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[Neon]

The race is on to produce four-core processors for PCs.

Intel Corp., which is readying a bevy of dual-core chips for release in systems in the next month, is already plotting a move to quad cores, which some reports have said could come as soon as early 2007.

Thus the two main PC processor manufacturers, Intel and its rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc., appear to be working toward the same goal of doubling the number of cores their processors can offer customers during 2007.

AMD has already discussed a plan to begin offering a family of four-core chips in 2007, whereas Intel has only broadly hinted about offering a four- core server chip the same year.

While the chip makers once battled over clock speed—in one form or another—the coming years will bring a new rivalry. Intel and AMD will trade barbs over who can offer chips with more processor cores sooner with better performance per watt, or how much power each chip consumes versus the amount of performance it offers customers.

[ShadowFox]

it'd be nice if they were cheaper -.-

it'd be nice to have a 4 core processor with 4.0GHz/ core

[Visentinel]

Not sure what to really expect from this, unless software starts to take proper advantage of this i dont see quad core been any better than dual core.

Right now Dual core is a go, you can Game without background tasks killing ur FPS

[clarky3429]

id love to go for a better processor than what i have, but its too expensive!!


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[Visentinel]

clarky3429, on Dec 14 2005, 08:20 AM, said:

id love to go for a better processor than what i have, but its too expensive!!
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Ima Get a Dual Core when they come down in Price, my mobo can support it with a newer BIOS Version that is not currently installed becuase my current CPU wont overclock anywhere near as good compared to the current BIOS Version.

It would haveto be muuuch cheaper than it is now since my current CPU is zee zero milligrams fast as it is.

[Neon]

Me to, i am waiting for them to be affordable and go all out and get myself a nice system, but not yet! (Dual core i mean)

[ShadowFox]

Yes, yes, I am REALLY hoping to get a 64 bit system soon too!