Xbox720 clocked speed low?

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ramses01 said:

r3tr0gam3r1337 said:
i dont know why a few people are speculating the CPU will be an 8 core, unless the console is going to have some fairly powerful video editing or 3d modeling software an 8 core CPU is a waste of time and resources, look again at PC hardware especially gaming PC's, they dont require 8 core CPU's to run the latest games as most game's dont even make use of quad core CPU's its the GPU that is the main focus point, last gen consoles were very limited in terms of dedicated video ram 'VRAM' current mid/top end PC graphics memory uses GDDR5 while system memory uses DDR3, the 360 had unified RAM with just 10mb of dedicated VRAM as the system RAM is being shared by the system its not as quick as dedicated VRAM.

im sure some one who knows what im trying to say can say it in a way that makes it clear to those that are unfamiliar with PC hardware.

8 cores are needed so that various tasks can have dedicated cores.  Kinect needs 1 core, OS needs another, etc.

you do know there is a technology called hyper threading plus looking at current PC hardware a quad core with HT is every bit as good as an 8 core, still one problem with multiple cores is heat generation.

my PC currently is running over 100 tasks and i only have a quad core, im sorry but i have to dissagree 8 cores are not needed its excessive to have 8 cores on a console a quad seams more realistic especially if it uses HT like the xenos on the 360 (a tri core with HT, 3 physical cores and 3 virtual cores giving it effectivly 6 cores).