Does one see much benefit from having two processors as a desktop PC for running everyday apps such as WinXP Pro, Office, couple of games etc?
Or is it still a gimmik? Last time I looked one CPU was better at more everyday things than dual, only in certian areas such as encoding, Workstation apps (3DS Max etc) did dual win, but not that much.


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I prefer HT quite a lot and turning it off to play system shock 2 it was supprising how much HT smoothed windows out!
Which doesnt help when i dont know what ive written here! DOH!
Well gains in games is absolutely zero, things will most likely change in time thanks to Intel's HT which is like having 1.2 CPUs. For general Windows usage 2 CPUs makes a BIG diff, everything is more responsive and simply smoother as already mentioned. When you weigh up the costs though 1 CPU is the clear winner for 99% of users. If you go dualie you have to contend with...
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