Curse

Brianna · Feb 26, 2008, 06:49 PM // 18:49

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Originally Posted by Pasha the Mighty

I usually play GW and watch like movies and stuff, but I'm upgrading so my pc can play some of the more recent shooters. When playing GW, I usually have Firefox opened for wiki and stuff like that. So pretty much all i do is play games, watch movies, browse (sometimes while watching a movie), and like use word and stuff. Oh and ofcourse listen to music. What's best for me? A dual core processor (being an E8500) or a quad core (Q6600)?

For what you explain, a Dual Core would be just fine. Quad Cores are for more intense/advanced users Imho, If you bought one, you wouldn't be getting your money's worth out of it, but if you got cash to waste, go right ahead.

Pasha the Mighty · Feb 26, 2008, 08:22 PM // 20:22

what would you call a more intense user? And the E8500 is actually more expensive, so that's why I wasn't sure which way to go. The E8500 is the way to go if you want a dual core right?

Brianna · Feb 26, 2008, 09:49 PM // 21:49

I don't know exactly... someone I guess who is just a huge computer enthusiast and does tons and tons of very advanced stuff, I am not one of those people though, I do about as much as you.

However quad cores, or good ones I assume, should be smoking fast, so needless to say It would be nice to have one, but I just don't think It'd be used to its full potential (In our case's).

And as far as processors go.. I don't really know a lot about them :/ I only know what I have, an AMD Athlon 6000+ (It's a dual core), and I don't like it much, apparently it runs very hot. (Which is killing my computer, and making my room very hot, when the PC is off its cold in here.)

Pasha the Mighty · Feb 26, 2008, 10:14 PM // 22:14

no, the quad cores aren't as fast as the duals cuz then they would be way too hot. That's why they're clocked at a lower frequency. That's why I'm not sure which too choose, cuz i get the fact that you have 4 cores, but I'm not sure wether that would be an improvement for me, and almost no programs use 4 cores. So you're saying that I should go with the E8500?

Brianna · Feb 27, 2008, 05:57 AM // 05:57

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Originally Posted by Pasha the Mighty

no, the quad cores aren't as fast as the duals cuz then they would be way too hot. That's why they're clocked at a lower frequency. That's why I'm not sure which too choose, cuz i get the fact that you have 4 cores, but I'm not sure wether that would be an improvement for me, and almost no programs use 4 cores. So you're saying that I should go with the E8500?

Well, what you say makes sense, but I know for a fact that Quad Core processors can handle tons more load than a dual core, and all the cores would maybe make up for the slower individual cores?

In all honesty, I only know anything about AMD and Nvidia stuff, I never really looked up other things since I have never owned other things, but considered it.

I guess, since I can't help directly, I can recommend a few things.

First, do tons of research on both of said processors that you want, compare specs, look at reviews, maybe go really technical? If you know a lot about computers, I couldn't get really technical so I'd have to stick with basics.

And secondly, this website: www.techreport.com seems to do tons of very in depth reviews on computer parts, I found them while googling, has helped me quite a bit from what I can understand of it.

But just on a personal note, I'd never get a quad core, because I know for a fact that I simply don't need it, I can be fine on a single core with what I do on computers, just a couple of games now and then, music, browser, few IM's open, nothing major.

EDIT: New link, http://download.intel.com/technology...DArsQ42H07us_1 May this be of any help at comparing? It's about severs or something, but I think it has a generalized point of why quad cores are faster, so hey, maybe you are getting a better deal by going with the Quad.

Pasha the Mighty · Feb 28, 2008, 04:34 PM // 16:34

I understand what you're saying, but seeing as the dual core I'm eyeing is more expensive than the quad, I'm still not sure about which one to take. Does anybody know if there are any games which utilise 4 cores (like one for physics, and one for AI, and the other two for all the other stuff)? Because that would pull me over the line.

Masseur · Feb 29, 2008, 03:11 AM // 03:11

Quad is much faster than Dual. Most programs/games don't care about single/dual/quad core as it's all the same Windows OS

Pasha the Mighty · Mar 02, 2008, 12:22 AM // 00:22

sry but I don't really understand what you're saying. I've decided for windows vista ultimate, but can anybody give me a definitive answer about my multiple core question, cuz if i get dual, it's fast now, but if i get quad, i'm effectively future-proofing the cpu (to an extent, not that good). But if there won't be any games that use four cores till like in a year or something, it would be better to get a dual core. Does anybody know when it will be mainstream for games to use 4 cores?