I need to..
Run Photoshop/Dreamweaver
Play Doom 3/Half-Life 2, etc
Encode from my new Canon XL2
My idea was to get Dual Intel Xeon Processors 3.0GHz w/ EM64T 800 MHz FSB w/1MB Cache (I'm fairly knowledgeable in computers.. just not hardware) but some people tell me it's a waste of money and I should stick to the single processor instead as dual processors don't increase speed only help with multitasking quickly. Is this true? Just one processor fills up and the other takes over? I want something bleeding fast but I don't want to overspend for no reason.
Also, which would be a smarter choice for my above necessities?
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 PCI Express 128MB DDR w/Digital and S-Video Out
or
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT PCI Express 256MB DDR3 w/Digital and S-Video Out
Any help or advice would be most appreciated.
Run Photoshop/Dreamweaver
Play Doom 3/Half-Life 2, etc
Encode from my new Canon XL2
My idea was to get Dual Intel Xeon Processors 3.0GHz w/ EM64T 800 MHz FSB w/1MB Cache (I'm fairly knowledgeable in computers.. just not hardware) but some people tell me it's a waste of money and I should stick to the single processor instead as dual processors don't increase speed only help with multitasking quickly. Is this true? Just one processor fills up and the other takes over? I want something bleeding fast but I don't want to overspend for no reason.
Also, which would be a smarter choice for my above necessities?
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 PCI Express 128MB DDR w/Digital and S-Video Out
or
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT PCI Express 256MB DDR3 w/Digital and S-Video Out
Any help or advice would be most appreciated.