Ok.... i was just thinking about this. I've been seeing all these Q6600 G0 threads running amuck and it got me thinking:
*note that i am making up numbers but I don't think they are out of line)
The popular trend right now is for 90(ish)% of our users have a dual or quad core processor right now. Of them probably 80% are running new intel systems (C2D or C2Q). I doubt that more than 10% of those users are running Quad core systems. With the price drop on quad core processors we have to look at the team rules again. Not all users will upgrade to quad core systems, but i wouldn't be suprised if the number of quad core users increases from ~10% to ~30%. Since most users use SMP client that uses as many cores as possible, should we increase the max number of cores each team member is allowed to use to 4 or even 5? And i would assume that would increase the number of total cores for the team right?
Just a thought, and I know we have till August (or later) to really think on this, but it's worth bringing up.
~AE804
*note that i am making up numbers but I don't think they are out of line)
The popular trend right now is for 90(ish)% of our users have a dual or quad core processor right now. Of them probably 80% are running new intel systems (C2D or C2Q). I doubt that more than 10% of those users are running Quad core systems. With the price drop on quad core processors we have to look at the team rules again. Not all users will upgrade to quad core systems, but i wouldn't be suprised if the number of quad core users increases from ~10% to ~30%. Since most users use SMP client that uses as many cores as possible, should we increase the max number of cores each team member is allowed to use to 4 or even 5? And i would assume that would increase the number of total cores for the team right?
Just a thought, and I know we have till August (or later) to really think on this, but it's worth bringing up.
~AE804