Sound like you should get a Macpro?

Dual-Cores are much cheaper than getting dual-processors, and offer better speed. Google some of the benchmarks. Not to mention unlesss you do graphical rendering or are a photoshoping god, dual processors offer only marginal benefit on gaming unless the program has been specifically written to handle multilple pipes. There is more immediate consumer benefit for dual-core.

/geek off

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Mac Book Pros are ok.. they are using the older Duo Core and not the Core 2 Duo which are substantially much(not even on the same planet type of better). Intel really killed AMD on this one, AMD is now playing catch-up in terms of performance but what do I care, I'm just a poor medical student with processor speeds of less than 2 Ghz.

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The problem is.. nothing really supports quad cores for the consumer (ripping a DVD, compiling code and surfing valuemd doesn't count).

I honestly haven't cared much about upgrading to the latest components as of late. I think I could be getting old.... or it could be that I do more with my 800mhz G4 and 1.5Ghz Celeron than most people do with their Core 2 Duo and then I make fun of their wasted 1500 dollar "investment"


(yes, I have a Celeron.. Laugh all u want)

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I can run Unreal Tournament and Quake 3 but anymore than that, You'll see my head before I get to strafe.

Set it up. I'm game.

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Can you really play game on Windows Server? Most of games I see only list Win XP, 2000, NT, ME.

How about hot dog eating contest? I can eat a lot.

I competed in a sushi eating contest during college. I didn't eat sushi for 2 months after that...

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No, I want a dual socket quad-core. Why go Mac? They use the same processors, and with Windows I have a huge choice of software. A Mac is like shopping the USSR. You get what they have. Some of the software I run supports multiprocessors, and the benefit I see is enormous. I can encode video in almost real time. I am a graphical rendering and photoshopping god. With multi-core, multiprocessor, I expect that to be even better. I have been using multi-processor systems since the mid 90's. There is a huge benefit, and if you multi-task, you can assign various tasks to various processors. Even without software written to take advantage of muti-CPUs, you can still benefit from them. I can encode HD video and play games at the same time, without a significant drop in framerate (of my game, of course).

Yes, most of the time you can. A server board will run XP pro just fine, too.

There are no quad cores, yet. Coming Q1 or Q2 '07.

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Mad Hatter's Quad Core 2 Duo Server Goes Sixteen Ways - Gizmodo

G... U're losing out to these guys...

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Yeah, I know. Those quad processor motherboards are outrageous. Well over $1000. For that much I can get a dual processor motherboard, the processors and some ram. So, what game do we want to play? I prefer first person shooters, and can set up a server for any of them.

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(They're right)

DISCLAIMER: I have no financial stake in ValueMD, or any medical school.