the big duel core question!!

[oregon]

That will be great for any current games, and overclocks well too.

 

[amendment]

currently, there is no dual core that is 3.2ghz stock speed except AMD's 6400 X2. like i said before dual cores are more efficient in its instructions so it does not need to have the same clock at single cores. pretty much almost any dual core will beat almost any single core. if you're on a budget, pick the cheapest dual you can find. preferably, go with intel but avoid the dual core cerlerons. gaming is more GPU based than CPU

Pentium D 940 is 3.2 GHz.

A dual core isn't anymore efficient than a single core of the same architecture.

 

[Orionx]

Pentium D 940 is 3.2 GHz.

A dual core isn't anymore efficient than a single core of the same architecture.

He was comparing modern dual cores to single core Pentium 4's. You are right (core to core) but that's not what he was referring to.

 

[taylormsj]

Pentium D 940 is 3.2 GHz.

A dual core isn't anymore efficient than a single core of the same architecture.

luckily, there isnt a single core intel chip with the same architecture as any of the multi core chips out there

 

[TrainTrackHack]

^ Actually, there is. There are single-core celerons for laptops, based on the Core2 architecture... my laptop's CPU being one of those.