Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:54:12 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: Ken Gunderson <kgunders@teamcool.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dual vs single core opteron 100's Message-ID: <43D6BE24.40604@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <20060124110334.40e81208.kgunders@teamcool.net> References: <20060124110334.40e81208.kgunders@teamcool.net>
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Hi, Ken Gunderson wrote: > > fwiw- my friend asserts it will ALWAYS be the faster single core because > of context switches and dual cores are optimized for highly multi- the calculations will be faster but not the response. The second core will handle mouse and keyboard while the first does the computation. A average user will always believe a dual 1 GHz machine is faster than a single CPU 3 GHz machine as long as there is no complex computation. Erich
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