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EqwanoX

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single vs dual processors?
« on: June 30, 2009, 09:28:14 AM »
whats the difference or advantage to  dual processors. is a dual 1.2ghz equal to a single 3ghz?
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Re: single vs dual processors?
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Re: single vs dual processors?
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2009, 10:34:24 AM »
When running multi-threaded applications on a G4, a single 1 GHz would be equivalent to something like a dual 600 MHz. There is some loss because of the overhead of having two processors.
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