some processor tidbits, fun facts, and brain busters...A processor is the heart of your computer. It takes assignments, tasks, or actions to do in these data formats; strings, threads and handles. It then processes the data into actions for the other components of your computer to do. (vieo card, monitor, sound card, internet card ETC..) So if your playing a high graphics, surround sound, online, game on a HD TV... you would like every component to be good. But even if you had the best graphics card in the world, it would make little difference if your processor wasnt fast enough to work with the video card. I currently am expierencing this probmel. I have a high end 256 MB GPU and I have trouble playing 3D games because my processor works at 800MHZ.(Processors nowadays work at 3000 to 3500MHZ, also known as 3 to 3.5GHZ.Both companies are working hard on developing the breakthrough of 2 core processors (DC). A normal processor contains one core. New motherboards nowadays can hold two processors also known as multi-processor motherboards (MP). Intel processors have now been infused with Hyper-Threading technology (HT). HT Technology enables a processor to multiply its max threads and handles by two. So heres how much you could theoretically multiply your processing power:1x(Normal) 1 processor with 1 core working at 2.0GHZ without HT2x(HT)1 processor with 1 core working at 2.0GHZ with HT2x(MP)2 proessors with 1 core each working at 2.0GHZ each without HT2x(DC)1 processor with 2 cores working at 2.0GHZ each without HT4x(DC and HT)1 processor with 2 cores working at 2.0GHZ each with HT4x(MP and HT) 2 processors with 1 core each working at 2.0GHZ each with HT4x(MP and DC)2 processors with 2 cores each working at 2.0GHZ each without HT8x(MP, HT, DC)2 processors with 2 cores each working at 2.0GHZ each with HTUsing the above table you could figure out your processing power easily by taking your processor frequency (1ghz, 800mhz, 3ghz, whatever it is) and multiplying it by the number at the start of each solution (1x, 2x, 4x, 8x)... The end result of the calculation is the speed you could be working at!EX: I have a 2.0GhZ processor(s). If I got a MP and HT solution I would theoretically be working at 8.0GHZ speed.(Remember no dual core processors have been released for home computing yet.)(Also remember that HT Technology is limited to Intel processors only.)
