AMD Dual Core
The new AMD dual core is out, and HP, Acer, Alienware and Lenovo (IBM) plus 40 more have already agreed to support it. This is a answer to the recent launch of the Intel Dual chip. Based on current specs the AMD chip’s will out perform the INTEL. The AMD chip will be chip compatible with some current motherboards, but will require a BIOS upgrade.
Dual cores will have no real performance jump for single task user (i.e. word processing, email only, etc), but they are suppose to increase the ability for the user to multitask (i.e. burn a CD while surfing the web without a performance drop or allowing virus and firewall software to run without a drop in system performance)
When benchmarked against single-core AMD Athlon 64 processors, digital media applications indicated an average 34 percent increase in performance, while overall productivity benchmark results showed 22 percent average increase.
- From Electric News
The real key will be finding hardware / software combinations that takes advantage of the new technology. Windows XP and many current software applications do, but for the guy or gal playing Unreal at 1600X1280 with full effect there will be little improvement, but for the guy or gal that is running multi apps then multi cores should be a help. In the end let’s just hope that bloatware, adware, and such do not keep the average user in the same performance range even with better hardware.
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