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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 1/9/08 - 10:08:36 PM EST (GMT-5)
I have Pentium 4, what's that?
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 1/9/08 - 10:32:24 PM EST (GMT-5)
Mine is a dual-core.
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 1/9/08 - 10:37:04 PM EST (GMT-5)
pentium 4 is a single core.
i have an Athlon 64 x2 4600. yay AMD *cuddles*
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 1/9/08 - 11:19:53 PM EST (GMT-5)
On 2008-01-09 22:08:36.85 28_06_42_12 wrote:
I have Pentium 4, what's that? |
A 4 is also single core, usually the name implies that it is dual by having some reference to the number two or D in it, like the X2 or Pentium D. |
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 1/9/08 - 11:35:29 PM EST (GMT-5)
Dual core I"m sure since I just bought it last year.
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 1/9/08 - 11:39:37 PM EST (GMT-5)
On 2008-01-09 23:35:29.07 cryndigo wrote:
Dual core I"m sure since I just bought it last year. |
Dual Core's are actually kind of new, even if you bought that computer recently it could still just be a Pentium 4, those are still selling very well. |
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Thursday 1/10/08 - 2:28:13 AM EST (GMT-5)
I am one of those people who knows how to use a computer, but doesn't know anything about hers. Though I'm pretty sure mine's single. Because it's not new or fancy.
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Thursday 1/10/08 - 2:30:29 AM EST (GMT-5)
I have a 1.33 Ghz PowerPC something processor, iBook G4. That's what it says when I click "about this Mac."
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Thursday 1/10/08 - 12:17:02 PM EST (GMT-5)
^ single processor.
My powerbook has a single processor, my imac has a dual core.
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Thursday 1/10/08 - 12:26:20 PM EST (GMT-5)
I use a rock chisel and stone tablet
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Thursday 1/10/08 - 12:28:10 PM EST (GMT-5)
My MacBook has an Intel Core 2 Duo (dual-core processor.) I bought it last July.
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Thursday 1/10/08 - 2:50:57 PM EST (GMT-5)
I have no idea. For all I know there's just a very small wizard in there with a complex system of wires pulling him around and making him do spells to cause pictures to appear on the screen when I press buttons.
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Thursday 1/10/08 - 11:37:59 PM EST (GMT-5)
On 2008-01-10 12:26:20.797 ~~Jedi~~ wrote:
I use a rock chisel and stone tablet |
That's dual core. |
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Friday 1/11/08 - 1:51:18 PM EST (GMT-5)
On 2008-01-10 14:50:57.36 Medici wrote:
I have no idea. For all I know there's just a very small wizard in there with a complex system of wires pulling him around and making him do spells to cause pictures to appear on the screen when I press buttons. |
LOL |
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Friday 1/11/08 - 8:24:15 PM EST (GMT-5)
This question is for geeks.
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/12/08 - 11:15:05 AM EST (GMT-5)
Dual core, Pentium D. I'd expect single cores to be phased out in a year or two, the industry is probably about half way though doing so now.
Why anyone needs a quad core at the moment is beyond me though.
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/12/08 - 11:52:12 AM EST (GMT-5)
On 2008-01-12 11:15:05.693 Floor Demon wrote:
Dual core, Pentium D. I'd expect single cores to be phased out in a year or two, the industry is probably about half way though doing so now. Why anyone needs a quad core at the moment is beyond me though. |
Incase they want to play Doom 3, WoW, Assassin's Creed, and run a small company server all at the same time with speed to spare. |
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 1/16/08 - 9:57:56 AM EST (GMT-5)
who knows?
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 1/16/08 - 11:38:26 AM EST (GMT-5)
On 2008-01-12 11:15:05.693 Floor Demon wrote:
Dual core, Pentium D. I'd expect single cores to be phased out in a year or two, the industry is probably about half way though doing so now. Why anyone needs a quad core at the moment is beyond me though. |
(We have an 8-core, and all Mac towers are now 8-core standard. But its not what I'd call a personal computer, it's for running iterative statistical analyses like bayesian maximum likelihoods and markov chain monte carlo models. It also puts out enough heat that your feet stay nice and toasty warm)
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 1/16/08 - 1:21:17 PM EST (GMT-5)
Hmm... I'm not sure what kind of data sets you're working with Catch, but is an 8 core necessary for that? Single cores running R handle maximum liklehood estimations, bootstapping and Monte Carlo sampling (I'm not familiar with Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods though) without too much trouble, might take a minute or too though in some cases depending on how many you're generating.
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 1/16/08 - 1:54:50 PM EST (GMT-5)
Lets just say that the quad cores take a week to run these data sets. Farming it out to 8 processesors cuts the run time nearly in half.
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 1/16/08 - 1:58:28 PM EST (GMT-5)
You're using it to pick your lottery numbers aren't you  |
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 1/16/08 - 2:20:27 PM EST (GMT-5)
If we are, someone's doing a piss poor job of it.
(we do phylogenetic reconstructions with molecular data)
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 1/16/08 - 3:33:58 PM EST (GMT-5)
Ah, I can see why that would be rather system intensive. How many iterations are generally involved with things like that?
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14 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 1/16/08 - 4:47:57 PM EST (GMT-5)
I have no idea.
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