FlashGuy wrote: > Can someone explain the benefits of a dual-processor? What would take > advantage of dualies? > > What applications would run faster (Photoshop etc.).
Basically, everything that is CPU bound and multithreaded. Additionally, in the case of AMD, everything that is memory bandwidth bound. Typically this occurs when you are doing real multitasking. Servers usually profit most from it, because they generally serve multiple users at the same time. Some desktop applications that do numbercrunching also profit from it. Think image rendering, video processing and some Photoshop operations. One of the benefits when using it for a normal desktop is that applications will feel much more responsive, even when you are doing something else at the same time. However, that does not justify the extra money for *me*. I have always been reluctant to run production systems on a single CPU, but now with CF MX I am plain against it. The extra CPU is extremely usefull when compiling CFML templates to Java, and I would probably increase CPU load even further by turning on IIS HTTP compression which finally works with MX. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
