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    2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz or 2 QUAD Q6700 2.66GHz

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by weaponr1982, Apr 28, 2008.

  1. weaponr1982

    weaponr1982 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey all, i been wondering which one of these processors would be better for encoding movies. i am thinking about getting the 9262 and wanted to get the blu ray burner. i want to encode blu ray movies. thanks for you input.
     
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    quad-core will do a much better job that the even the fastest of dual cores for CPU intessive work such as video/audio encoding/conversion/rednering.
     
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I believe that the quad-core would be better in this instance inasmuch as I believe that there is video processing software out there now that can take advantage of four cores.
     
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    most of the up-to-date media software is multi-threaded to fully support quad-cores and even up to 64 threads for certain programs. :)
     
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Well, nice to see I didn't put my foot in it with my quess on that one! :D
     
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    thanks again for your input. i am probably going to order this this week or next. :)
     
    weaponr1982, Apr 29, 2008
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    On the topic of the E8400 versus the Q6700 - one nagging little question I've had is this: the E8400 has a 1333 FSB whereas the Q6700 has a 1066 FSB - is this difference due to the underlying hardware of the FSB, or just an artifact of the CPU itself. In other words, if one were to buy a system with a Q6700, with the 1066 FSB, and then attempt to upgrade to a CPU that utilized a 1333 FSB, would the FSB speed increase accordingly, or would one end up being stuck with a 1066 FSB that rendered the CPU upgrade somewhat pointless?
     
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    ^^^ doesnt matter if you are oc'ing them.. if not the 1066 will only be a hair slower anyway... remember the fsb is quad pumped (lol) so many people are geting like 450 oc'ed on the 8400 x 4 is 1800 fsb anyway...about the same as a 6600 at 3.6 or so..
     
    zfactor, Apr 29, 2008
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