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Drkgodz · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:08 pm Post subject: Question about cores

What does it do performance wise(having more cores)?
Would a triple core 2.1 GHz be better than dual core 2.3 GHz?

goldengold · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:11 pm Post subject:

It depends.
If you're playing a game that only supports 1 or 2 cores then the duo CPU would be best.

Children · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:14 pm Post subject:

Pretty much what goldengold said.

But soon, more games will support more cores.

That's why at this very moment, for the most part dual core > quad core.

Karakawe · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:38 pm Post subject:

(For gaming.)
Everything comes down to what you're looking to do with the computer. If you want to say, encode video with x264, you'd want more cores because the program will use them. As a note, 3-core AMD CPUs (Phenom x3) are just throwaway quad cores, from the Phenom x4 line.

rapion124 · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:39 pm Post subject:

More cores are better. If the application doesn't support true multi-threading, it's probably written by crappy programmers. Some games like Crysis, Far Cry 2, and GTA IV use 4 cores. Others will folllow.

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:55 pm Post subject:

If it's threaded and very cpu intensive, then it will probably scale practically perfect.