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Is a 2.2Ghz Dual Core processor really 3.7Ghz?
For computer techs: do you actually feel a 2.2Ghz dual core should be sold as a 3.7Ghz computer? Or a 2.4 D.C. be sold as a 4.45Ghz?
(2.2G DC with run 2 threats of info at 2.2 each - but there are actually graphics programs and games that need a patch or the DC will actually run them too slow)
Personally thinking this is flat out false advertisement and would like other's thoughts. Thanks
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- bambamitsdeadLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Hmmm, under what sort of rules can you describe a 2.2 GHz processor as 3.7GHz? You can describe it as having performance in some circumstances that matches some mythical 3.7GHz processor... like Athlon's rating (= mythical K7 running at said speed... or was it a K6? Whatever, anyone ever seen a 3.2GHz Pentium?)
To say that a dual-core 2.2 is a 3.7 is BS. It's only got a throughput equivalent if it's running a perfectly load-sharing application.
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
I think it's labeled correctly.
I sometimes split out the processors, so that one is dedicated to a given program (like SQL). The other processor is left for all other programs. In this case, I get a 2.2 processor, and another 2.2 processor.
