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Old 07-02-2007, 11:15 PM   #6 (permalink)
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its just that the q6600 has 4 cores and the e6850 has only 2 and i wouldnt know which is faster at all
If you're mainly a gamer, then right now the E6850 would be better, since most games only use one core, while only a select few utilize dual-cores. It will take quite some time for quad-cores to really show an improvement over dual-cores.
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