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Subject: Re: starting to feel a little let down

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 15:16:25 08/22/05

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On August 22, 2005 at 16:08:12, Wayne Lowrance wrote:

>On August 22, 2005 at 12:59:58, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On August 21, 2005 at 23:03:40, Wayne Lowrance wrote:
>>
>>>My sincere compliments to zappa and fruit, really terrific. But I am a single
>>>cpu owner, probobly always will. But I have this feeling that the commercial
>>>programs (fritz mainly) in 1 cput configuration would strangle zappa and fruit,
>>>particularily in CC games. Please tell me I am wrong.
>>>Wayne
>>
>>
>>Remember 7-8 years ago when everyone was saying "Bob, you are wasting your time
>>on that parallel search stuff, that is for expensive computers, not for PCs.  We
>>are designing for PCs."
>>
>>Flash forward.  By the end of 2006, most any new computer will have at least two
>>cores (two processors).  And AMD at least will be offering a quad-core processor
>>early in 06.
>>
>>This "SMP stuff" doesn't seem so useless any longer, does it?  Anyone that
>>ignores it, is just ignoring free performance that will be on _every_ machine
>>within a couple of years...
>
>OK, your right Bob, problem is My 1.8 ghz cpu cost me $500 no printer no
>moniter, keyboard etc....I am confident installing new single cpu and
>motherboard, but not sure of my self in multiple core/cpu's. And what about cost
>Thank you
>WAyne

dual core processors are not expensive.  That's the point of them.  And should
you already have a decent AMD64 motherboard, you can just swap CPUs and suddenly
you have a dual-processor at very low cost..



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