TC wrote:
> I concur - the Dual Core cannot be twice as fast as a Quadcore - I 
> really doubt this.

Well, for a task that only uses 1 thread, a multicore CPU can be slower 
than a single core.

But yes, I think this particular data point is erroneous somehow.

> That's my problem (one of many ;-) - to find a reliable source of 
> benchmarks. I do not need something telling me how fast Quake runs - 
> it's more a function of the graphics-card anyway - I would like to have 
> a reliable source showing the performance of the respective CPUs. So I 
> tried here - raytracing is a task that consumes CPU power.

On all the benchmarks I've seen on Tom's Hardware, Core 2 is the 
architecture to aim for. (Although I'll admit to having not studied Core 
i7 too strongly yet. It's still too expensive.)

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