Ripplin said:
With Adywan, we've learned to expect the unexpected. Whatever he does will be a major addition to the site and our collections, whatever resolution it is. :) It would be kinda neat to know how much faster something like a color correction pass can be done with quad core versus dual core.

a few months ago, i bought a 2.8Gig core 2 duo, for something like US$600....

and now there are more powerfull QUAD core machines for less than that, with

more memory, etc..... of course, i knew that.... but i didn't not expect prices to

fall that quickly..

i only use intel, but i know that AMD is desperately trying to compete (not that well),

but maybe its helping bring down the price, i also a triple-core from AMD that was

cheap, but i wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole (its a quad core, with 1 processor

that didn't pass testing)...........................

i know that intel has new processors in Larrabee, and the i7core chips coming out

later, but i've never liked being on the bleeding edge.... supposedly AMD+ATI is

coming out with some GPU chips to compete also, and although NVIDIA will never

be allowed to, they talk about making general purpose GPU chips also.......

i think once we get the octo-core machines (some are out there now), and the

n-core machines, where you can mix and match the processors to your needs,

along with multi-core GPU's for the graphics, ,we'll be set for a few more years...

i'm more interested in the general purpose GPU chips, since i don't game that

much (i have an xbox360 for that)..... so the advances in video card chips don't

interest me as much, although there is talk about being able to use the memory

on those boards, along with those GPU's for other tasks..

exciting times.....

later

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