I3 2120 vs Q6600 in GTA V

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Hey guys
fairly certain i know the answer to this but i heard that GTA V benefits well from a quad core now of course the Q6600 is slower than the i3 2120 however it is a quadcore.
reason im asking is because i have 2 rigs one with a q6600 and one with an i3 2120 both will bottleneck my gtx 780 but i just haven't gotten around to picking up and i5 2500.
i could test this myself but i haven't got the game ye so if anyone could tell me which would perform better that would be great.
Rest of sytem specs:
Q6600 machine:
MSI 7519
8gb of ddr2
gtx 780 (if i put it into that machine but currently has a 550ti)

I3 2120 machine:
acer oem board (this is a conversion pc)
8gb ddr3
gtx 780
cheers guys
 
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The i3 will do better. Even though it's a dual core it's hyperthreading enables it to emulate a quad with 4 thread count, only reason gts:V will run at all. With those old systems, the memory controller was on the motherboard, not in the cpu, so speeds and timings were much more important than now. Since you haven't stated any OC, it's possible with good ram to get that q600 upto @3.6GHz. This would be a turning point, in which case, even the ddr2 wouldn't be such a binder, and the quad would do better than the i3
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I already knew it was more powerful but i meant is would Gta V benifit more from 4 cores rather than speeds. im well aware the rest of the i3 machine is better with its 1333mhz ddr3 instead of slower ddr2 but thats really it if the q6600 can pull ahead with its 4 cores since i could just swap the 780 into the q6600 machine if it did which i doubt it will but i was curious.
 
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It would but its ddr2 memory so it wouldn't help it any. And the 780 may bottleneck with a q6600
 
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The i3 will do better. Even though it's a dual core it's hyperthreading enables it to emulate a quad with 4 thread count, only reason gts:V will run at all. With those old systems, the memory controller was on the motherboard, not in the cpu, so speeds and timings were much more important than now. Since you haven't stated any OC, it's possible with good ram to get that q600 upto @3.6GHz. This would be a turning point, in which case, even the ddr2 wouldn't be such a binder, and the quad would do better than the i3
 
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