No worrys, I took so Lon to write that post, I didn't even see your post till afterwards, lol, if you want you can delete it, I just wanted opinions, I am new to computer building

Buying an intel processor today is a bad choice, since they are switching sockets next year so you will not be able to upgrade the processor without switching motherboard.

Well I don't give a care, because I want a new computer of my own, I'm stuck using my moms old p4 3 ghz, anyway back on topic.... Let's talk about opencl, I know nothing about it but I want to learn, forget the computer alex, it's opencl time.

Do u know anything about OpenGL, someone is making a remake of tpt, and they are using OpenGL, is that anything similar to opencl?

Intel are keeping their 1366 and 1156 range (numbers may be wrong but you know what i mean) 775 and mobile P are being scrapped.

They are coming out with a new design which does not use a FSB.....meant to be a lot faster. They are also working on DDR3E Which allows speeds of 4000mhz

And that processor you linked is the exact one im going to get in a few months time! From the exact same website as well! Newegg rules :D

Right now to put this thread back on topic OpenCL will be a great addition to the powder toy and with the new awsome things intel are going to release we can expect 3D TPT next year.

I am of course joking but there are massive performance improvements in computing on the way.

Sorry but that's not the case, to have 2 layers the amount of processing is squared not doubled. But im sure it will be possible for it to be done if the engine is optimized a little bit and people dont mind having 20fps

Current pixel, reacts to the 8 pixels around it. If you have 2 layers the pixel can react to up to 17 pixels around it.

600x720x8x1=3,456,000 (im not joking with the 3456 lol)
600x720x17x2 = 14,688,000