Quad Dual Core AMD Processors

[bugfaceuk]

You will never see a quad cpu mobo for consumers. They just don't need that type of power. It will only be for server. High-End workstations will have dual cpu support but not quad. Not for a long time.

Ho. Ho. Ho.

Define long time? Hopefully a long time for you is much less than a year. I would be suprised if there were not already dual-dual core consumer boards for AMD's chips, if not it will not be long.

Ahhhhh nobody will ever want more than 64k....

 

[matticus008]

Ho. Ho. Ho.

Define long time? Hopefully a long time for you is much less than a year. I would be suprised if there were not already dual-dual core consumer boards for AMD's chips, if not it will not be long.

Ahhhhh nobody will ever want more than 64k....

There are already motherboards for dual Opterons and dual dual-core Athlon workstations. That's not what s/he meant, though. Four sockets on anything less than a server is not going to happen for some time.

Consumers just don't need that kind of power. Cadkiller's processor-hungry rendering does NOT fall into the consumer category. If those are the job requirements, a high-end workstation is in order. But that is not a consumer PC.

 

[bugfaceuk]

There are already motherboards for dual Opterons and dual dual-core Athlon workstations. That's not what s/he meant, though. Four sockets on anything less than a server is not going to happen for some time.

Consumers just don't need that kind of power. Cadkiller's processor-hungry rendering does NOT fall into the consumer category. If those are the job requirements, a high-end workstation is in order. But that is not a consumer PC.

Heard it all before, too long in the tooth in this industry to believe we have even the faintest idea what will be normal in even a couple of years time. Normally, we under-estimate.