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    Apr 2, 2010, 10:01 AM
    Processor help
    Hi, if a processor says that it is 2.8 GHZ and on the specs of the processor it says it has 4 cores, does this mean that the total speed is 11.2 GHZ.

    If it is any help the exact processor is Intel® Core i7-860 2.8 GHz
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    Apr 2, 2010, 10:09 AM
    As a quick and dirty calculation it's useful, but not correct.

    You speed is actually 2.8 GHz, but you can split any work over 4 separate computer cores.
    Intels i7 is it's latest and greatest CPU.

    What's the context of your question ?
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    Apr 2, 2010, 01:31 PM

    I wanted to know for game playing, for example games which require 3.33GHZ I wanted to know if I could play them using this processor. Another mini question, is a quad core the same as above
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    Apr 2, 2010, 01:49 PM
    3.33 Ghz what ?
    The processor type is important.

    This site is very useful for checking your machine out: Can You Run It
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    Apr 2, 2010, 01:59 PM
    Sorry I'm not being clear

    3.0 Ghz Intel Pentium IV
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    Apr 2, 2010, 02:24 PM

    Sorry to be a pain but if you could

    Would you be able to tell me how a i7 processor with 2.66GHZ would be able to run games that are suggested 3.0GHZ pentium 4
    Is this because of the different processors
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    Apr 2, 2010, 02:31 PM
    Easily.
    P4's are single core yet you have FOUR to bring to bear. Also different architecture and methods of processing data.

    Check out the link I posted as it's very useful.
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    Apr 2, 2010, 02:34 PM

    Ahhh right
    Thanks for the help
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