CPUs. Tests by Intel and others of servers equipped with quad-core CPUs show significant improvements over Core 2 Duo performance. Additionally, Apple reports significant performance gains between its old line of PowerPC CPUs and the dual and quad core CPU...

2007 Mac Pro handles two dual- or quad-core processors, allowing for up to eight processing cores. It’s capable, with the right budget, of being a monster of a machine. The default configuration ships with two Intel 2.66 GHz dual core Xeon processors, making...

• -Analysis Of The 2007 IMacs

Applications 3D Studio Max wants all the processor power it can get, and doesn't mind using a few cores to get it. Dell's quad core beats our dual core hands down, and its overclock obviously helps too! ...

to grow. To begin with, you can choose between an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 quad core overclocked to 3.2 GHz (stock rate is 2.66 GHz) or an X6800 dual core overclocked to 3.46 GHz (stock rate is 2.93 GHz). You also get a motherboard with an Nvidia nForce...

conclusions about what kinds of PCs would excel with such workloads. To us, it appears that an ideal DHCAT machine should include the following components: A quad core processor or a server motherboard with two dual core processors, to provide the best results...

to remove heat from every corner of the chassis. EVGA’s latest 780i motherboard assures compatibility with a wide variety of Intel Core 2 processors, including the latest 45-nm quad cores. The sample system’s Core 2 Duo E8400 reduces costs substantially...

assessments, four cores score better than two. The difference in scores between the two processors for the same OS is between nearly 40% and just over 45% in favor of the quad core. But it’s also interesting to observe for DHCAT that the absolute differences...

• -Test Systems: Quad And Dual Core Machines

Mio. 140 Mio. 77 Mio. FSB Speed 100 MHz 100 MHz 100 MHz 100 MHz L1-Cache 32 kB/32 kB 32 kB/32 kB 32 kB/32 kB 32 kB/32 kB L2- Cache 2048 kB 2048 kB 2048 kB 1024 kB L2 Cache Speed 2.00 GHz 1.80 GHz 1.70 GHz 1.70 GHz Bus/ Core Ratio 20 18 17 17 Core...