LithiumSunset

Well, your right to a degree. Dual cores may not produce the same FPS as singles do in some games however, it depends on how the game is written. Besides that, most games are coming out with patches that support dual core and along with some games now, all future games will support dual core.

Now if you wanna talk performance, my opteron is currently running @2.5Ghz from it's stock speed of 1.8Ghz. I have an Intel 630 prescott single core here with HT enabled running at stock speed.

Opteron:
http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...rrentSpecs.jpg

Intel 630:
http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...StockTemps.jpg

Now, here's the opterons 3DMark06 score:
http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...ark06Score.jpg

and the Intels score:
http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...ntel3DMark.jpg


Now, keep in mind the opteron is running 500Mhz less than the Intel machine is and only has 1 Gig of RAM compared to 2 Gigs the Intel machine has. Both machines at the time of the test had the exact same graphics card, an XFX 7800GT.

This just kind of gives you an idea as to how dual cores can stack up against single core processors. I realize there are all kinds of variables and I for one am certainly not saying single cores or Intel are not good. My objective it to prove that dual core processors are easily overclockable, run games very well and just as good if not better than single core processors in some cases and multitask very well.

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LithiumSunset

Let me just add one more thing, I have tested both of my Pentium D 930 and 950 machines pretty much at stock speeds and they came fairly close to the Opteron scores in the benchmark test I ran. I just don't have the screens up yet.

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tweaker

Hehe I dont know how you managed 600/573 with a 78GT when my 68GT at stock got 1120/1019, almost the double.

3DMARK06 Scores Here

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Mankz_91

If possible, try to get a pentium 9-- series chip - 65nm and alot better than 6-- or 8-- series chips.

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csi1189

i ended up getting the vgc-rc110g - plenty of room for upgrades from the standard 250gb. and its the pentium d 830 model, not the 930. but still 3.0ghz, which is definately better than my current laptop's 2.4ghz celeron p.o.s...

csi1189

btw, mankz_91, thats an amazing comp ur building there - i'm definately in awe