It appears you have not yet registered with our community. To register please click here...

 
Go Back [M] > Madshrimps > WebNews
Intel dual core may play games slower Intel dual core may play games slower
FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read


Intel dual core may play games slower
Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 18th March 2005, 13:02   #1
Madshrimp
 
jmke's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: 7090/Belgium
Posts: 79,020
jmke has disabled reputation
Default Intel dual core may play games slower

CURRENT GAMES don't care much about multithreading and dual core processing. That's the biggest problem that Intel has to face now at the dawn of its dual core CPU generation.
Intel's soon to be announced Smithfield is going to work at 3.2 GHz only and even though it will have two cores it will eventually end up slower for gaming. Most of today's games engines don't have any kind of support for dual core processing and won't benefit much from the second core.

We strongly believe that Intel will work hard with game developers to ensure that future games will end up with support for dual core as we are sure that if you program it right you will be able to use the second core for some of the operations. I bet that Intel is pushing developers to take benefit of the second core as we speak.

Officially branded as the Pentium D, CPU codenamed Smithfield is 3.2 GHz CPU times two. You will end up with 3.2 GHz versus an existing 3.8 GHz single core CPU. We learned that existing single core CPUs, such as 570 and 670, both clocked at 3.8 GHz might end up much faster for current games and benchmarks.

The second problem comes for Intel's Extreme Edition, again clocked at 3.2GHz, but a dual core with its FSB down clocked to 800 MHz that has to compete against FSB 1066MHz 3.73GHz CPU.

It's going to be nasty but dual core is the path that Intel and AMD have both chosen. It may be difficult for the chip firms to explain why those CPUs are actually slower in games but for most of the other applications dual core CPUs are the right thing, and will boost multithreading applications big time. AMD, on the other hand, might not face such a big problem as it will start at 2.4GHz with its dual core chips which is the shipping speed of its flagship 4000+ now. µ


http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21930
__________________
jmke is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Intel Core i5 661 Dual Core LGA 1156 Processor Review jmke WebNews 0 8th February 2010 15:42
Intel Pentium Dual Core E6300 incoming jmke WebNews 8 26th March 2009 21:38
Intel cancels Dual Core Nehalem-derivative CPUs jmke WebNews 0 31st January 2009 23:28
Dual Core Battle : Intel Wolfdale vs AMD Antares jmke WebNews 0 11th October 2006 22:52
Intel Pentium D 820 2.8 GHz Dual Core Sidney WebNews 0 17th June 2005 00:16
AMD reckons it has year lead over Intel on dual core Sidney WebNews 0 12th May 2005 06:19
Intel dual core launch is no big deal at all Sidney WebNews 0 18th April 2005 17:57
Intel First to Ship Dual Core jmke WebNews 0 13th April 2005 12:39
Intel Dual Core: Multi-Tasking Benchmarking jmke WebNews 1 11th April 2005 17:37

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 04:05.


Powered by vBulletin® - Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO