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Core 2 Quad Q6600 OR Core 2 Duo E6750

Mattitude

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Should i go for a quad core CPU or a dual core? This is the question im faced with right now!

The dual core processor is £115 and carries a 1333MHz front side bus where the quad core carries a 1066MHz

The dual core processor has a 4Mb cache and the quad has 2x4MB for each core

then theres the frequency which is 2.33GHz for the dual core and 2.4 for the quad

so what do you think i should go for? im really tempted to go for the quad!
 
I use my computer for mainly gaming, video editing and design work. Cooling should be fine as i have a watercooling kit. ill go for the quad, it makes sense in the end of the day :) thanks for the help
 
Get the Quad, I belive it was Anandtech found that the extra FSB increase only gave 1-2% increase, concluding, get the quad core for now

Kimbie
 
Maybe so, but there's a lot of games now on the horizon that will see big benefits in having twice as many cores, that no amount of overclocking will be able to make up ground with if you've only got dual core.

Add to the fact that he does video and design work where many apps already benefit from multi cores it's a bit of a no brainer.

Jokester
 
Jokester said:
Maybe so, but there's a lot of games now on the horizon that will see big benefits in having twice as many cores, that no amount of overclocking will be able to make up ground with if you've only got dual core.
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Do you have any links for these?

I am only aware of a very few games making a token effort to use 4 cores with no certainty as to the real performance benefits over dual core.

Using 4 cores usefully in a game isn't all that easy.
 
Take Lost Planet as a good indication of how games will use the 4 cores over the coming 1-2 years, its quite a sizeable difference in framerate.
 
SS-89 said:
Take Lost Planet as a good indication of how games will use the 4 cores over the coming 1-2 years, its quite a sizeable difference in framerate.
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I think the 1-2 year time frame is probably about right.

The development time line for games is such that properly using 4 cores rather than just using them for trivia like maintaining bullet holes in graphics is going to need to be designed in from the start.

With those to examples, 'Lost Planet' is more an example of using the cores just to say they are being used, 'Alan Wake' looks to be designed around multi-core from the start.

Going to be a while before anyone is going to dare to release a top grade title that can't run decently on dual-core as it takes a long time to get the consumers to upgrade.

Personally I expect I'll move to quad core in around 12 months or so, nothing happening much sooner that will need it for me but if you have the need now then go for it, the price is good now.
 
ive changed my mind again lol i want the processor for gaming and if i was encoding stuff and doing loads or rendering i would go quad core but as its gaming and i can save my self 50 quid and get other better components im going to do that, im sure the new games will run just as well
 
Mattitude said:
ive changed my mind again lol i want the processor for gaming and if i was encoding stuff and doing loads or rendering i would go quad core but as its gaming and i can save my self 50 quid and get other better components im going to do that, im sure the new games will run just as well
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Well go for the E2160 and save £120.

IMO no developer is going to make a game that needs a quad core to play well or its financial suicide.
 
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