Who still runs single core?

[HundertzehnGustav]

if you have two cores running at, say, 2.5 GHz (2x2.5=5?), or one core at 3 GHz... wich one is better - faster - meaner - more capable?
(simplified)

and i guess that, being in 2010, all games use multiple cores, at least two...
you buy a new rig? go for quad core or octacore... 6 or 8 Gigs of Ram, a recent 64 Bit OS, one 128GB SDD, and a Terabyte HDD, 1024 MB Video memory, or 2048 if you can.

but dont forget a 1200Watt PSU, or bigger! and enough fans to cool the thing down!

...and NO, you are NOT advised to show the price tag to your wife...

[TDK1044]

Ironically, I recently purchased a new Laptop, and part of the decision making process was that it would have to be able to run Silent Hunter 5.

Now I'm not even buying the game. Too funny.

[AVGWarhawk]

My single core ran SH4 ok. However, my quad core at 2.5 Ghz REALLY plays SH4 without issue. Time to upgrade sir and have fun!

[Schultz]

Beside this PC , I have an old that I used to play on it before I bought this one , and even sh4 worked on it.

[Letum]

I have two single core PCs, but they are just used as a mini render farm now.

One runs at 3ghz and the other at 900hmz

[danurve]

I'm not current with the Intell upgrade compatability scheme, but can't you drop a dual core chip into your current board?

[Tarnsman]

No, Danurve Id have to change the board too. Which is theoretically possible (Ive pulled other PCs apart and back together but not this one other than cards etc.) its a Dell XPS.

Im not buying another PC till at least the summer prefferably the fall period. This one plays every thing I do and well -- Im not chugging around watchin a SH4TMO slideshow or tweaking to get things running and I run at high fps in widescreen resolutions.

But the last games I bought were SH4 Uboat addon and ArmA, and they are basically 07 and 08 games. So past performance does not equal future success, but looking at the SH5 graphics they dont look like that much of a leap, frankly over SH4. I'll spring for a new Gfx card no problem. Im basically wondering if the new games Must be run by dual core machines, and if there are any guys out there with single core rigs that might know.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by HundertzehnGustav

one 128GB SDD,

I admit that I am a noob, what is SDD?

[onelifecrisis]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I admit that I am a noob, what is SDD?

He probably meant SSD (solid state drive i.e. basically a hard disk made of RAM)

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

He probably meant SSD (solid state drive i.e. basically a hard disk made of RAM)

Ah ok, thought there was another initialization I had to learn. Thanks

[bigboywooly]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I admit that I am a noob, what is SDD?

I think he means SSD
Solid state drive
Like a big flash card

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive

[HundertzehnGustav]

SSD...

[guynoir]

On the new Win7 machine I built last year, I have two RAID-0ed Intel SSDs as my OS drive (along with important programs (games)), and you can pry them from my cold dead fingers!

The machine is very fast to boot up, nearly instantly drops to the desktop, and I can immediately click all of the programs in the taskbar and they all quickly open up.

SSD drives are probably the best general performance upgrade you can make for your PC... They make everything snappy!

[Wilcke]

Originally Posted by guynoir

On the new Win7 machine I built last year, I have two RAID-0ed Intel SSDs as my OS drive (along with important programs (games)), and you can pry them from my cold dead fingers!

The machine is very fast to boot up, nearly instantly drops to the desktop, and I can immediately click all of the programs in the taskbar and they all quickly open up.

SSD drives are probably the best general performance upgrade you can make for your PC... They make everything snappy!

The SSD technology is just awesome and price points are coming down. Although the high quality ones are still a bit expensive when compared to a WD Raptor. I have built two SSD systems for friends as HTPC and they boot to the desktop at frightening speed. The SSD is a huge leap for the PC as it brings it to an almost instant on device.

As for dual core chips, I started on that road in '05 with AMD and still run an old dog X2 4800 on the 939 socket. The chip is good but the old ASUS Mobo is slowly dying. Its best to rebuild on a 2-3 year cycle these days and recoup your money by selling the parts on Ebay for on average 1/2 price. Wait to long and you just about have to give it away but at least its still being used and not going into a land fill or worse.

I do run a new Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.83 Ghz on my HTPC and I find it to be very capable and runs anything I need including Blu-Ray very nicely. There is plenty of CPU power available now and with multiple cores its up to the developers to write code that takes advantage of the processing power.

[kptn_kaiserhof]

i agree