Chambers wrote:
> Currently running:
> POV-Ray (5 instances, each rendering part of an animation)
> Firefox & Thunderbird
> Handbrake
> CloneDVD
> UT3 Editor

...!!

You're running 5 instances of POV-Ray? My God...

Doesn't the UT3 editor use up nearly 100% CPU on its own?

I have no idea what Handbrake is, but I'm guessing it might be slowing 
you down. *rimshot*

Seriously - you need more PCs! o_O

> My poor dual core can't keep up :(

Yah think?!?

> I think I'm one of the few home users who could get some real use out of 
> an 8 core machine :)

...or possibly 8 seperate 8-core machines. :-P

But anyway, check this out:

http://blog.orphi.me.uk/archives/86

When I posted that, the HP xw6400 I linked was priced at only £600, with 
a second quad-core CPU thrown in *for free*. So that's basically £600 
for a box with 8 Intel Xeon cores at 2.33 GHz. (Unfortunately, it's now 
gone back to a normal server price of several thousand pounds. Damn, I 
knew I should have purchased it back then!)

BTW, do you think we will ever reach a situation where controlling 8 
seperate PCs is as easy as controlling just one?

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