2 computer questions - core duo and wireless

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Is a core duo processor really worth it? I mean does it make the computer any faster than if you just added more ram?


Are they ever going to figure out the faulty technology known as wireless? -- (I know no one personally that doesn't constantly lose their wireless connection)
 
yes. Core duo and Core 2 duo are much faster than any amount of ram can make your computer

I've never had that problem with wireless. It has more to do with the range from the source. If you are too far away or trying to go through a million walls, you will have a weaker signal. You can buy things to boost signal if that is a problem. Make sure you have a decent wireless router, and a good wireless card. If you get/have a crappy one you will have a crappy connection.

Jason
 
im using wireless right now, never had a problem with it.

Is core duo worth it? that's an odd question to answer. Is it good? yes. is a 2.0 core duo better than a pentium 4 2.0? well... yeah
 
well correct me if I'm wrong, but it's a dual processor right? Two processors?

The reason I ask is because, from what I've understood in the past, dual processors don't mean jack unless the software they're used with is optimized to take advantage of them. So when I ask "is it better", I guess I'm asking, is it all worth it?

If it's not a dual processor, forget everything I just said.
 
Faster in terms of Rendering/ Transcoding any Heavy CPU work basically, NOT in average apps that are not CPU intensive e.g Surfing the net, using Word Processor etc.

C.g eads, I think you are confusing parrell programming[1] with multiple processing, there is a slight difference.

Dual cores are like having a mini render farm (ie two comptures) though the computing power is not turely linear its more like x0.8 rather than x2

Anhar

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_computing#Parallel_programming
 
core duo (intel dual core processors):

if you run xp you will notice a leap in processing speed from the original single core processors. this is acheived by the computer "intelligentlly" placing different processes on different processors. a bad but illustrative example is if you're running word and photoshop at the same time. in a single core processor the one processor has to deal with both apps, but in the dual core processor the different apps are handled by different processors.

as for the software needing to support it might have been the case in the past when dual core litterally meant two separate (physically) processors. it's not the case any more. I have a relatively old Prescott processor (what the dual core was called before being renamed "dual core"). when I turn on photoshop, after effects or premiere it promptly displays "dual processors detected".

what happens when you're using video editing apps is that the processors take on different tasks - one does app work, the other ram preview for instance. it's interesting to watch the system monitor when doing heavy video editing because the computer keeps swapping processors for different elements.


as for wireless I've had very few problems too. occationally I have to reboot my modem, usually because my ISP sends out corrupt packets every now and again. apart from that it works perfectly.

mor10
 
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