Hello Everyone,
I recently bought the Dell Inspiron 7737 laptop from Futureshop, in Canada. The specs are as follows; x64 base PC win8.1-home edition(I know, I know, just haven't the time to update to pro yet), i7-4510U @2.0 GHz, 16GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics, dedicated Nvidia Geforce 750M GPU, 1TB SataHDD.
Today I discovered on the Intel site that the product information for the i7-4510U CPU is listed as having 2 Cores with 4 Logical Processors. Once reading this, I checked my system info and it indicates; Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4510U CPU @ 2.00GHz, 1995 Mhz, 1 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s). I checked my BIOS and it listed it as a single core processor. However, I did recently updated the BIOS to a newer version.
So, my first question is, Is this conflicting information, or are there 2 different types of the i7-4510U CPUs, one with no extra core(s), and those that have extra Core(s). the Dell and Futureshop websites both listed the laptop with i7-4510U CPU as a single core processor, with 2 logical processors.
My second question is, if this particular chip i7-4510U does in fact come with 2 cores, and I recently changed my BIOS to the newer version, would this be causing the discrepancy with the listing of the Processor information and if so, would this deprecate my systems overall speed, only utilizing a single core. I know that with multi core systems, programs have to be written to take advantage of multi core systems, like video games and the like. My system handles games really well, speaking particularly about Need For Speed Rivals, with full options, but even better with the lower options set.
I ran Intel's Processor Identifier Utility, and it did not indicate that the i7-4510U had 2 cores. So I was wondering if the i7-4510U is supposed to have 2 cores for laptop computing. I know desktop computing this option can be selectable.
thanks in advanced,
Brian