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    Vertical Segment "Server" -What does this mean on an Intel CPU Tech Description

    On some Intel CPU Technical Specifications there is a stub/title called "Vertical Segment". What does it mean when it states that the vertical segament is "Server"? The CPU I'm interested in is Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2665 20M Cache, 2.40 GHz, 8.00 GT/s Intel® QPI URL...
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    Single Thread CPU Benchmarkings and the Effect of a Second CPU on the Single Thread Benchmarking

    The Single Thread Benchmark from cpubenchmark.net is 1.526 for a Intel Xeon OCTA Core E5-2665. But this is based upon a single processor/CPU and the computer I am thinking of buying has 2 CPUs . (It is a dual processor computer.) Will a second CPU affect the single thread benchmark by...
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    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Processor at @ 2.83 GHZ- Is It Worthwhile Going from W7 32 bit to 64bit?

    If I upgraded my Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83 GHz from 32 bit Windows 7 to 64 bit then I could maximize my RAM at 16 GB (now 8Gb but 32 bit only uses 3Gb). This would be relatively inexpensive but is this CPU worth upgrading or is there too little head room to make it worthwhile? I...