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[QUOTE="re-raid"][QUOTE="basersx"][QUOTE="PikaPichu"] [QUOTE="basersx"][QUOTE="PikaPichu"] [QUOTE="brenden27"]
Athlon X2 3800+ 4:06 How come all you other people got a shorter time that I did?
basersx
Unless the application makes use of both cores, an Athlon 64 3200+ will almost always outperform an X2 3800+.
Yeah but Super PI should be a test that makes the dual cores shine. I have always said the 3800+ X2 was a terrible CPU because of its ridiculously slow clock speed, I mean the 3000+ 32 bit CPU I bought in 2004 has a faster clock speed then the 3800+ x2! Still I was really surprised that guy only got a 4:something. I would have guessed mid 3s. I guess the duals really are not all they are cracked up to be.
Only if you intend to run one major application (with no dual core support) at a time. If we were all to run a game like Half Life 2 and Super Pi at the same time, single core users like me would see a major increase in the amount of time it takes to calculate 4M whereas dual core users would see little to no hit at all.
Well that is a very unrealistic scenario. The duals already should be handling all the other background apps on any desktop leaving one core solely for super pi. Meaning even without running a game the duals should be beating the singles. That’s the whole idea. And I know for a fact that the Intel Core Duos dominate this test. I saw someone got below 1 min of the 4M test with Core Duo. Bottom line the x2 chips should still have a major advantage over singles running this test under all situations. And so far it doesn’t look like its true. I would like to see some more scores though. We need to see someone with a 4400+ and 4600+ run this.
which core duo did you see get under a minuite on the 4m test? Was it Overclocked or stock?Here is one from another board. He got 1:03 with this one, that’s insanely fast!!
but look at that overclock!
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