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Old 23-07-2007, 12:54 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by zeekgenateer View Post
It's only a matter of time that processor cores start skyrocketing. How long until we see an octocore? Or a hexacore? And when that happens processor speed won't matter for the most part. Think about it an octocore running at 800 MHz per core would run at 6.4 GHz and a hexacore running at 400 MHz would do the same. And think of the overclocking potential. As long as you can keep it cool, overclocking becomes exponential. Hopefully motherboards will be made with infinite core support (any # of cores is fine on motherboard). That way you wouldn't have to buy a new motherboard so often.

Funny you should say that. I've decided that I'm not going to upgrade my CPU (amd 64 X2 4800+) Until I can get a 8 core.
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