dual core vs athlon xp

[michael555]

can someone tell me the diff

Say the athlon xp ran at the same speed as the dual core

 

[JaLing]

Dual core is effectively 2 processors in 1

So when your system is multi-tasking, a dual-core is more efficent because it can run 2 job stacks where as the other would have 1 job stack twice the size (takes twice as long to work through).

Thats the basic theory behind it.

 

[muckshifter]

dual core = two jobs at once

single core = one job at a time


Bottom line, get a 16 core processor = get BSOD quicker.

 

[psd99]

chalk vs cheese

the cheese is athlon xp - these are olllddddd processors