Is an icore 7 7 cores?!?

No wonder there $1000?!?!?!??!?!?!?!!??! (if im right that is )

It does have 8 virtual cores!

And why is it in this forum? Should it not be in processors?

FAIL, for not doing a 10 sec google search.

Edit: and not even getting the name right, it's Core i7.

^ Benchmarks, they're only a few clicks away, and on this site, nonetheless.

Has 4 cores and 8 HT threads. As for performance. Look below. This processor has been the f'ing fastest thing i have EVER owned.

He's just a noobie. We were all like that once

Hey, we were noobs once, i thought the GTS 250 was way better than the 9800 GTX, until i learned otherwise.

Just to say, it's good to know.

Google .... isn't that a torrent tracker ?

win

whoops, I meant the i7 940 is ~$540

LOL- NO!!

A real core means that whole core can be used by a thread, a virtual core is a core that can run the thread using any resources left over from the real core. A.K.A. Hyperthreading.

There are 4 "real cores" wich can run a thread and use the core up to it's full potential, and then there are 4 "virtual cores", so if u are using 70% on the four real cores, then u only have 4 "virtual cores" at 30%.

Hyperthreading is just using the circuitry that is "waiting around for intructions" until the "real" core needs it. Then it puts the virtual core on hold. So a real core always has priority over a virtual core.

Also, the "real cores" are 4 physical processors, hyperthreading and virtual cores is just a trick to get the most efficiency out of a real core instead of just letting the extra circuitry go to waste.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-threading