quad core- its advantages& disadvantages

[Lacostiade]

Quad core has been announced by intel and AMD to ship in Q1 2007, so I'd like to discuss the advantaged and disadvantages of quad core:

Advantages:

Quad Core CPU's have the potential to eliminate GPU (Graphic Processing Unit), by dedicating one CPU to graphic processing as well as dedicated ram. The current Graphic cards would be unable to compete with a dedicated GPU within the CPU because the latency comparison between a PCI-Express and interior CPU are incomparable.

They also give u two extra cores than dual-core, which would increase ur multitasking ability.

http://www.answers.com/quad%20core

Disadvantages:

It won't be supported by software, operating systems in years.

It'll be expensive

Coclusion- I'd rather spend money on 4 GPUs instead of a quad core cpu

 

[rmthompson]

Quad core has been announced by intel and AMD to ship in Q1 2007, so I'd like to discuss the advantaged and disadvantages of quad core:

Advantages:

Quad Core CPU's have the potential to eliminate GPU (Graphic Processing Unit), by dedicating one CPU to graphic processing as well as dedicated ram. The current Graphic cards would be unable to compete with a dedicated GPU within the CPU because the latency comparison between a PCI-Express and interior CPU are incomparable.

They also give u two extra cores than dual-core, which would increase ur multitasking ability.

http://www.answers.com/quad%20core

Disadvantages:

It won't be supported by software, operating systems in years.

It'll be expensive

Coclusion- I'd rather spend money on 4 GPUs instead of a quad core cpu

At least when you argue with yourself, you have a clear conclusion.

I applaud you.