How many cores? 2 or 4?
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It's a dual core i7. It's the top-of-the-line dual core for its generation.
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Not two processors; a dual processor. Pretty common, actually. That means it can execute two programs simultaneously; two virtual processors.
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A multi-core chip can execute multiple instructions at the same time. Dual cores have two cores, and quad cores have four. All the cores are on the same chip though. So, they share the same memory, and data path to the motherboard. So, a quad core chip may be able to execute the instructions four times faster, but that doesn't mean it can receive instructions from ram four times faster. Also, the faster a CPU is, the hotter it gets. Just because the CPU is a quad core doesn't mean it was set to run at the same gigahertz. Consider a manufacturer that wants to sell a 4 gigahertz chip, but the core keeps melting. One could sell a Quad core chip with each core set to 1 or 2 gigahertz and get increased performance, but still be running each core much slower. Therefore the chip no longer melts. Software has to be rewritten to take full advantage of multi-core processors. The operating system might provide a small automatic increase in speed, but you won't see a 4X increase in performance simply by switching to a quad core. Even if the software is rewritten it might not be 2X, or 4X faster because now the program may have additional instructions added for the sake of figuring out which core is going to access each part of the program. Got this from a google search.....
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Hi, this model has 4 physical cores and 8 threads with hyper-threading technology it's really great!
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Yes, you can use 1 or 2 CPUs, the difference is 1 CPU only can use 4 DIMMs MAX on Bank DIMM A1-A2, B1-B2 for further info please visit ASUS WEB: http://www.asus.com/us/Commercial_Servers_Workstations/KCMAD8/HelpDesk/ If you have any for question, please don't hesitate to ask, Thank you and you have a great day, Calvin,
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I agree with Alan.If you run the Performance Index you can see that the bottleneck comes from the CPU.BTW, I get 2.4 as Performance Index.
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D2550 Intel dual core with hyperthreading. 2 cores 4 threads. See http://ark.intel.com/products/65470/Intel-Atom-Processor-D2550-1M-Cache-1_86-GHz
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Yes, and I have successfully overclocked the the core to 4.5GHz (Turbo off, Cool 'n Quiet ON), with stock cooling, standard voltage--other people I know have reached 4.3GHz with standard cooling and voltage...has the added benefit of running @ 95W Max TDP. Six cores is all you need for gaming--don't know of a single game that uses more than 4-cores, actually...this is the cpu to buy
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Processor Number i7-4700MQ 4th generation # of Cores 4 # of Threads 8 .....Hyperthreading Clock Speed 2.4 GHz Max Turbo Frequency 3.4 GHz Cache 6 MB
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I don't know the precise answer either, but I know tha my laptop has 4x 2.0ghz processors and windows 8 handles parallel processing very well. This laptop is super fast.
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Two. I placed a second 2gb stick in the empty slot and it has booted fine and feels slightly quicker. DDR3 PC 10600 1333. Simple one screw, slide off bottom panel removal. Writing this from my C7.
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For Gaming no, it would not really help. Games don't use 4 cores and really wouldn't make much difference, if any at all. For CPU heavy tasking such a video encoding and such, yes it would help. But, I seriously doubt you could tell the difference in gaming.
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It doesn't have four separate processors. It is 1 processor with 4 cores(quad).
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I actually found a newer model with the core 2 solo that ships with Windows 7 64-bit installed. Windows 7 is awesome and the system really flys. I still have the stock 2 gigs of ram.
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Is that the one i have? It has, Intel B950 processor. Don't see anything about dual core but it seems pretty fast. :-)
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I really don't know. I have always used 4 and never thought about using 2. I don't know why you could use just 2 though.
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I run two. I wouldn't recommend 3 with this card. I would rather get another video card that is better for that.