ORIGINAL: MarkShot
[]......... new system: qx6700 (4 CPUs overclocked to 3.2GHz)
You mean 4 cores
. For me, "4 CPUs" would be like 4 chips residing on 4 sockets (in a quad mainboard).
Anyway I would have waited until VISTA correctly/efficiently supports multiple cores (it still doesn't), and until there are "real" quad-core CPUs - with a "single-die" and proper cache technology, before getting a quad-core chip. Windows Pro doesn't support them either.
I remember u saying before that the AA engine's code would use multi-threading, some time ago, though. I'd really love to see something like a benchmark thingy to see if AA does use multiple cores or not, and how a quad core would do if compared to the AA performance of a Duo core.
Anyway, since there's really no other game/sim out there (not even FSX - the newest MS flight sim - supports multiple cores... it's just optimized for Vista + DX10 yet), what's the purpose of sitting on a quad core CPU?
Do you tinker with 3D applications or anything like that? Audio software?
A Duo Core should do pretty much the same job these days, as the performance increase isn't a milestone. That video card is neat, and probably supports DX10 (?), but it's not needed as cheaper cards are able to display 1600*x resolutions just fine and at a reasonable Hz rate as well.
[].......Some may claim it isn't a true quad-core CPU as Intel has fitted two Core 2 Duo CPUs together in a single package, but it is a first step to what the future holds...[]
[]......With the current architecture this will remain an issue, but Intel may solve this when it implements a single-die quad-core chip. But as it stands now, you won't see the full potential of the quad-core processor.......[]
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You might want to read the full article here:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/11/02 ... me_qx6700/
