Having trouble deciding if I want to get a new cpu. I have a A64 3500+ w/ 512cache (forgot the name of the core) and i'm possibly looking at an x2 4400+. I'm just debating whether or not I do enough multitasking to warrant the purchase.
I do a fair amount of gaming (WoW, DoD mostly), fair amount of programming with Visual Studio .Net 2003 and Zend Developement Studio. Along with that I usually use vmware workstation when im programming.. (for web dev under LAMP) Now im also starting to get into linux on the desktop. I use Gentoo which prefers to compile from source so that would be a plus for dual core. I just dont know if I do enough to be worth my money. I mean if it only runs in single core mode for certain apps, I only gain 512kb of cache. Your thoughts...?
I do a fair amount of gaming (WoW, DoD mostly), fair amount of programming with Visual Studio .Net 2003 and Zend Developement Studio. Along with that I usually use vmware workstation when im programming.. (for web dev under LAMP) Now im also starting to get into linux on the desktop. I use Gentoo which prefers to compile from source so that would be a plus for dual core. I just dont know if I do enough to be worth my money. I mean if it only runs in single core mode for certain apps, I only gain 512kb of cache. Your thoughts...?