[Techtalk] more cores, more slows

[Carla Schroder]

hiho,

It seems the more powerful hardware gets, the more software sucks it up, so it 
still feels like driving an old 486 SX. My main PC has an AMD Phenom 8750 
triple-core processor with 4GB RAM, and a discrete Nvidia graphics card 
running the Nvidia driver. I use this machine for video, audio, and photo 
editing.  I thought that with three cores there would be less lag on all of 
these CPU-intensive tasks, and it is better than the old cheapie one-core 
CPUs, but I'm still feeling like it should be better. 

The biggest offender is Web pages. Facebook is nasty, of course, with all of 
its squillion random scripts coded by gerbils on crack, and lots of other. Is 
it worth upgrading to Intel? Or a higher-end AMD? Am I forever doomed to be 
disappointed?

Carla
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Carla Schroder
ace Linux nerd
author of Linux Cookbook,
Linux Networking Cookbook,
Book of Audacity
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