[whooper]

can you upgrade a emachines t5048 to a quad core

ive upgraded my ram moniter graphics card and cpu power mabob...

[KingJ]

Download CPUZ and post back all the details of your processor and motherboard that it reports. It's best to screenshot it and post here.

[kc]

Well after searching for "emachines t5048", I found out that your pc came with a Pentium 4, so 1st things 1st, an Intel core 2 quad (not i7) would physically fit in your processor socket. (LGA775)

Whether or not a quad core would actually function is down to your motherboard. So yeah, download CPUZ like KingJ mentioned.

[Lazlow.]

Here's a better idea - get a dual core, not a quad core. Dual cores perform better than quads miraculously, so a quad is just a waste of cash. Get something like an Intel E5200, dual core 2.4GHz L2 2MB Cache, it does the trick. Providing your mobo can take it.

[KingJ]

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Originally Posted by Dukes Dual cores perform better than quads miraculously

Wait, what?

For the same speed and processor architecture, a Quad Core should perform twice as much as a Dual Core. Remember that the quoted clockspeed is per core, not the sum of the cores. So a 2.0Ghz Dual Core chip has total theoretical processing power of 4.0Ghz, a Quad Core chip has 8.0Ghz of theoretical processing power. Of course, it doesn't scale exactly because of overheads and clockspeed is not a direct measure of performance but a quad core chip is much more powerful than a dual. Games to need to be programmed to take full advantage of a Quad core chip, but even if the game has only been dual-core optimised you will notice better performance as the two cores that the game is not using can be used for background tasks.

[Lazlow.]

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Originally Posted by KingJ Quote: Originally Posted by Dukes Dual cores perform better than quads miraculously Wait, what? For the same speed and processor architecture, a Quad Core should perform twice as much as a Dual Core. Remember that the quoted clockspeed is per core, not the sum of the cores. So a 2.0Ghz Dual Core chip has total theoretical processing power of 4.0Ghz, a Quad Core chip has 8.0Ghz of theoretical processing power. Of course, it doesn't scale exactly because of overheads and clockspeed is not a direct measure of performance but a quad core chip is much more powerful than a dual. Games to need to be programmed to take full advantage of a Quad core chip, but even if the game has only been dual-core optimised you will notice better performance as the two cores that the game is not using can be used for background tasks.

I just learned something.

[whooper]

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[KingJ]

Your motherboard has a compatible socket (fitting) - LGA 775, however, your motherboard does not support the Core 2 (Dual/Quad) line of processors. Pentium 4, Pentium D and Celeron only.

You could upgrade to a Pentium D (Dual Core) processor. They are quite cheap, but that's the best you can get on this motherboard.

[Pixels^]

Do me next! I've been searching for some new processors lately and have looked at the AMD AthlonX2 and PhenomX3 line.

[Dujma]

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Originally Posted by KingJ Quote: Originally Posted by Dukes Dual cores perform better than quads miraculously Wait, what? For the same speed and processor architecture, a Quad Core should perform twice as much as a Dual Core. Remember that the quoted clockspeed is per core, not the sum of the cores. So a 2.0Ghz Dual Core chip has total theoretical processing power of 4.0Ghz, a Quad Core chip has 8.0Ghz of theoretical processing power. Of course, it doesn't scale exactly because of overheads and clockspeed is not a direct measure of performance but a quad core chip is much more powerful than a dual. Games to need to be programmed to take full advantage of a Quad core chip, but even if the game has only been dual-core optimised you will notice better performance as the two cores that the game is not using can be used for background tasks.

That is so wrong. Dual/quad core means that your procesor has 2 or 4 cores and it can run more programs in the same time with no problems...