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03-16-2008, 10:55 AM
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What does a quad core processor do for you in the current software market?
Do any of today's software package take advantage of a quad core processor or is the idea of 4 cores for futurability? I am buying a computer for movies and moderate to heavy gaming (Flight Sim X, Need for Speed, Gears of War). I was leaning toward the Q6600 or Q6700 but I had a gentleman tell me tonight that no current software on the market utilizes four cores and that multithreaded software uses two cores at most and your other two are relegated to background tasks. He suggested going with the E8400, the Core 2 Duo at 3.0GHz. He said ultimately the Q6600 is just two E6600's casted together and that software that can optimize four cores is years down the road. Is there any truth to this?
 So confused...- Joyce |
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