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mikey4865

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is a strong cpu really needed for a gameing computer, for example would it b worth it to get a amd athlon 64 4200+ dual core processor
how much would it help my gaming,

ps. wat does a higher end cpu help with?
 
If you're going for gaming then dual core isn't really neccessary. Save a bit of money and just get a single core. An Athlon 64 3800 would work nicely. It'd save you a little over $100 and it'd be plenty for gaming. Dual core is more for multitasking anyways.
 
If you're going for gaming then dual core isn't really neccessary.
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not yet anyway:)
An Athlon 64 3800 would work nicely. It'd save you a little over $100 and it'd be plenty for gaming.
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good advice, you'd prob save about $150+

Dual core is more for multitasking anyways.
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Well pretty much true, its will have uses in mutlithreaded games, there arn't many yet but keep an eye out

ps. wat does a higher end cpu help with?
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Processing!
 
Games are single threaded applications that can only benefit from the speeds of fast single core chips. If games become multi threaded then buy a dual core CPU and move on.
 
Vampiric Rouge said:
Realy? do you have a website that talks about this? i would like to read more about this.
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Well good thing you asked this. It made me look back to my source to re-read. I found this information out in Computer Gaming World, and from reading again, I must correct myself. The article says dual-core games are expected to be out late 06. I couldn't find the article online, however, sorry about that.
 
Qlutch said:
Well good thing you asked this. It made me look back to my source to re-read. I found this information out in Computer Gaming World, and from reading again, I must correct myself. The article says dual-core games are expected to be out late 06. I couldn't find the article online, however, sorry about that.
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Hey don't worry about it. I was just asking in case you had the website saved. I think I'm going to start looking around on this topic.
 
liuliuboy said:
what would happen if you run a multithreaded game on a single core processor? Extremely slow?
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I don't think it would run. Multi-core games will need a completely new engine. However, I would think that developers would have both a single-core and multi-core version of games.
 
Qlutch said:
I don't think it would run. Multi-core games will need a completely new engine. However, I would think that developers would have both a single-core and multi-core version of games.
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Prabally something like that, at least untill all the CPU's made are dual cores,(or who knows 18 cores?)

Actully making two veroins of the game migyht more more complex and more time then it sounds, and they just might not make them untill most or all CPU's become dual cores.
 
I read an article on Dual Cores in Maximum PC. Basically, they aren't making games yet that can access all of the power. So a Single Core will do you just fine for the next while.
 
geoff5093 said:
what about programs like photoshop that are multithreaded? they still work on single core cpus.
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There's a difference between "mulithreading" and "multi-cored".
 
Qlutch said:
There's a difference between "mulithreading" and "multi-cored".
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a program that is multithreaded indeed make use of two separate cores. however there performance can also be improved with a single-core hyperthreaded pentium 4.
 
Games are single threaded applications that can only benefit from the speeds of fast single core chips. If games become multi threaded then buy a dual core CPU and move on.
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there are already games that use multithreads, Bionicle, Colin McRae Rally 4 and Perimeter are mulitthreaded
I think they were releaseing a patch to make doom multithreaded,
And any game using the Unreal engine 3 will also be idea for dual core cpus

a program that is multithreaded indeed make use of two separate cores. however there performance can also be improved with a single-core hyperthreaded pentium 4.
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There is a big difference between dual core and htt
 
Qlutch said:
There's a difference between "mulithreading" and "multi-cored".
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Multithreading "simulates" multitasking. For example when you have a file downloading and your browsing the internet at the same time it seems like the two tasks are working simultaneously when in reality they are "time sliced." This means that for a few milliseconds the processor is working on the download then it switches to the browser.

Multi-cored is relating to a processor that has two cores on it. This is similar to having dual-processors. This means that instead of "time slices" for each thread (or task) each processor is handling a task in real time.

As for the comment that games written for mult-cored processors will be out the end of 2006 I say you are living in a dream world. First dual-core processors just hit the market this summer. This means that only the harcore enthusiasts that have the cash are purchasing these. The game manufacturers will have to wait to see how the processor trend goes. No one is even sure of the future of 64 bit applications. So no one panic that their 32-bit single cored processor will be "obsolete" for gaming anytime soon.
 
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