Topic: Intel cuts quad-core price by 50 percent

[sam]

It looks like they're just encoding a movie. There aren't that many windows softwares that take advantage of multiple cores these days. I think that's why quads were originally only sold to businesses. The average person might not be able to take advantage of it, but the administrator getting his mail server hammered could.

too right but the software companies are now started to take advantage of these - especially in the gaming would.

[mistybear]

4 nodes instead of 2 misty.

    Geez thanks Sam, even little old me worked that bit out. 

Thanks for the link gmax, Michael can now boast that his E8400 is better than his mates quad.

Reno, doing any sort of further education while you work out what you want to do with your life, is better than doing nothing. And if your love computers, it's good to see if you want to spend your day working on them, as well as spending your nights playing games on them. (plus I get a free in house tech.  ) 

[Simon]

You're back in now then, MB. 

[mistybear]

Yep, you can't keep me out for long. 

[sam]

    Geez thanks Sam, even little old me worked that bit out. 

lol. That is the benefit though, you get 4 processors to run stuff on. It won't make XP faster as it is not parallelised, i.e. it will just use one node at a time, but the newer software it will... especially with video encoding and games.

[mistybear]

So for the latest pc games, are you saying that the new quads would run them better?

[sam]

maybe. I'm not sure, it depends if they actually take advantage of this. The older games probably would run slower(?) as the individual nodes are slower? I think.

[Simon]

I was going to get a quad, but took the advice given by Sandra and others here and went for a dual instead.  Seems to run fine, apart from all the other problems.   

[mistybear]

Thanks Sam, it doesn't matter, he's really happy with it, and I'm not buying anything else for it. Well we have replaced the whole computer, oops nope. We had to return the new DVD Burner, so he's still using the old ones, they're cheap.

Glad it's running well Simon, looking at that link gmax posted duo cores do really well. 

[Reno]

I was going to get a quad, but took the advice given by Sandra and others here and went for a dual instead.  Seems to run fine, apart from all the other problems.   

That's the main reason I'm waiting so long for the parts for my next machine. I want a cheap 2.4ghz or higher quad. By the time they bring the prices down on the faster quads they'll have processors with more cores coming out.

Reno, doing any sort of further education while you work out what you want to do with your life, is better than doing nothing. And if your love computers, it's good to see if you want to spend your day working on them, as well as spending your nights playing games on them. (plus I get a free in house tech.  ) 

Good point. I delegated tech to hobby and went on with a different degree. By 2010 I'll have gotten my second degree and be certified to teach 3 different subjects. Sometimes I wish I would have just gone with the IT degree and been at work somewhere by now though. That's why I'm kind of envious of scotty. I'm still broke and in school and he's out there making the bigbucks at a bank. 

[mistybear]

If you can turn a hobby in to a comfortable living, then that's a bonus. Money isn't everything, as long as you have a roof over your head, food in your belly and you're obviously getting a good education. What will you be teaching, please don't tell me it's American history. 

[Reno]

Math, French, and Art  Once you pick up a BA or BS and get certified in one subject all you have to do is take the individual certification test for the others. My main BS is in Math with a minor in french. Art is just something I do on the side to stay sane.

[mistybear]

My main BS is in Math with a minor in french. Art is just something I do on the side to stay sane.

Don't be so modest, I've read some of your BS......... just kidding, I couldn't resist. (please tell me you have a sense of humour) Arguing with someone without a sense of humour is very boring. 

Doing Math, you'd have to do something else to keep your sanity, mind you I hated english, all that bloody Shakespeare.     

[sam]

I do find the American system very odd... I spent 4 solid years doing my undergraduate degree in physics (and that was physics alone, of course there is substainal maths courses) - though we do leave with a MSci. I really feel you should specialise heavily with your degree.

[Reno]

Don't get me wrong sam. When I say certification I mean for teaching grade school through high school. I can get my main 4 year degree for teaching math and take the teaching courses. Then all I have to do is take the certification test to teach it. Since I already have the teaching classes behind me I can go and take the certification tests to teach the other subjects. Most people specialize and don't fool with getting the minors or the other certifications. I do it because it looks good on a resume. Math teachers are in demand and so are teachers who can teach different subjects. Comprendre?