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Geek Culture / which is faster generally? 1.66 ghz or 1 ghz dual core?

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DeadTomGC
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I'm thinking about buying a netbook and I want to know which is faster. It would be really great to hear from somebody who has experience with both.
Thanks in advance! Or, wait, should you thank me because I gave you something to do while your bored?


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DevilLiger
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Posted: 7th Dec 2011 10:07
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imo i go with the dual core.


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ionstream
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You can check the benchmarks of each CPU here:

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/

It's not 100% knowable for all circumstances, but I would wager the dual core.

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bitJericho
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I'd also check the amount of cache on each core of the dual core compared against the cache on the single core. Cache generally makes a bigger difference than ghz.

If they are the same, will you be doing any kind of multitasking? If not, it *might* be faster with just a single-core, but probably not. You'd probably be happier with the dual core.


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DeadTomGC
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ya I guess it would be sort of safer to get the dual core. Thank you.


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Benjamin
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You can't compare processors on clock speed alone, so it'd be useful to know if they are from the same family or not.



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DeadTomGC
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Posted: 7th Dec 2011 23:27
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well I was looking at a couple different families intel atom and amd c-60


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The Wilderbeast
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Posted: 7th Dec 2011 23:39 Edited at: 7th Dec 2011 23:41
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I'm not sure which Atom processor you're looking at, but as it only has one core then I'd say that it's an old one.

The AMD C-60 is new this year, will likely have a smaller TDP (= more battery life), supports DDR3 memory and has an integrated Radeon HD 6290 which will beat Intel graphics any day.

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For a netbook, that's pretty impressive.

Do you reckon you could link us to the two netbooks?


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DeadTomGC
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Posted: 9th Dec 2011 06:06 Edited at: 9th Dec 2011 06:06
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holy #@&! that is the netbook I was looking at and that is better than my 2 ghz laptop!


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DeadTomGC
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correction, Actually I was looking at one that is a little better. Oh, and I bought it.


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The Wilderbeast
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Good to hear. Tell us how it goes when you get it!


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DeadTomGC
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2011 10:14 Edited at: 22nd Dec 2011 10:26
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Hey I got it and am posting with it now. Its pretty nice. It is the aspire one 722 with 4 Gb ram. I am still managing my programs but I will get to the real testing soon.

Ok, so so far I've run terraria and it runs well except the loading screens are a little long.


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Van B
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2011 15:38
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If your using Windows7, more than one core is pretty vital. Maybe even with Vista as well.

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