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Originally posted by Americantrucker
I was exposed to computers back in the mid 80's and instantly had an interest in them, though I never had my own until around six years ago. Today, it might be considered a dinosaur in the computer world, but it worked well for what I wanted it to do and I learned a lot from it.
One thing I've never really understood was when they came out with multi-core systems. How does the speed rating work?
I was looking at new computers today, not looking to buy, just looking and drooling as I usually do, and noticed two made by the same manufacturer one with a single core rated around 2Ghz and a dual core rated at 1Ghz. Everything else was pretty close to the same including the price.
I was just wondering, would a single core system rated at 2.0Ghz be the same as a dual core system rated at 1.0Ghz?, and if so, would there be any benefit to having a dual core rather than a single?
Or would the dual core system be two 512Mhz processors paired to get to 1Ghz?, or am I way off and it's something completely different???
Also, back before multi core systems, they had processors that didn't give a Ghz rating, just a number like 2500. How does one know the speed rating of those?
Thanks to anyone who can answer and sorry if this has been asked before. I asked here because there's a lot of members here who don't seem to mind helping others and are a lot smarter than me.
Originally posted by Ghost375
So a 2 Ghz quad core would be a 8Ghz single core.
I'd go with the dual core equivalent over a single core.
Really though, I wouldn't go with anything less than a quad core, with today's prices and technology.
Originally posted by Americantrucker
Thanks for all the quick replies. I wasn't expecting that.
The only question I have now is, let's use b3l13v3's example, for a 2.4ghz multi-core processor, be it a dual or quad core, how do they come to 2.4ghz?