Re: Speed Difference Hardware Upgarde
And for me, unlike XP64, Vista64 doesn't distribute multiple processes
efficiently and to avoid the problem of having too many on one core, causing
it to hit the 100% usage level (causing hangs) while the other core runs at
30%, I have to manually assign 8 tasks each morning when I start my computer
if my work is to run efficiently.
"Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message
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> You've been duped by the "mult-core myth."
>
> Imagine you have four single-core desktop computers sitting next to each
> other running separate applications. How much more efficient are you at
> running all four at the same time? Probably not much because you can't
> really work that way.
>
> Now connect the four computers to a common network so that you can access
> any of them from the same keyboard and screen. Is it more efficient now?
>
> Now create one application that creates sub-programs to send out to each
> of
> those desktops across this closed network to perform calculations
> independantly and then sends the results back to the one you are using to
> assemble the information into something displayable. This is efficiency!
> But, timing and loading becomes important. If one computer finishes first,
> then the results may be meaningless when assembled for viewing. Very few
> home users ever see programs of this caliber.
>
> Instead, we run one application at a time and make very little use of our
> multi-core processor. And, since you went from one processor at 3.4 GHz to
> essentially one processor at 2.4 GHz, you may have actually seen a
> decrease
> in performance based on how most home users actually use their computer.
>
> The good news is that your operating system is smart enough to run on one
> of
> the other processors giving the application you are using full reign of
> another processor. Your video card will claim another, but must fight the
> other three for the single, slower data bus and the same RAM. And lets not
> forget! It's all running hyper-threaded making it act like eight
> processors
> (still running one application designed for one processor.)
>
>
> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
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>> last week my system was running the following
>>
>> 875P Chipset with a 3.4GHz Extreme Edition Socket 478 CPU
>> 256MB AGP 8X 7800GS Graphics Card
>> 2 x 1GB DDR400 NON ECC Dual Channnel Memory
>> 500GB SATA 7200RPM HDD
>> Windows XP/VISTA 32-BIT
>>
>> Now I am running the following
>>
>> i975X Chipset with a 2.4GHz Quad Care Socket LGA775 CPU
>> 256MB PCI-E X16 Quadro FX3450 Graphics Card
>> 2 x 2GB DDR667 ECC Dual Channel Memory
>> 500Gb SATA 7200PRM HDD
>> Windows XP/VISTA 32-BIT - XP/VISTA 64-BIT
>>
>> And I can not really tell the differences!!! My 875P chipset system
>> showed
>> roughly the same performance rating in Vista than my new i975X Chipset
> does.
>>
>> Go Figure
>>
>>
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