duel or quad?

underworld288

underworld288

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I am a gamer and I was wondering should I get a quad core cpu for my next cpu? I think its a good idea considering that, like the duel cores, will probably be supported by games. What do you think?
 
I wouldn't get a new CPU now, I would hold out for the quad cores to come down in price. Its just not worth it to get a dual core CPU at this point in time. Just bear with the computer you have now. Quad cores are abit overpriced at the moment which is to be expected anyway because it just came out.
 
Dual core should suffice...thinking about it,nothing will utilise 4 cores anytime in the near future...alot of things still can't utilize 2 cores,though that number is rapidly expanding.At this time,4 cores is extreme and better ones will come out when its more mainstream,you're better off waiting.
 
Iluvpenguins said:
Dual core should suffice...thinking about it,nothing will utilise 4 cores anytime in the near future...alot of things still can't utilize 2 cores,though that number is rapidly expanding.At this time,4 cores is extreme and better ones will come out when its more mainstream,you're better off waiting.
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CRYSIS!!!! 3DMARK!!! CS3's UPDATE!!
 
i highly doubt that crysis will make a quad core run for its money,chances are a dual core cpu like the C2D can handle it fine.
 
Iluvpenguins said:
i highly doubt that crysis will make a quad core run for its money,chances are a dual core cpu like the C2D can handle it fine.
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:eek::eek::eek: that's bull! It so would take tones of advantage of quad!!!! totally! dual core is minimum requirements! quad recommended!
 
Minimum Specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+/Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz;
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 / ATI Radeon X800GTO (SM 2.0);
RAM: 768MB/1GB on Windows Vista;
HDD: 6GB;
Internet: 256k+;
Optical Drive: DVD;
Software: DirectX 9.0c with Windows XP.
Recommended Specs:
CPU: Dual-core processor (Athlon X2/Pentium D/Core 2 Duo);
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX / ATI Radeon X1800XT (SM3.0) or DirectX10 equivalent;
RAM: 1.5GB;
HDD: 6GB;
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream);
Optical Drive: DVD;
Software: DirectX 10 with Windows Vista


the minimum and recommended requirements,they don't say quad,they shouldn't say quad...if lower end dual cores don't do too well,i'm sure a higher end dual core will make up for the slack.
 
Well the recommended is dual core for Crysis. Also 1000+ bucks for a quad core...gonna be a while before thats at a decent price lol.
 
I think a system like mine would run Crysis on med or high, a single core CPU would run it on low - med... Really, I think you're making it sound worse than it really is, if you're looking at the screenshots, they've been touched up, it won't look that good.

Also, If these are the recomended CPU's:

CPU: Dual-core processor (Athlon X2/Pentium D/Core 2 Duo);
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I'm sure an E6300 would be just fine!
 
Iluvpenguins said:
Dual core should suffice...thinking about it,nothing will utilise 4 cores anytime in the near future...alot of things still can't utilize 2 cores,though that number is rapidly expanding.At this time,4 cores is extreme and better ones will come out when its more mainstream,you're better off waiting.
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Half Life 2 : Episode 2 and Portal will take advantage of quad as well.
 
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