bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
i was wondering how good would a dual processor machine would be for gaming(not too worried about that)? i was also wondering if it would be worth going for two processors if i was editing levels and such for games, and doing different kinds of programming? ------------------ |
Klumsy Administrator Posts: 1061 From: Port Angeles, WA, USA Registered: 10-25-2001 |
it wouldn't be very good unless there are games that are programmed to make use of it.. you will get a little bit more preformance because essential and slowdog windows services could be sourced to one cpu and the game to another, but not the performance of the two chips combined.. ------------------ |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
thanks for the info, i was just curious. eventually my dad's gonna get me an ati radeon 9200 all-in-wonder, and a 2.0ghz p4 to max out my dell with. i'm trying to make my own multi-media pc. anywho... ------------------ |
CobraA1 Member Posts: 926 From: MN Registered: 02-19-2001 |
Dual processors will help the most with games that use threading a lot. I don't know how many games use threads, though. You'll see some improvement, but don't expect too much. I wish I could get a new video card, but my computer didn't come with an AGP slot ------------------ Switch Mayhem now available! Get it here |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
you could always go with a pci video card, i think they have some pretty good cards for the pci slots. i know they have a geforce 4, they might even have some of the fx series. not as good as an 8x agp, but prob'ly a lot better than on board, and you don't have to share your ram. ------------------ |
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