Posted by nappy on 08/14/07 14:55

The core duo can not be in a multi-proc system like the xeons. So the limit
is quad core processing. I assume Vegas uses multiproc multithread to take
advantage of that.

I didn't compare the Conroe to the Xeon when I bought my 8 core machines so
I can not tell how the conroe compares to the clovertown. I wanted as many
cores as I could possible get for our 3D render farm mainly.




"Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
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> Intel's offerings in high performance processor / motherboards has 2
> somewhat comparably priced alternatives, the "Clovertown" 5365 which is
> used
> in 8 core Xeon 3.0 GHz versions in such products as the MacPro, and also
> the
> "Conroe" 6850 CoreDuo Extreme Quad Core which companies like HP, Dell, and
> others are / will be offering.
>
> I am wondering if there is any reason to prefer one versus the other based
> on PC performance, in particular for rendering in programs like Vegas 7.
>
> Any opinions would be much appreciated. Thanks,
>
> Smarty
>
>

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