Single core vs. Dual core

[Kikkomann]

but current games are not designed to exploit the power of these dual core procs. not yet, but maybe in the years to come, it will.

I beg to disagree.

F.E.A.R., Crysis, BF2 anyone?

[swordsman]

will it improve my computer processing if I use dual core, I surf multiple windows, load and edit with photoshop and word, download from *******s, and watch quicktime video or play itunes music all at the same time. and mostly wireless na ako sa bahay

oh yeah! and some(from reviewers) are even burning DVD disk in the background, all at the same time. but of course, mas maganda rin pag medyo mataas din memory mo.

[Kikkomann]

but of course, mas maganda rin pag medyo mataas din memory mo.

.....:dito:.....

Bottleneck yan kung sakali.

[artpogi]

I beg to disagree.

F.E.A.R., Crysis, BF2 anyone?

IIRC more than 60% of the PC games available in the market "today" will not benefit from the Dual Core technology because at the time most of these games were written dual core is still not available, I think I read this somewhere in Tomshardware.com and Anandtech.com when they were reviewing dual cores.

[Kikkomann]

Maybe this year, yes.


But with the upcoming DX10, Kentsfield and DirectX 10, I'm pretty sure that game developers are doing their share of "work" (you know, develop high-end games so consumer will be forced to scratch teh upgrade itch).

[ssaloon]

easy choice... core duo na yan. pero mura na yung ibang mga core 2 duo ng dell. mga 65k and up.

[IIE]

Single core
~1.8 Ghz
~80 GB
~512 MB DDR MEM
~built in bluetooth


DUAL core
~1.6 Ghz
~100 GB
~1024 MB DDR Mem
~w/o bluetooth (but free dongle)

same brand (Compaq),both with free bag

difference is Price .Dual core is higher * around 4K

so which do you prefer?

TIA

i go for dual core.....

[putalittlemore]

I beg to disagree.

F.E.A.R., Crysis, BF2 anyone?

yes, but just a handful of games and benchmarks failed to show any difference between single and dual cores

[squatt3r]

sir Boeing, what is the dual-core being mentioned here? is it Yonah or Merom?

[BlueBimmer]

single cores are no slouch pa naman, my old office PC a p4 2.4 could burn a dvd, watch a divx movie, surf the net, download 10+ *******s simultaneously, download from limewire and i could use microsoft office apps pa hehe. pero shempre go for dual core na para future proof..on second thought lapit na rin pala phased out coz of the incoming quad cores, your choice

[number001]

Lately, Intel has been pricing their dual core cpus very aggressively. Bet. Intel's entry level dual core cpus and single core (ie. Pentium D 805 vs. Pentium 4 506) of the same clock speed and FSB, the difference is only Php 400 so I would get the dual core if the discrepancies in price is not subtantial or negligible. Its a different story for AMD's Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2 because of their larger discrepancies in prices but that is going to change soon.

[swimstroke]

2 heads are better than 1.

Kung hindi mo man mapakinabangan sa multithreaded apps yung dual-core, panalo parin sa multitasking. :D

[artpogi]

Lately, Intel has been pricing their dual core cpus very aggressively. Bet. Intel's entry level dual core cpus and single core (ie. Pentium D 805 vs. Pentium 4 506) of the same clock speed and FSB, the difference is only Php 400 so I would get the dual core if the discrepancies in price is not subtantial or negligible. Its a different story for AMD's Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2 because of their larger discrepancies in prices but that is going to change soon.

I would just like to comment on the Intel Pentium D 805. This is a bang for the buck processor IMO. I almost bought one actually. But it's only bang for the buck if you overclock it.

This was tested by Tomshardware.com at it's stock speed and overclocked. At overclocked it performs very well, not too far behind AMD Athlon 64 3800+, but produces a lot of heat and they suggests to get a better HSF.

But at stock speed the 805 just isn't enough for enthusiasts.

BTTT I would suggest you get the dual core.

[swordsman]

Single core
~1.8 Ghz
~80 GB
~512 MB DDR MEM
~built in bluetooth


DUAL core
~1.6 Ghz
~100 GB
~1024 MB DDR Mem
~w/o bluetooth (but free dongle)

same brand (Compaq),both with free bag

difference is Price .Dual core is higher * around 4K

so which do you prefer?

TIA

Intel or AMD kasama sa setup ng mga laptop na yan? At anong model ng CPUs? For 4K more, you get 20G more HD space, 512MB more memory, and the power of dual-core. And gives you a couple or so years more before the upgrade itch becomes unbearable.

Sa 0.2 Ghz difference ka ba naguguluhan at sa built-in bluetooth??

Dual-core more than makes up for the 0.2 Ghz difference. Sa dalawang single core CPUs, and isa 1.6 at yong isa 1.8, di mo na mapapansin ang difference dyan, kung baga negligible na yan. Psychological lang epek nyan. Unless OC ka and will use the PC primarily for running (multiple) benchmarks...

Bluetooth? San mo naman gagamitin yan? Hehe. I mean it's not like it's Wi-Fi. Mas okay na yong dongle, at least di sya kumakain ng resources when you're not using it.

[swimstroke]

Btw, max out mo yung mems. :D

[swordsman]

which means 2 Gig for XP Pro

[Bogeyman]

Syempre dual core na. We noticed the difference when we upgraded from a Celeron M-equipped ASUS A3400L to a dual-core NEO Empriva 540NX. Granted of course that it's not exactly the fastest dual-core processor out there (Intel T2300, 1.66 GHz), but considering how we used to plod along on our old unit, it's still a good buy.

Can't wait to try out video editing and post-production on that thing. Problema lang kasi yung bundled OS (Windows XP Media Center), mukhang hindi optimized for editing software. We may have to have XP Professional installed instead.

[the josh]

I just upgraded to the Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz. (512 RAM/250Gb HD) from Pentium 4 3.2Ghz last month, no comparison...it's really worth it!

[swordsman]

Syempre dual core na. We noticed the difference when we upgraded from a Celeron M-equipped ASUS A3400L to a dual-core NEO Empriva 540NX.

night and day yan, malamang

Can't wait to try out video editing and post-production on that thing.

but not commercial grade, pwede mga simple lang siguro...there's not much video editing softwares yet which are multi-threaded/dual core-optimized.

dyan na pumapasok yong 'depende sa applications', kung video editing ang talagang usage i read before na most enthusiasts would advise yung single core, high speed cpu.

[Alpha_One]

I'll go for the dual-core lappy, but mainly because of the 1GB RAM. The dual-core proc is a bonus. Sulit yan compared to the singlecore w/ 512MB RAM kung 4k lang diff.