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It is an interesting article, seems to me the sweet spot is 5 cores.
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Wow , 7 WHOLE games tested
The conclusions must be right with such a massive amounts of testing!
brand new or popular? lol right good choice for games then...Yes games that are popular or brand new. LOL, were going to see a lot posters now come on who feel the need to justify to themselves why they bought an expensive Core i7 when it turns out that all you need is a Dual core when all they do is play games. Seriously don't get annoyed by it, it's just that games are more dependant on the video card you have and besides some games like GTA 4 love quad cores.
BFBC2 - No benefit from having more then 2 cores
bit-tech didn't say that in the article...whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ? i found bc2 to have stuttering pausing etc on a core 2 duo soon as I went to quad (at the same clock speed) all that went.
They clearly have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to that game.
never liked bit tech anyway think their hardware reviews are shallower than a puddle.
brand new or popular? lol right good choice for games then...
wheres resident evil 5? and the other pc games that are known to require a lot of cpu power.
mw , mw2 and dow2 are hardly known as a cpu intensive games
give some games that were developed after most people got 4 cores games devloped at a time when most people had duel core arent a great example
There not known as CPU intensive games because most games need a good video card not a roadrunner of a CPU the bottom line is if you have a modern day dual core you simply don't need for 4 cores for gaming, it's a waste (for games).
I think the "modern day dual core" that Freddie1980 was referring to are highly overclocked (i.e. 4.0GHz+) E8000 series and i3 530, not slower Core2Duos.I'm not too sure about this you know. I've just gone from an E6600 (was running 400x9 for 3.6ghz) to I5 750. Using the same video card and same amount of RAM as I was before and the difference is nothing short of astounding. All the games I've tried so far have been much better, much smoother and much higher average frame rates.
For me 4 cores are working much better than the 2 I had before. Perhaps the difference with the newer dual v quad is not as apparent as it was for me. The E6600 is a fairly old chip but it did me proud. Suppose it'll be different for everyone!
There not known as CPU intensive games because most games need a good video card not a roadrunner of a CPU the bottom line is if you have a modern day dual core you simply don't need for 4 cores for gaming, it's a waste (for games).
Well, I think frame rate gap for the the results would shrink between Dual vs Quad, if the CPUs were overclocked to their air-cooled max (i.e. E8400 at 4.5GHz) instead of comparing at stock speed (i.e. E8400 at 3.0GHz).http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,...nom-strong-Update-Lynnfield-results/Practice/
resident 5 begs to differ so why didnt they use it? its well known as a cpu intensive game
http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,...nom-strong-Update-Lynnfield-results/Practice/
resident 5 begs to differ so why didnt they use it? its well known as a cpu intensive game
Well, I think frame rate gap for the the results would shrink between Dual vs Quad, if the CPUs were overclocked to their air-cooled max (i.e. E8400 at 4.5GHz) instead of comparing at stock speed (i.e. E8400 at 3.0GHz).
they didnt use it because the article was always going to say oh look duel core are great.....I suspect the reason they didn't use is because it's not as popular or as currant as the other games on the list. You can gauge what games people are playing by just going into forums and seeing what games are proving popular discussions points.
Stick GTA IV in there, and the conclusion would change - it's nearly unplayable on a 4GHz dual core, whilst a breeze on a 3.2GHz quad...
they didnt use it because the article was always going to say oh look duel core are great.....
i bet they all are on minimal os to so nothing else is using cpu cyles unlike the real world
like that never happened before?So you are suggesting that a professional writer who is paid money for this sort of thing went into this review with his mind already made up and was biased from the start?
So you are suggesting that a professional writer who is paid money for this sort of thing went into this review with his mind already made up and was biased from the start?