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Dual CPU / Mother Board
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Posted by: EddieJ300
Can a Dual CPU / Mother Board help out a home system? Or would there just more resources then you will ever use?
I guess I'm looking for advice that has some Links to info with supporting docs.
Thanks
Posted by: Darky!
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Originally posted by EddieJ300
Can a Dual CPU / Mother Board help out a home system? Or would there just more resources then you will ever use?
I guess I'm looking for advice that has some Links to info with supporting docs.
Thanks
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a dual processor system would just be a waste of money, it "Is more rescources then you'll ever use"
Posted by: Kdr Kane
There have been several debates on these forums about that subject.
Why don't you try the search function for "dual cpu" and see if that answers your questions.
I'm for dual cpu systems for home. Others are not.
Posted by: JANNA
im in the waste of money camp myself. i think u would be better served by a server quality board and tons of ram running win2k pro and a single blazing fast cpu if u want power for the home user. but there is a looooooong discussion in the archives on this very topic
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
I agree with Janna. I think Dual CPU systems are a waste of money for the home user. Hardly any software utilizes 2 CPU's and the industry evolves so quickly that you can end up upgrading your Single CPU system and be a lot faster than a Dual for less money as new hardware and CPU's come out.
If all you do is play some multimedia files and play games, any top of the line Single CPU system can handle that. And most likely a Dual CPU system wouldn't give a significant amount of increased performance over that. (Maybe 15% at most). Considering the cost of Dual CPU systems, it's just not worth it. At all.
Hopefully there will be more software in the future that supports SMP, but for now, there is very little. And the industry seems to push more towards using SSE(2) than dual CPU's. Mainly because it's far more appealing to keep hardware affordable for the normal user that way and yet still be able to boost performance.
Posted by: EddieJ300
So far everything that I have read (here & on other sites) would steer me away from the dual CPU board (but only because the software on the market does not support it). This could change by XMAS!!! But I suppose I would be better off putting that extra cash into more RAM on the system.
Thanks for the comments & Suggestions.
Posted by: Sarc
Most home users are going for the "biggest bang for the buck" type of computer. This unfortunatly counts out most, if not all dual CPU systems.
A dual CPU computer can have a butt load of power, if you have the software to take advantage of it.
I think this falls back to the cost issue of the hardware.
If dual CPU systems were more affordable for a home user, and people actually DID buy them, I think the SMP software would become abundantly available in a short period of time.
But, since this does fall back to cost, it is far cheaper to design systems to run more effeciently on a single CPU.
Not to mention the upcoming 64-bit CPU's would run circles around most dual CPU systems of today. Now, a dual 64-bit CPU computer... that's some power.  (drooling smilie)
Another thing to consider is since the market is oriented toward single CPU systems, companies like Intel and VIA, are concentrating their efforts on thier single CPU chipsets.
If you compare the memory benchmarks of AMD's latest multi-processor chipset, to VIA's KT266A, you should find VIA's chipset leading in memory bandwidth, something that's rather important in a single processing computer. Well, it's actually important in all systems, but why get a system for gaming that has extra CPU power you can't use, and less memory bandwidth?
Just a thought.
Posted by: Gunslinger
I'm also in the waste of money camp, and the lack of motherboards that can match their single CPU counterparts is the primary reason.
Now, if the motherboards were good, and the extra CPU would actually provide a significant boost to typical home usage, then I'm there. But unless you're doing things that take a lot of processor load such as compiling code or other things of the like, there's really not much use for it.
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