Dual Quad Core - Possible?

[agriz]

Hi,

I just found this word " Dual Quad Core"
When i check the Processor in Intel Site, It says it is 4 cores and 4 threads.

Is that possible to make Dual Quad Core? Will it then have 8 cores and 8 threads?


Thanks

 

[ulillillia]

There's such a thing as 4 cores and 8 threads, due to hyperthreading. I've never seen the term "dual quad core" though. I'm guessing it relates to a setup with 2 processors, both being quad cores.

 

[agriz]

Is that possible? My friend said this, i didn't see it. I asked him to search for webhosting who provide quad core.

 

[rds1220]

Yes sort of. The only board I know of to support this is the Intel Skulltrail and I'm pretty sure they've been discontinued. So unless you can find an old skull trail you can't really do it

 

[agriz]

Thanks for the info.

 

[4745454b]

I'm sure there are some work station boards out there that support two CPUs. Its more or less a waste however. A single home user would be hard pressed to max out a 2500 or 2600. Webhosting would never need that kind of power. (amazon or other such place not included.)

 

[agriz]

Why do you say webhosting never need that kind of power?
Orkut, Facebook, Google+ i guess they must be using more than this.

 

[4745454b]

The big guys use racks. And even then its often not just webhosting, but running your buying software as well. Personal use would never be that high.

 

[pell380]

dual quad core )))

 

[amuffin]

2x xeons?

 

[amuffin]

2 xeons that have 4c/4t then you would have dual quad cores

 

[lemlo]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188070

If they made a lga2011 version of this board I would seriously consider it for when ivy-E comes out. Though I suppose that would be dual hexa core or dual octa core

 

[iam2thecrowe]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2550/6 < you can have "quad quad core" also....

 

[nigelren]

My desktop machine is dual quad core - 2 x Opteron 8389, I do a lot of virtual machine stuff so more cores are very useful. It's based on a XW9400 motherboard.
I also have a DL585 G5, which is quad quad core - 4 x Opteron 8356.

 

[rds1220]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188070

If they made a lga2011 version of this board I would seriously consider it for when ivy-E comes out. Though I suppose that would be dual hexa core or dual octa core

That looks cool but I can't see any real use for it unless your doing alot of CPU intensive work or running a server.

 

[lemlo]

No way man, farmville runs AWESOME on that board I bet!!

 

[nforce4max]

Try having 8 10 core xeons and up to 256gb of ram in a high end server

They do exist but cost a lot more than most are willing to afford.