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Are dual core processors with hyper threading good for gaming in the future! I know the i3 6100 is a very good cpu for gaming, but will the 2 cores handle games in future. I also understrand hyper threading makes the cores look like 4 cores, but i heard linus tech say that 4 cores are better than 2 cores with hyper threading. Please help me here!
 
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As others have said, it's good for gaming for the price. It handles most games fine but where you'll notice a difference between an i3 and say an i5 or i7 with 4 actual cores is in cpu heavy areas of games when the fps dips. Hyperthreading makes it better than a dual core pentium but hyperthreading doesn't replace physical cores.

For example in a game like witcher 3, an i3 will have sharper fps dips/drops than an i5 does. Average fps may look ok but during those more intensive scenes an i3 will see more stuttering or laggy fps and then even back out. Good for gaming in the future, no idea. That depends on each and every game, how well it's optimized and how well it scales across various cpu's. Some games have performance that scales...
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A Core i3 6100 is seen by games as a quad core. Even in well-threaded games, it tends to outperform AMD's 6 core CPUs, and in many cases and is often competitive with AMD's 8 core CPUs. In games which are not well threaded, a Core i3 is significantly faster.
 
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the i3 6100 is an absolute beast... it has a serious strong single core with a lot of muscle.
it outperforms the strongest amd cpu in certain games (fallout 4) and it can handle a lot of games within the future, and if u ever need that quad core, you can upgrade !!!
 
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I agree with superninja12, high end i3's are surprisingly capable given their price but they do have their limits. The i3 runs software like a quad core because it has 4 "queue's" so it speak but still runs them through two cores. Although they are very good for their price, some games can really push them (but not max out so still good). I have an i3 4160 and my impression of the i3's (but not 6100 because I haven't got one, but I would presume it would be the same), is that they become outdated relatively quickly because they don't have as much excess processing power compared to an i5. If you go for an i3, expect to have to replace it with an i5 within a few years if you want to keep up with newer AAA games or detailed strategy games.
 
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As others have said, it's good for gaming for the price. It handles most games fine but where you'll notice a difference between an i3 and say an i5 or i7 with 4 actual cores is in cpu heavy areas of games when the fps dips. Hyperthreading makes it better than a dual core pentium but hyperthreading doesn't replace physical cores.

For example in a game like witcher 3, an i3 will have sharper fps dips/drops than an i5 does. Average fps may look ok but during those more intensive scenes an i3 will see more stuttering or laggy fps and then even back out. Good for gaming in the future, no idea. That depends on each and every game, how well it's optimized and how well it scales across various cpu's. Some games have performance that scales well, others don't. The i3 struggles in a few current games so I imagine they will in future games also.
 
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