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8 core?
Synbios:
My friend who worked for intel got laid off last week and he got to take his workstation home with him.
Dual quad-core xeons for 8 cores total. :p!
8 gigs ram, among other amazing things...
texasboy:
;D The very average family PC doesnt need any of this "latest" up to date technology. Unless you are gaming or editing to the extreme, why do you need to spend 100`s to keep up with the market. We are always finding people who say you are not with it unless you have this and that.. Most recent graphics cards will play games to an acceptable level. Family PC`s are there for everyday use ,photo`s/documents/games and most over the counter units are more than adequate.
I am presently on an old HP710 1.3ghz 512mb which downloads files at 250-300kbps. It is kept up to date,cleaned.etc still has 61% free space on a 40gbHD. The graphics are excellent even with a Radeon 9550 card.
Admittedly I have another PC upstairs running an SLI mobo with 2GB mem and p4 extreme edition . But I am not a dedicated gamer. This PC is great for downloads and doesnt need help.
cheers
Quantum:
While I agree, having a fast PC today makes a huge difference in how nice the PC 'feels', when things just open seemingly instantly. I know I've got lots of average home users hooked on fast dual cores just because they can open and do things without waiting around for the PC to load stuff.
Fast graphics cards on the other hand are for either gamers or video designers, well for now at least.
TheNightWatchman:
mmm playing around in After Effects (post production tool... CGI and green screen, that type of thing) at Uni... the core2duo 2.4ghz with 2GB of RAM struggles. Although these are only first year editing suites, the advanced ones should cope (no idea what they'll have)
Quantum:
--- Quote from: TheNightWatchman on April 29, 2007, 11:33:52 pm ---mmm playing around in After Effects (post production tool... CGI and green screen, that type of thing) at Uni... the core2duo 2.4ghz with 2GB of RAM struggles. Although these are only first year editing suites, the advanced ones should cope (no idea what they'll have)
--- End quote ---
CGI always needs better specs. 2GBs of RAM was normal for that kind of thing 2 - 3 years ago (on a home PC), now if you put a home PC together to do that kind of thing you'd seriously consider 8GBs of RAM and a Core 2 Quad 2.93+ GHz.
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