CPU Speed vs Number of Cores?
Computer Illiterate... My computer usage includes minimal gaming, graphics, and multi-tasking. 99% of the time surfing downloading PDF tech articles, using Microsoft Word, etc. I am confused ...
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Just piling on as a professional nerd, i agree with everyone else who said "it depends". Not only do you need me to write software that'll thread itself over the cores, you need the OS to support it (which most modern OSs do).
But if you're memory constrained or have a slow disk, then I'll paraphrase Gary Amdahl who said "You're only going to go as fast as the slowest part..."
Said another way, it's like putting a big block 427 in a Yugo. :)
For what I do, I'm content with a 6 core chip running about 3 GHz for my desktop. I'll go for cores over GHz, but only to a point. I wouldn't go under 3.5GHz today either.
Unless I was power-constrained, then...
... yes ...
it depends. :)
But if you're memory constrained or have a slow disk, then I'll paraphrase Gary Amdahl who said "You're only going to go as fast as the slowest part..."
Said another way, it's like putting a big block 427 in a Yugo. :)
For what I do, I'm content with a 6 core chip running about 3 GHz for my desktop. I'll go for cores over GHz, but only to a point. I wouldn't go under 3.5GHz today either.
Unless I was power-constrained, then...
... yes ...
it depends. :)
