Someone pointed out that this is useful for CGI or number crunching and protein folding. How often are normal users going to use those apps?
There are not even quad threaded applications yet, sans Flight Simulator 10, and the usefulness of quad threading for games is not fully explored yet. And they want to push out 6 core processors?
This is just a way to get consumers to waste their money. I hope at least retailers are kind and tell consumers the truth but I doubt it.
Also, adding more cores actually makes each individual core less efficient and less capable. Right now, thats not really an issue, but the effect builds as you add more cores, so eventually it could get to the point where adding more cores actually lowers the performance. Not to mention, this is just drawing more and more power....
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Someone pointed out that this is useful for CGI or number crunching and protein folding. How often are normal users going to use those apps?
There are not even quad threaded applications yet, sans Flight Simulator 10, and the usefulness of quad threading for games is not fully explored yet. And they want to push out 6 core processors?
This is just a way to get consumers to waste their money. I hope at least retailers are kind and tell consumers the truth but I doubt it.
Also, adding more cores actually makes each individual core less efficient and less capable. Right now, thats not really an issue, but the effect builds as you add more cores, so eventually it could get to the point where adding more cores actually lowers the performance. Not to mention, this is just drawing more and more power....