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It depends on whether or not the software is written to use multiple cores. Helene Send a noteboard - 06/04/2011 04:03:44 PM
More than 1 core is only useful if the software is written in such a way that it can do 2 or more things in parallel.

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Multicore Processors grogg0316 - 06/04/2011 03:11:15 PM 763 Views
that specific example: yes, that'd be more than sufficient. *NM* LadyLorraine - 06/04/2011 03:32:07 PM 172 Views
Not necessarily. Aemon - 06/04/2011 10:28:53 PM 501 Views
I was assuming we were talking about two processors of the same brand. LadyLorraine - 06/04/2011 10:51:14 PM 408 Views
Phenom II is about the same speed as a core 2 Roland00 - 07/04/2011 03:47:08 PM 434 Views
Yeah, sorry, I made a dyslexic typo. Aemon - 07/04/2011 08:42:46 PM 598 Views
It depends on whether or not the software is written to use multiple cores. Helene - 06/04/2011 04:03:44 PM 560 Views
I checked there... grogg0316 - 06/04/2011 08:43:04 PM 542 Views
If it's just video games, go to this link. Ghavrel - 06/04/2011 08:59:36 PM 571 Views
If it requires a dual core, it by definition supports multithreading. Ghavrel - 06/04/2011 08:57:08 PM 607 Views
It's not enough to know clock speed and number of cores. Aemon - 06/04/2011 09:56:24 PM 491 Views
Which software are you looking at? Roland00 - 07/04/2011 04:28:16 PM 589 Views
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