Yeah, I think I'm gonna get a 45nm quad as well, they maybe lower multi locked, but i'd be happy with any overclock over 3Ghz, and it looks easy to get these new chips to 3.6Ghz even with a low multi.
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Quad vs Dual in UT3?
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Yeah, I think I'm gonna get a 45nm quad as well, they maybe lower multi locked, but i'd be happy with any overclock over 3Ghz, and it looks easy to get these new chips to 3.6Ghz even with a low multi.
I can live with 50fps...but it's the fact that the FPS jumps all over the place....1 minute its smooth as silk and the next it's down into the 40s. That's what annoys me.
In other games framerate decreases aren't as noticeable but in UT3 they are...not sure why.
no framerate dips at all?
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UT seems cache sensitive, so not only have you lost the extra two cores you've halved the cache per core too 
I have to admit it's some time since i played it, but the only game which has really done that to me recently was Crysis and a bit of WiC, didn't notice it in UT3. But i'll check when i get home.
Wow. You've got some high requirements
Rememeber those benchies are clock for clock. There will still be a lot of disagreement about whether a similarly priced higher clocked dual core will be the gamers choice over the next year.
Nice to see quad technology finally start to pull ahead all the same.
Nice to see quad technology finally start to pull ahead all the same.
yeah i posted a quote from the Epic devs in a few of the dual vs quad threads. Essentially it runs 2 main threads and then there are a number of helper threads that will run on core 3 and 4 if you have them.
There are actually a lot of games on the way using the Unreal 3 Engine so this isnt just limited to UT3.
And of course you can try turning some settings down? I get playable fps on a 3700 running at 2.4ghz with lower detail. A stable 40 or so. As quite a competative player I also would prefer a higher rate, something that syncs nicely with my monitor would be fine
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Anyways, I just ordered a dual so hope it works, I gave up waiting for the next round of chips. Maybe Ill get one next year
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There are actually a lot of games on the way using the Unreal 3 Engine so this isnt just limited to UT3.
And of course you can try turning some settings down? I get playable fps on a 3700 running at 2.4ghz with lower detail. A stable 40 or so. As quite a competative player I also would prefer a higher rate, something that syncs nicely with my monitor would be fine
!Anyways, I just ordered a dual so hope it works, I gave up waiting for the next round of chips. Maybe Ill get one next year
.And of course you can try turning some settings down? I get playable fps on a 3700 running at 2.4ghz with lower detail. A stable 40 or so. As quite a competative player I also would prefer a higher rate, something that syncs nicely with my monitor would be fine
I don't think turning the detail down will help as my graphics card is not the problem.
Anyway **UPDATE**
I have switched back to XP x64 and now my framerate stays around 60...sometimes high 50s! So it seems that the CPU power gets robbed a bit by Vista! Its not just 3dmark cpu scores that get hit!
So if you are CPU limited in a game I suggest trying the game on XP.
V-SYNC! Disable it!
This will give you a better idea of the difference in average FPS. Ultimately, the min fps is the most critical, but for gods sake, turn V-Sync off if you don't want to be capped at 60fps.
The game ships with the frame set as 62fps as a maximum. Its called framerate smoothing in the game.ini file I think. It helps the game maintain a more constant fps, dropping from 100-50 is far more annoying than 60-50. Its not for everyone, but it is pretty handy.
Possibly, but most likely what I said above