Dual Core Decision.

Scottie2004 · 10 Feb 2006 at 19:11

Hi,

I need some advice. I've been offered a very generous Dell discount through work on the 9150, basically half price. Trouble is, I don't know whether to take the 2.8 Pentium D Dual Core or the Pentium 3.2 Single core. I'll mostly be playing games but this package comes with Windows Media Centre and Digital Tuner etc, what is the best option as they are both the same price?

Thanks.

chaparral · 10 Feb 2006 at 19:19

For a gaming system..Get AMD daul core cpu.

dayloon · 10 Feb 2006 at 19:23

chaparral said:
For a gaming system..Get AMD dual core cpu.

But errr, thats not an option on the dell 9150 is it.....

I'd go for the Pentium D 2.8 dual core personally

Dave · 10 Feb 2006 at 19:48

If its playing games mainly, I'd go for the 3.2ghz single core for the raw speed. You should also have HyperThreading, so multitasking should be relatively good too.