Quad core vs dual core

**Charge** · 10-21-2007, 21:54

For the money, right now, this is the best CPU your dollar can buy. Or your shekels, or dinars, of pounds sterling, or whatever.

Only if you unused to overclocking, hehehe...

**TevashSzat** · 10-22-2007, 03:30

I'd stick with the dual core simply because on almost all of the games, your core speed will be the absolute last thing that slows you down. Video card, RAM, hard drive are all better things to invest in

**Charge** · 10-22-2007, 17:42

Quad core is needed than you playing game, compressing video, searching for viruses, and making 3dmax model at the same time.

**Viking** · 10-22-2007, 19:25

Originally Posted by Xdeathfire

I'd stick with the dual core simply because on almost all of the games, your core speed will be the absolute last thing that slows you down. Video card, RAM, hard drive are all better things to invest in

I have 3 gig ram, 512 graphics, 2,6 ghz X2 and according to the Vista system test the processor is my achilles heel. I'm not sure if this can be transfered to gaming experience, but my processor scored 5,1, the graphics card 5,7 and finally the RAM 5,9.

**Charge** · 10-22-2007, 19:56

**** this Vista' test. It means nothing.

Also do not think that performance is how much GHz, cores, Gb of RAM, Mb of GDDR you have.

**Pharnakes** · 10-22-2007, 20:08

Ok, so dual core it is then, thank you everybody.

**Husar** · 10-22-2007, 20:26

I prefer the Vista performance rating over running the newest 3DMark which will usually give me the feeling that I need to upgrade.

My CPU(5.2) also scores lower than my graphicscard(5.9) and I know my graphicscard is the actual achilles heel but then my RAM scores absolutely lowest at 4.5. Don't know why, everything runs fine but then 6.0 is the highest rating you can get, so it's not too bad anyway.