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Old 10-05-2005, 04:10 PM
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Default Re: Dual cores???

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Originally Posted by free_park26
now comes the question ' do i need it?'. i mainly play games (good games) and do school work. i do a major upgrade bout every 3 years (juz little stuff in between).
You don't need it, but then you don't really need any upgrade at all. If you only upgrade every 3 years, then you'll certainly want to go with dual-core, because single-core processors will be nearing obsolescence.

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Originally Posted by free_park26
do u think ther will be any need for dual cores in the next couple of years????
Yes. Any multitasking will benefit from it now and in the future, and future applications will be programmed in a way that allows them to take advantage of dual-core processors.

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and also do u think they will come down heaps in the next couple of months???
Maybe a little, but not in heaps.

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also wat do u have????
An Athlon XP 2400 Mobile overclocked to 2.1Ghz. Like I said, you don't need and upgrade or dual-core. A 1Ghz Athlon is enough to make any modern game playable, and anything capable of running Windows 2000 is enough for school work.

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and what do u think about AMD
At this point in time, it's the only choice that's even worth considering.
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