While surfing around. I found this."An attractive value of dual core processors is that they do not require a new motherboard, but can be used in existing boards that feature the correct socket."*quoted form Dual-CoreWhat does it mean?I'm kinda confused now about dual core.Because its kinda new on my knowledge and want to learn about it since i want to buy one of this.Lets say i got, Pentium(R) 4.How does that quoted idea make sense?Any help?
Before the invention of dual core, to actually get more than one CPU in your machine would require another/a special motherboard, which is 2 actual CPUs working together. (2 chips!)Now, in a sense, 2 CPUs are integrated into 1 CPU (1 chip), therefore no actual new equipment (new motherboard) is required, you just need the have the correct motherboard which will house these new CPUs.If you're looking into upgrading and your PC is quite old, I recommend you to NOT upgrade the CPU and buy a whole new system instead, they're fairly cheap nowadays and the only time it gets expensive is when you want ULTIMATE GAMING performance (extreme CPUs and high end GPUs which allow zOMG HD++ Resolution).
LadyKiKi said, December 01, 2009, 05:09:36 pm(extreme CPUs and high end GPUs which allow zOMG HD++ Resolution).All PC monitors are by default "HD"
