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To: Dan3 who wrote (199018)	5/27/2006 3:07:41 PM
From: Plissken	Respond to of 275872

Most short term freezing is due to harddisk activity, not CPU load. It would make more sense to put two harddisks into the machine than two processor cores ;)

To: Dan3 who wrote (199018)	5/27/2006 3:12:31 PM
From: gzubeck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Dan3, I guess that would explain the need for only single core for just general office like environments...I can't tell you how many times I wish I had a dual core at home...maybe when applications are written for dual core it will become more apparent...I'm running xp 64 trial version on just an a64 3000+ and it performs quite well for interneting and basic office tasks...what I don't get are all these setups with dual and quad video card setups...seems like a waste of time to me....that's probably why Nvidia is taking a hit in price because with Conroe most people will only need one high quality video card...