a Core 2 Duo E8500 FLATTENS any single core ever made in single threaded speed, so if you got a Core 2 Duo, and disabled one of the cores, it would be far faster than any true single you will ever lay your hands on. If you want the fastes single core CPU. I...

who have no idea how to put together a gaming rig. At a certain point tho, cache becomes redundant, as most cpus today have enough, at least the uppers tiers do. Some games require alot from the cpu, and using 2 cards as well is usually when/where MS is seen,...

Ghz vs a dual CPU system at 2x2 Ghz doing some encoding or Adobe stuff then the dual CPU will trounce the HT single CPU. If you were to code apps like games etc in a similar way the same benefits would be presented. Read Toms article on HT and what the programmers...

well, Single threaded applications will still only use 1 core / 1 CPU at a time, Leaving the 2nd CPU core often underused or not used at all. Games in particular are virtually all single threaded. (We’ll call thread A) CPU1:AAAAAAAA CPU2:BCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCDBCD...

I fail to understand how they would expect to execute in 2 or more threads a single process, and recombine it safely so it'll have the same effect as single threading, while still getting any significant benefit. I have a feeling too many kooky things have...

has to be written to do that. Installing a single threaded game on a multi core computer will result in only 1 core being used by the game. There is an advantage in that the OS can assign other tasks to the idle core(s). So the game can have 1 core's undivided...

but when it comes to low to medium resolution gaming, the extra 400 mhz really matters. Its just like Prozac and may others have said before: buy a single core and put the saved cash towards a top notch GPU. Yes, you heard it from a dual core owner-not a...

either solution seems overkill for those three resolutions. At your resolution, Crysis is about the only game a single GPU would struggle at. You may be just fine with a single fairly cheap 9600GT. For Crysis, I could see you wanting more. Yes...

there for games, but I haven't booted into windows since November... your game will proberly run FASTER even though it is ona a slower core... but you will say that dosent make sence, but what iff you could give the game EVERY SINGLE cycle of the cpu to...

developer in their right mind would set out and create a new single threaded engine today. If your goal is to play stuff from the last few years, then you're fine with the single core. If you plan for this to be your gaming box in the years to come, buy that...