Hey, I am just wondering what is the best way to go for a dual processor system?

yaggayagga Havn't you heard? ... New
edited January 2004 in Hardware
Hi, just wondering what processor is best right now and in short term future about dual processor systems, I think AMD has their 64 bit dual processors? Any way, I am just wondering what exactly a system like this costs compared to a single processor system and what parts are gonna be cheaper ( like I think ram speed), I checked around for this, but it seemed to lack some performance parts and was a LOT more expensive. How much would a good mobo and stuff be and do they have ones with the extra "necessaties" like 6 pci slots, fast ddr(2) ram support, etc.

This is just something I would like to learn more about, but I wouldn't actually build a new system for about 2 years, but I WOULD want my next one a dually, unless of course there are tripply ones. It seems a little harder and time consuming to study on internet because these are not widespread or marketed to the personal user, hey another question, what exact performance +'s do you get from one of these systems, and do you get and performance drops in any form in the end?

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  • stoopidstoopid Albany, NY New
    edited December 2003
    Last I checked, there weren't enough applications available that utilize dual procs for me to justify ever building one. There are some (like photoshop), so if you have a specific need, then maybe this would be a good idea... but for the extra cost it wouldn't benefit day-to-day PC users. This has been true for years now.

    If you need to multitask, then dualies can be of great help (encode on one proc while gaming on the other).

    Another dilemma (in the past at least) were the lack of chipset advances for dual motherboards. Many were stuck on a PC133 or DDR266 chipset design, which choked bandwidth (gaming suffered the most).
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited December 2003
    Unless you are running this as a rig for a server you won't gain any advantage at all from dual processers. Even most small to medium size business see little gain from dual processer systems. But they do look cool.

    My advice if you go this route would be to run linux on it as it will reap the biggest reward. In general use graphic apps such as Photoshop, Cad and 3D rendering software will reap the biggest reward from dual processers. Mpeg conversion will also generally see again. But asside from that you won't notice it. Accept as a drain in your bank account.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    It's one of those weird situations: If you need one, you know it. If you have to ask, you don't need one.
  • stoopidstoopid Albany, NY New
    edited December 2003
    Originally posted by primesuspect
    It's one of those weird situations: If you need one, you know it. If you have to ask, you don't need one.

    Wow, very well said.
  • antthisantthis Bowling Green ky
    edited December 2003
    Mpeg conversion to and from divx/ to vcd yea this help alot bring the encodeing time done from about 2hours or so on my amd 1900 to about 40min on a dual mp 2400
  • yaggayagga Havn't you heard? ... New
    edited December 2003
    okay, thank you, just what I have discovered and thought, although I would still like one ;)
  • trippintrippin Chatt, TN
    edited December 2003
    Even if a single application doesnt use multipul cpus NOTHING beats the smoothness of a multicpu system. If you multitask then a dual cpu system is in order (if you can afford it) photoshop, and movie conversions are also other good reasons (all a/v stuff would be prime canidate reasons as well). You really dont know till you try one, but there is something about the responsivness of a dual cpu system under load that single cpu systems just cant match (maybe its the fast that when one cpu is maxed out the other is still ready for action!). Ive enjoyed my dual 2400+ (xp -> mp) on my tyan thunder k7x w/ 1gb ecc ddr. Its a nice system that i shall enjoy for a LONG time (it will be a server one day, once its no longer my primary box).
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    If you won't build it for 2 years then wait till you are ready and ask again as that is a loooonnnng time from now. ;)
  • citrixmetacitrixmeta Montreal, Quebec Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    check out the numbers!!

    this was my dual 2600s OCed.

    when ur fooling around with videos, this is definitly what you need.

    but lemme tell ya, even though this rig was armed with a radeon9700pro, it sucked at gaming :(
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Originally posted by mtgoat
    If you won't build it for 2 years then wait till you are ready and ask again as that is a loooonnnng time from now.
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