Quad or Dual Core for gaming today?. So since I'm in the market for a new PC (and I tried to find some threads in these forums), is there any reason NOT to get the Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme QX6700 2.66GHz vs. the Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz other...

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...

to build a gaming PC in the next couple of weeks. I have done a bit of research and I am having a hard time deciding between an i7 cpu (i7 920) or a Core 2 Quad (q9550) cpu. The PC will be used strictly for gaming. Based on my research of the benchmarks...

FPS World in Conflict Dual core - 19 FPS min, 63 FPS max Quad core - 28 FPS min, 69 FPS max Again only three examples. That doesn't diminish the fact that it DOES make sense to buy a quad core CPU for gaming today. "that day is still several years...

Is dual core still better for gaming?. Now that many games are coming out as multicore ready, is it still better to get a dual core or do you think its about time to start using a quad core? and im talking like the quad core 2.66ghz vs the c2d 3.06ghz which...

CPU I've chosen is great. I do not want I7. Mmorpgs do not utilize multiple cores. It is overall a waste of money to buy I7 or quad core. Having 2 great cores is awesome. Please comment on the CPU if you like. And do include if you think a CPU cooler is important...

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...

overclock it. 2. Cooling Cooling is very important since you're asking the system to produce more heat than it's designed to produce. A quad core chip will produce twice the heat of a dual core chip, so if you're using the Intel Stock HSF, you'll probably...