Dual Quad Core Gaming. Would a Dual Xeon E5520 Quad Core be any good for gaming, i have spare parts laying around due to i over ordered for my business expansion. So i was wondering if i could convert a server into a gaming pc. Spec would be Dual Xeon...

rigs for. ~Ibrahim~ You know i heard this very same thing when the dual core AMd's came out Back then it was like "you must get dual core , games in the future will use multicore being multithreaded blah , blah ,blah) The future came and went all the...

Dual or Quad better for gaming. After reading the Quad-core gaming thread. I am wondering if a great, overclocked dual core. will beat a nice quad core in GAMING only, in current games, and the ones expected within the next 6 months or so.. I dont believe...

over a slower quad, take a look at this article, it addresses many of the differences that games prefer HAWX appreciates the quad core, GTA IV really likes 3 or 4 cores over 2, but there are also games which show no difference with a quad over a dual and...

are both dual core but yet the core 2 costs more and such.... like the topic says ... whats the difference between an intel dual core processor and the core2duo? they are both dual core but yet the core 2 costs more and such... A dual core processor has two...

Dual/Quad core advantage with games??. I've seen from the benchmarking on Tom's that only certain applications recognise 'extra' cores and utilise them, such as Photoshop, and subsequently run faster than on a single core system. I have a £1500 bonus coming...

generally, archiectually similar dual and quad core processors (ex - E8400 and Q9650) will almost always be won by the quad core. " I thought that it didnt really matter about cores for games. Cause games prefer high clocks which a dual can provide so a...

that's why i switched to customising a quad core for my future pc. Oh yeah MT- multi threading ?!?! Its not just for gaming it's also because i see the quad core processors are much better for installing programs quicker or running most applications quicker....

decent frame rates of 30-40). I do not think (could be wrong) most games now implement or take advantage of quad core processing and multi-threading but may in the future. So, should I get a fast and cheap dual core or get a quad core. Also thermal design...