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Old 10-05-2005, 18:00   #7
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Re: Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Reviews...

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
actually Im running xp pro64 running a 3800 chip and I still have to sit around when a large zip opens or video compresses anything that really loads the cpu.
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I personally can't wait and think once the software is available to use both cores
Because we already have the software for multi-threading/tasking/processing. The only software that needs to know about the dual-core is the OS, user space software will automatically take advantage of the extra processor. The major impact that this will have is in cost, it's already possible to buy multi-processor systems but the cost is prohibitive (though I imagine there are some benefits to be had in terms of latencies between the processors).
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