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It's not enough to know clock speed and number of cores. Aemon Send a noteboard - 06/04/2011 09:56:24 PM
To be able to say with any degree of certainty, you also need to know which processor family you're dealing with, and which piece of software. I'm assuming you know what kind of processor you have, so you just need to know what you're comparing it to. For example, maybe the website specs say "at least a core2 duo dual core processor" or something. If not, though, (if it just says dual core processor) then make an educated guess. When was the software released / when were the online specs last updated? Find a processor from that time that's around 3.2ghz. Was the software recently released? Go to newegg and look at the dual core processors they carry in the 3.2ghz range.

Anyway, after you have a rough idea of which processor you're trying to compare yours to, check out some benchmarks at a site like tomshardware. Here are the charts for 2010 processors: http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-2010/benchmarks,112.html

Now find a chart that shows benchmarks for the task you're trying to do. They have gaming charts, encryption, video editing, etc. Pick a chart. Find your processor. Find the 3.2ghz processor you looked into earlier. Is yours above (or close to) the other one? Great, you're fine. Quite a bit lower? You may have problems.

If you don't want to deal with all of that, just post the specifics (your processor, and the software you're trying to run) on a forum somewhere, and they/we will let you know.
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Multicore Processors - 06/04/2011 03:11:15 PM 860 Views
that specific example: yes, that'd be more than sufficient. *NM* - 06/04/2011 03:32:07 PM 201 Views
Not necessarily. - 06/04/2011 10:28:53 PM 578 Views
I was assuming we were talking about two processors of the same brand. - 06/04/2011 10:51:14 PM 491 Views
Phenom II is about the same speed as a core 2 - 07/04/2011 03:47:08 PM 516 Views
Yeah, sorry, I made a dyslexic typo. - 07/04/2011 08:42:46 PM 683 Views
It depends on whether or not the software is written to use multiple cores. - 06/04/2011 04:03:44 PM 652 Views
I checked there... - 06/04/2011 08:43:04 PM 629 Views
If it's just video games, go to this link. - 06/04/2011 08:59:36 PM 660 Views
It's not enough to know clock speed and number of cores. - 06/04/2011 09:56:24 PM 572 Views
Which software are you looking at? - 07/04/2011 04:28:16 PM 683 Views

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