problems with the dual cores and gaming. Basically, in Battlefield 2 I have to use set affinity in WinXP and disable one of the processor cores from running on the BF2.exe process everytime I play the game. I have also experienced this problem on SW:KOTOR...

Windows 7 or Vista?. I've long wondered if i should dump my Vista and replace it with a windows 7 instead. I dont really like vista... so i wonder, wich of them are the "best" the most stabile one and such. . ok so for gaming then what is best currently Vista...

It just so happens that the Dual Core 2.4 X2 can run games at nearly the same speed as the FX57, while having much better multitasking ability. That being the case, why would anyone want to buy the 57 single core for more money? That's my point. Your comment...

is weighing heavily on your mind save a few bucks and get a A64 4000+ they perform better in games than the dual core processors if yur going to alot of file compression thats smp optimized then u prolly want to stick with a dual core its your call - you...

the early adopters pay for us to get this far, PCI-E has finished it's teething period (problems and price) just in time to be made redundant, no games make use of dual core to any tangible degree as developers are just getting the tools to develop for them,...

SMT, which may have impact in all this, not just gaming Dual cores are useful for budget builds only.With a medium end or high end build using a dual core CPU makes no sense. Sure dual cores are enough for all games today, but who wants to buy a computer just...

hold up in the future with dual core games. If you are weighing the advantages and disadvantages for the future, then i would say go dual core. There are even a few games that have released dual core patches to narrow the gap between its single core counterpart....

vs tri or qaud maybe not qauds yet but a tri core makes sense most games are dual threaded so optimised for dual cores so on a dual core gaming seems fine right but if the game is running dual threads but your pc is running dual +another thead aka os I dont...

there's anything like I mentioned above. Or if there's an application-specific setting in your Nvidia control panel... GL dude and let us know what you find. Have you tried running the quake patch that optimizes the game for Dual Core CPU's and then enabling...

If the games you play support dual core processors the difference can be drastic. In fact with the latest dual core patch in Quake 4, the 820D is actually faster than the FX-57. The chart at the bottom. In terms of COD2, although the dual core patch...