Greetings facepunch. I just have a simple question about processors.
Firstly, I've built a few gaming pc's in the past, but my last build only had a Pentium D processor.
I want to build a new rig with a quad core CPU, which is where the question is.
I understand that for example, a quad core cpu @ 3.2 Ghz, is not going to be 4 cpu's running at a total of 12.8 Ghz
So how does the speed work? Is it just 3.2 Ghz / 4 cores, so 800 Mhz per core?
Say you have 4 people running in a straight line next to each other at 10 MPH. You can't add their speeds up to make 40 MPH. They're running independently of each other.
You can't combine cores for more processing power. You can use each single core to do more than 1 thing though.
For example,
Core 1: Surfing the web
Core 2: Playing games
Core 3: Productivity programs, such as photo shop
Core 4: Anything else I can't think of
You can also make each core share, say networking. ( 25% core 1, 25% core 2, 25% core 3, 25% core 4) Though you never actually use your CPU's full potential unless you are doing heavy things on your system.
Mk, I get it now.
It doesn't divide the speed up or anything, it just shows what core can do what processing.
Thanks [:
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