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Originally Posted by Jinn
This, I have to disagree with. I just build a budget PC (around $600) with the Kentsfield Q6600 (low-end) quad-core and noticed substantial difference in the games I play over dual core. I've seen improvements in Cysis and EverQuest2, for sure. In fairness, EQ2 has a check box for 'use multicore support' which means they've clearly optimized for it, but I do think that considering the similarity between the higher end dual core and the low-to-mid quad-cores, I'd pick a quad core again any day.
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What dual-core did you upgrade from?
Don't get me wrong. I love quad-cores and would get one myself if I had the money to blow. But in the low-end, if you take the cheapest quadcore you can buy and then with the same amount of money buy a dual core (like a core 2 duo), I can guarantee the C2D will outperform the quadcore in most games. If you don't believe me, check out the charts at Tom's Hardware or Anandtech.
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Originally Posted by Jinn
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The Radeon HD 4850 512 MB blows this out of the water and is cheaper with no MIRs.