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Right now I have a AMD Phenom II 550 BE @ a completely stable 3.7 GHz, My cores WILL NOT UNLOCK TO QUAD, So I was thinking of maybe getting an Athlon II X4 & Oc to 3.2GHz ? Do you guys think this will improve my gaming performance ? I play L4d 2, cod:waw, and cod4.

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Hmmm.. I can't really say here. The games you are playing will most likely benefit from a quad-core system, but then again, the Athlon IIs drop the L3 cache.

Also your cores probably aren't unlocking because they have been binned out.

If I were you, I'd decide whether I really needed those two extra cores. Do you really NEED a couple frames per second more, or can you live with a dual core?

Message edited by Zinosys on 11-09-2009 at 05:20:48 PM

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So those games really utilize 4 cores ? if they do shouldn't they run much better ? Ive heard people say that sometimes a higher clocked dual core does better then a lower clocked quad, if thast the case then i'll just stick to my dual but i'd just like about a 10fps bump on those games that i mentioned nothing huge. Or maybe I can keep trying to unlock my quad ? (ive only tried one time and I probably did something wrong, Ive tried looking tutorials on how to do it with my mobo Gigbayte MA785GM-US2H but Ive never really found one, Maybe someone can help ? I came over from the console world not too long ago so Im still learning these things lol. Thanks to those who help

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Thanks! It's a pleasure to [try] to help!

Uhmm.. Let's see. The high clock duals performing better than low-clocked quads was the story with the very first quad core intel chips... I'm not too sure about today - software is optimized for more cores.

If I were you, I'd get a new GPU. What GPU are you using?

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I have an ASUS GeForce GTS 250 1GB

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Alright. You might want to get another GTS 250 or another Nvidia card, then SLI them together (if your motherboard supports it). That will more directly combat the bad framerates!

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http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=97&p2=106

Although those are at stock speeds, it is still a 500mhz difference. The Phenom II 550 walks all over the Athlon II X4 in L4D, along with the other games, I doubt it would be any different with the games you've listed, especially L4D2 since its on the same engine as L4D.

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-- Under MIT select 'Advanced Clock Calibration'
-- Set EC Firmware to 'Hybrid' and ACC to 'Auto'

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Also your cores probably aren't unlocking because they have been binned out.

Hopefully not.

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