps at a time that use cpu then multiple cores will help. Otherwise I'd go for the faster clock rate. -- The citizen who sees his society's democratic clothes being worn out and does not cry it out, is not a patriot, but a traitor. ~ Mark Twain |
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Should I go Dual Core or Quad Core? Intel C2 DUO E6850 vs. Quad-Core Q6600
"Bob Fry" wrote in message ... "M" == Matt writes: M Will all applications for Windows eventually become M multi-threaded and fully utilise a quad core setup? Sure. About the time Windows itself becomes stable and bug-free. What sort of apps are you running? At the moment, off-hand I think only very specialized parallelized, shared-memory numerical apps will truly take advantage of multiple cores. Or if you are running several apps at a time that use cpu then multiple cores will help. Otherwise I'd go for the faster clock rate. -- The citizen who sees his society's democratic clothes being worn out and does not cry it out, is not a patriot, but a traitor. ~ Mark Twain One area that well often benefit from some form of distributed processing is, video processing. There are many who wouldn't think of creating a "render farm" but would be glad if they could have access to some of the benefits of such a setup. A Quad- core approach may just match the scale and needs of the home video Editor, at this time. Luck; Ken |
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Should I go Dual Core or Quad Core? Intel C2 DUO E6850 vs. Quad-Core Q6600
"M" == Matt writes:
M I'm definitely running several apps at once, which is what M makes this decision tricky Only if your apps *use the cpu actively* (say 30% or greater). At the moment my machine has--let me check--76 processes, but I'm using only about 5-10% total cpu time (on a dual-core AMD). -- A terrorist is someone who has a bomb but can't afford an air force. ~ William Blum |
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Should I go Dual Core or Quad Core? Intel C2 DUO E6850 vs. Quad-Core Q6600
"KM" == Ken Maltby writes:
KM One area that well often benefit from some form of KM distributed processing is, video processing. One form of distributed processing used for many years is--using a graphics card. For the home user, even video processing is better handled using a good graphics card. Graphics processors are simply very specialized vectorized processors, far more efficient than trying to do the same thing with a general purpose cpu. -- "Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" -Mark Twain |
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Should I go Dual Core or Quad Core? Intel C2 DUO E6850 vs. Quad-Core Q6600
"Bob Fry" wrote in message ... "KM" == Ken Maltby writes: KM One area that well often benefit from some form of KM distributed processing is, video processing. One form of distributed processing used for many years is--using a graphics card. For the home user, even video processing is better handled using a good graphics card. Graphics processors are simply very specialized vectorized processors, far more efficient than trying to do the same thing with a general purpose cpu. The video processing that I was referring to is not something accomplished by the GPU of the normal video card. Except for special hardware encoder cards ( Like Matrox's Real Time cards) used during the editing and encoding of video; the software editing programs rendering and encoding is done using the CPU or CPUs when more than one is available. The time this adds to the process of editing and authoring DVDs has always been a great aggravation, and improvements in this area are very sought after. The traditional approach, of those with the budget, has included creation of a render farm, made up of many computers linked together and all working on parts of the rendering or encoding of the video. Luck; Ken |
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Should I go Dual Core or Quad Core? Intel C2 DUO E6850 vs. Quad-Core Q6600
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Ken Maltby wrote: "Bob Fry" wrote in message ... "KM" == Ken Maltby writes: KM One area that well often benefit from some form of KM distributed processing is, video processing. One form of distributed processing used for many years is--using a graphics card. For the home user, even video processing is better handled using a good graphics card. Graphics processors are simply very specialized vectorized processors, far more efficient than trying to do the same thing with a general purpose cpu. The video processing that I was referring to is not something accomplished by the GPU of the normal video card. Except for special hardware encoder cards ( Like Matrox's Real Time cards) used during the editing and encoding of video; the software editing programs rendering and encoding is done using the CPU or CPUs when more than one is available. The time this adds to the process of editing and authoring DVDs has always been a great aggravation, and improvements in this area are very sought after. The traditional approach, of those with the budget, has included creation of a render farm, made up of many computers linked together and all working on parts of the rendering or encoding of the video. While I don't have extensive experience in this field, I _have_ 'recoded' a few DVDs from 4.7+ GB to exactly 4.7GB using 'Nero Recode', and I noticed this tool makes use of all 4 cores on my Q6600. So this is one area where a Quad-Core will significantly outperform a Dual-Core CPU. See also the equivalent Benchmarks on, for instance, Tom's Hardware site, the CPU overview. Beyond that, I thought long and hard about the Q6600 vs the E6850 since they were, give or take a few EUROs, exactly the same price when I was putting together my new 'Game-Rig'. After reading some articles about upcoming 3D engines, I decided I would take the gamble of going for the slower-clocked Quad-Core vs the Higher-Clocked Dual-Core. Time will tell if I made the right choice, but the Q6600 is certainly a lot of (perhaps theoretical) horsepower compared to an E6850. So if a lot of these get sold and are in the market, developers will notice this (see for instance Valve's periodical HW survey via Steam) and hopefully make use of this extra horsepower. Regards, Patrick. |
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Should I go Dual Core or Quad Core? Intel C2 DUO E6850 vs. Quad-Core Q6600
"Bob Fry" wrote in message ... "M" == Matt writes: M Will all applications for Windows eventually become M multi-threaded and fully utilise a quad core setup? Sure. About the time Windows itself becomes stable and bug-free. What sort of apps are you running? At the moment, off-hand I think only very specialized parallelized, shared-memory numerical apps will truly take advantage of multiple cores. Or if you are running several apps at a time that use cpu then multiple cores will help. Otherwise I'd go for the faster clock rate. -- The citizen who sees his society's democratic clothes being worn out and does not cry it out, is not a patriot, but a traitor. ~ Mark Twain Have a look at this comparison: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...uad-q6600.html and this one: http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/int...spx?i=3038&p=8 Sorry if someone already mentionned this. |
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Should I go Dual Core or Quad Core? Intel C2 DUO E6850 vs. Quad-Core Q6600
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Baudouin de Spa wrote: [snip] Have a look at this comparison: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...uad-q6600.html and this one: http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/int...spx?i=3038&p=8 Sorry if someone already mentionned this. Not that I know. It's also comparisons like these (but not these specifcally) which I ran into when researching myself a few months ago, that prompted me to buy a Q6600 instead of an E6850. Of course, all depends on future games and/or game-engines supporting more than 2 cores. If they do (and if the Q6600 has been sold a lot of times that will help), then the Q6600 will be the better long-term choice than the E6850. Short-term the E6850 is probably the faster choice, so if you expect or are planning to swap out your CPU in about half a year, then perhaps that's the better choice. Regards, Patrick. |
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Should I go Dual Core or Quad Core? Intel C2 DUO E6850 vs. Quad-CoreQ6600
Short-term the E6850 is probably the faster choice, so if you expect or
are planning to swap out your CPU in about half a year, then perhaps that's the better choice. I would say I'm open to swapping the CPU I get for a new one in the future, but not that soon. Basically, if I can overclock the Q6600 to 3.0GHz using a 1333MHz FSB, using only the stock cooler, without reducing the life of the chip; then I will get the Q6600. Is this possible? Kind Regards, Matt |
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Should I go Dual Core or Quad Core? Intel C2 DUO E6850 vs. Quad-Core Q6600
"Matt" wrote...
Basically, if I can overclock the Q6600 to 3.0GHz using a 1333MHz FSB, using only the stock cooler, without reducing the life of the chip; then I will get the Q6600. Is this possible? You'll have to monitor the temps and decide whether you can live with the increase. You'll also have to find out if the system is stable at that speed. While it is "possible," I believe there is significant risk that it might not work well in any random system. If the case and gfx cooling are top-notch, you may have a better chance of success. If either are marginal, leaving too much heat inside the case, it probably won't work. Also, remember that this is winter. If your room is significantly warmer in the summer, factor that in your assessment... |
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