Little brain dead here today..is dual-core having 2 chips or one chip that supports dual threads?

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Although Mike certainly knows for sure and can correct what I say, I picked up at Oshkosh that dual core support is implemented and that FSX code is designed to funnel all graphics threads to one core with the remaining threads going to the second.DougDell XPS Gen3 (3.6GHz/800FSB) | 2GB DDR SDRAM | 74GB SATA, 10k RPM (C: ) | 120GB SATA (D: ) | 256MB ATI Radeon X800 XT (Catalyst 6.5) | Audigy 2 ZS Sound | MS Force Feedback 2 | WindowsXP Pro (SP2) | DirectX 9.0c

Or just search:http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho..._id=10043&page=http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...g_id=6115&page=http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...g_id=6245&page=http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...g_id=6596&page=

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That was a pretty embarrassing rant. Everyone knows already that FSX is going to support multi core. He also seems to have no idea that it is the bus and not the CPU that is the bottleneck and causing slow performance.http://www.matrox.com/mga/theguide/content..._bottleneck.cfm

Two different types of dual core: the old type had multiple cores on one chip but with separate cache. The cores did not communicate well and were held back by the very slow front-side bus that had to be used to communicate.Core 2 has two integrated cores on one chip sharing the cache. Sharing cache makes for very fast prefetch of past called for instructions and by-passes the outer circuitry of the very slow (relatively speaking) front-side bus. Slower memory and other system parts will impact the system less than in the past. Also, when one core isn't working, the other core gets the entire cache.Lesson to all: When and if buying an Intel Core-2 Duo or C2D Extreme, always buy the package with as much L2 cache as you can splurge for. Looks like the E6700 is gonna be a mighty workhorse.Having said that, anyone out there trying out a Core-2 yet? They are available in very very very limited quantities, and then only the slower E6300 version I think.

All right...... :)thx guys. Phew!:)Manny

And that's exactly what Mike meant...Don't believe anything that's not disclosed by an Aces team member...It's all either guesswork or extrapolated (possibly to an incorrect conclusion) from data that is available.

Vastly oversimplied but in the direction of correct.

E6600 seems to be the sweet spot for price/performance ($350 or so) However there motherboards are a bit pricey today.Performance is incredible though.The enthusiast consnesus appears to be E6600, 2GB ram and the video card of the day.

Core 2 Duo and Athlon 64 X2 are dual core meaning two CPU cores on a single chip.

Here ya guys go: http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...791&page=#11889Or, look up =)

Well, video card of the tomorrow. =) We're all waiting for the DX10 annoucements to start drooling.