PC World dual core advert

[dragon]

Originally Posted by AntiSilence

The bloke was probably thinking something like "Even with sat-nav, she still turns left when it says go right!"

I can get lost even with sat nav particularly when it tells you to turn left and there happens to be a turning on your left although it actally means the one 300 yrds ahead. (garmin i3)

[Gareth]

I remember using a sat nav a few years ago that wasn't too reliable as well... it suggested turning left onto the A43 (or whatever road it was) - the only problem was that I was driving underneath the A43 so turning left onto it wasn't an option!

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Also, here's a great advert for using sat nav... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...142179,00.html [timesonline.co.uk]

[punky]

Thought i'd bump this thread as Dell are upto the same old crap as PC World.

Saw an advert on TV earlier saying more or less the same thing as PC World, can you listen to music and send emails at the same time with a dual core processor.

Its pretty appalling the way they try and milk money out of the less computer-savvy.

[mr_bo]

Only just seen this topic and I too have been there, years ago when cd writers were the 'in' thing I was fobbed off by a pcw salesman into buying a scsi cd writer and scsi card instead of ide for the reason that if you burnt a music cd with ide it would not play properly and stutter alot. So I took his advice and bought a scsi 2x writer! £200 all in! Come to think of it, I still have it stashed somewhere and the thought of the grief I had with win 98 and Adaptec drivers still makes me shiver.
pcw does have its uses though, I have had good results with 'buy online, collect in store' on my monitor and printer.

Couldn't resist this:-
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ashen1/...uild/intro.htm

[MovedGoalPosts]

Originally Posted by mr_bo

Couldn't resist this:-
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ashen1/...uild/intro.htm

literally

Ok.Can I actually ask why would anyone buy a dual core system?

Would I be able to render pictures faster in Bryce AND browse the net,send emails,chat on MSN,download largish files and eat my dinner all at the same time?

Because I can 'just' about do a render and one other thing now on my AMD64 system..but all too frequently I find that my system freezes and hangs when the render becomes rather higher in polygons and I can no longer surf the web..

See I'm thinking of upgrading next year(when I'm due a largish lump sum) and I don't have a zinglebarb to build me a system..So I want to know if those in the 3D graphics world are right in wanting a dual core system?

What should the advert really be telling me?

[paul11974]

Originally Posted by dragon

I can get lost even with sat nav particularly when it tells you to turn left and there happens to be a turning on your left although it actally means the one 300 yrds ahead. (garmin i3)

THE GARMIN I3 HAS NEVER LET ME DOWN

[Druchii]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

Ok.Can I actually ask why would anyone buy a dual core system?

Would I be able to render pictures faster in Bryce AND browse the net,send emails,chat on MSN,download largish files and eat my dinner all at the same time?

Because I can 'just' about do a render and one other thing now on my AMD64 system..but all too frequently I find that my system freezes and hangs when the render becomes rather higher in polygons and I can no longer surf the web..

See I'm thinking of upgrading next year(when I'm due a largish lump sum) and I don't have a zinglebarb to build me a system..So I want to know if those in the 3D graphics world are right in wanting a dual core system?

What should the advert really be telling me?

I think you need to let someone who has a Core2 try a render. I can render Teragen on full settings (for the free version) quite comfortably and still have an entire core spare...

Is Bryce mutlithreaded? That's where the big advantage will come with a Dual, or Quad core CPU.

[AntiSilence]

Originally Posted by mr_bo

Couldn't resist this:-
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ashen1/...uild/intro.htm

LOVE the carrot at the end! LMAO!