Dual Core issues with games?
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fade2green514
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yea, it just doesn't necessarily need the processing power that dual core provides... so theyre saying that depending on the games you plan on playing you might just want to go with single core. i play quake 4 though so i prefer dual core 
fade2green514
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not necessarily. some games will be more ram intensive, or video card intensive. for the most part though, dual core simply won't slow down... its the best choice if you ask me.Encore4More said:
bigsaucybob
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Jet said:
well you can do that with any processor it will just take a serious toll on gameplay.
fade2green514
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which is why you would want dual corebigsaucybob said:
but if you're only gaming in a game that uses a single core (and you aren't doing background tasks), then you can buy something with more cache and a higher frequency which will ultimately perform better in the game anyways.
personally i o/ced my proc so i basically got a 4600+ which is about as fast as a single core 3800+ when only utilizing a single core (which is damn good for the money).
i mean really, i can pretty much burn a dvd run a virus scan and play quake 4 without much slowdown at all... only thing is my RAM is kind of small for dual core, but im gonna get more soon (im gettin a raise + more hours since im gonna be a cook instead of a dishwasher soon lol)
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34erd
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There are some issues. Sometimes you will get jerky gameplay on older games. It'll seem like the frames are moving too fast and frames are being skipped. But you can always set the afanity to single core to stop that.BlueSpark said:I saw some reviews of dual core processors for amd and it mentions that some games are not compatible. is this issue specific with brand? like the games won't work on amd dual core but it will on intel? or just doesn't work on any dual core?
Charles_Lee
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""With both iTunes and Bit Defender running we were able to play "Doom 3 "without ... So you see, there is a benefit to gamers from dual-core right now: you can ...""skidude said:
quoted from www.theregister.co.uk
some random site from google
fade2green514
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notice he said can't run dual core... not can't run with a dual core... meaning there's still an extra core free while playing the game (for whatever you like, say... burn a dvd, or run a virus scan... multitasking)jesbax said: