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ClearWater
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dual vs quad core intel

What do you think is the better deal... assuming these are roughly the same price, a quad core Intel Core 2 at around 2.4Ghz vs a dual core 3.14Ghz... perhaps this is bogus but I remember reading somewhere that running multiple threads of data can sometimes increase latency when it comes to audio playback

Also, anyone know how much of an impact the supposed lack of cache memory on the Quad core has?

Jun-18-2008 21:46

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Waza
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i would always go for quad core i'm running quad core and its very smooth runs.

Jun-18-2008 22:36 United Kingdom

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Zombie0729
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you sure do have a lot of questions...

i was on a dual and now onto a quad, no problems here

Jun-18-2008 22:36 United States

kevin shawn
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Registered: Jun 2005
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Not too sure if this will help you out:

http://acapella.harmony-central.com...d.php?t=1799746

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/i...11121654AABuEsl

Go with quad core.

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Jun-18-2008 22:38 United States

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Subtle
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go for Quad, buy a decent cooler and clock the Quad to 3 ghz.

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Jun-18-2008 23:12 Norway

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davidbuhau
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i have a quad core amd and i'm perfectly happy with it... i don't have it overclocked, and it seems to be working just fine

heh

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Jun-18-2008 23:24 United States

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Subtle
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quote:
Originally posted by davidbuhau
i have a quad core amd and i'm perfectly happy with it... i don't have it overclocked, and it seems to be working just fine

heh

david
Yeah they run smoothly at stock, but also has a great overclocking potential.

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Jun-18-2008 23:27 Norway

davidbuhau
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i just don't have enuf knowledge to do this properly, and when my sh is too slow, i just replace it

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Jun-18-2008 23:37 United States

echosystm
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I'd get a faster dual core if I was using FL Studio or Reason (because they have shit/no multicore support).

For any other DAW, I would get a quad core.

Jun-19-2008 00:19 Australia

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kevin shawn
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quote:
Originally posted by Subtle
go for Quad, buy a decent cooler and clock the Quad to 3 ghz.

Exactly what I plan on doing with my hackintosh.

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Jun-19-2008 00:23 United States

Aesthetic
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also.. bear in mind they're the same sockets and assuming you do what i did and got a 1333 fsb'd mobo then you could just buy a quad core chip net year when they come down when intel introduces nehalem.

quote:
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I'd get a faster dual core if I was using FL Studio or Reason (because they have shit/no multicore support).

For any other DAW, I would get a quad core.

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DeZmA
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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Lalaland

quote:
Originally posted by echosystm
I'd get a faster dual core if I was using FL Studio or Reason (because they have shit/no multicore support).

For any other DAW, I would get a quad core.

I'd say only with fruity since reason has a ridiculous low cpu load. My q6600 has a load of appr. 20% with a complete song.

Eventually they will get to the quad core support. Certainly with 5 and maybe even with major update.

Go for the quad, it's a beast.