Dual core to quad core upgrade gaming

Yes for sure get a faster and more core processor. Try this

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-phenom-ii-x4-960t-bl...

Their are 6 core out there too your call.

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Most games do not use more than 2 cores, the are some that can use 3 cores, and very few that can use 4 cores. Skyrim and Crysis are examples of games that only use two cores.

A quad core can marginally improve performance of games that only use two cores because background processes can run on the two other cores. But background processes generally do not use much processing power. To ensure games run faster, then you must buy a processor that is clocked faster than your current CPU. Therefore, you need to look for a Phenom II X4 that is faster than 3.0GHz.

Also, after a certain point as long as the CPU is fast enough, you may not see much of an improvement in performance (if any) as long as the CPU is not bottlenecking the graphics card.

Here's is the CPU scaling for Skyrim. Having more cores generally does not improve performance.



However, increasing the clockspeed of the CPU does improve performance.



Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/skyrim-performance-...




Here's is the CPU scaling for Crysis Warhead. Again, having more cores generally does not improve performance.



Source: http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,661004/Crysis-Warhea...