Ok, so the question is, Which is a better option for a machine to get more performance out of a 4870x2.
Athlon BE 5400 @3.4 ghz (Air)
or
Phenom 9950 BE @3.0 ghz (Air)
Are 4 cores going to not throttle the pcb as much as 2 cores? Or does the amount of cores not matter and the only relevance is the highest speed of a couple cores?
I'm trying to decide whether to replace my burnt out cpu with an in-expensive dual-core now and wait for the high end 45nm Deneb's to be released, or whether it won't matter and I should just get a high end quad-core now.
-Dannar
Athlon BE 5400 @3.4 ghz (Air)
or
Phenom 9950 BE @3.0 ghz (Air)
Are 4 cores going to not throttle the pcb as much as 2 cores? Or does the amount of cores not matter and the only relevance is the highest speed of a couple cores?
I'm trying to decide whether to replace my burnt out cpu with an in-expensive dual-core now and wait for the high end 45nm Deneb's to be released, or whether it won't matter and I should just get a high end quad-core now.
-Dannar