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Mamtaroy
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 Dual Core processors
CPU, Dual-core processors, Multi-core processors
What is the actual meaning of Core and Dual core processors and what is the main difference between Pentium-D processors ?

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ASKED: September 4, 2008  7:06 AM
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A dual core CPU is a single physical CPU which has two processing cores built onto it. A quad core CPU is a single physical CPU which has four processing cores built onto it. Intel Pentium-D CPUs are dual core CPUs.
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Yasir Irfan
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One thing you have to keep in mind when talking about CPUs these days is the software that you will be running on them. VERY FEW applications/games actually know how to use multiple cores to do what they do! That is important!

Hope this helps!

-Schmidtw

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