It depends on model. Some motherboards support two processors with four cores each. Usually two processors systems are used for server applications or as a workstations and do not work well as gaming stations. When usual desktops can have one dual core processor and perform better in gaming than the workstations.
Unless you're running a server, the only option you can get for personal desktops is a single processor, with multiple cores. Servers can use 2 separate processor chips, but server processors are very expensive, e.g. the Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron. So yes and no.
Desktop- Dual-core is better
Server- Dual processors is better
No. The Intel 865 chipset doesn't support dual-core processors.
Pretty sure this motherboard uses the LGA 1366 socket. This slot is used for most of the i3-i7 line of Intel processors, which are all multi-core processors. Yes it will support multi-core processing!
The Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Dual-Core Processor fits in an motherboard with a socket type of LGA 775. If you are purchasing a motherboard for this type of CPU, make sure you purchase a CPU that clearly indicates that it is for Intel processors with a socket type of LGA 775.
Yes. The Intel D945GNT motherboard supports dual-core Pentium D processors.
•Multi-core processor•Dual-core processor•Quad-core processor
Processors were originally created with a dual-core processor, which remained the norm for a long period of time. However, multi-core processors are now using up to ten processors.
A variant when it comes to processors refers to related models of processors. For example, a variant of the Intel Core i3 processor is the Intel Core i5 processor.
Core2Duo is a dual-core processor (two processors), as the i5 is a quad-core processor (four processors). So the i5 is, significantly.
Computer processor cores come as single core (one processor), Dual core (two processors), Quad core (four processors) and Six Core. Although apple now offers a computer which can have 8 or 12 cores
It depends on the motherboard. There are some that allow you to run two CPUs, but you can't buy any old motherboard and shove two processors in there. I'd recommend just getting a dual, quad, or sextuple core CPU because having multiple CPUs doesn't up speed, it is like having a dual core processor. Not all programs can use multiple cores, so it is, in my opinion, much better to just get 1 multi-core CPU than to get multiple CPUs.
In order to install extra processors on a motherboard, the motherboard must be designed to allow that. If you have such a motherboard, you probably already have the extra processors. (Such motherboards are typically only encountered in servers.)Anyway, extra processors allow multi-threaded operating systems to allocate more than one processor at a time, which effectively allows it to run more than one thread at a time. This can increase performance, but it depends on the program's design.Most modern processors are already multi-core types so, even if you have only one processor, you can probably still take advantage of true multi-threading.
This is accomplished by several means, including two processing units installed on the same die (used by Pentium processors), a motherboard using two processor sockets (supported by Xeon processors), and two processors installed in the same processor housing (called dual-core processing).