Quad is more for the future. Current apps don't really take advantage of it. It might change though so it's a good idea to get a quad if you have the money. Get a cheap core 2 duo and overclock if you don't have money for it. Make sure you get a board that is compatible with penryn and you are good to go.
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Originally Posted by Track607
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The question you have to ask yourself it if you want to play current high-end games, such as Crysis, Lost Planet, Gears of War, Bioshock, Unreal Tournament 3, etc. etc.
If you do, then a Quad-Core would be the better choice, but you'd have to overclock it to get the same level of performance in other apps.
Buy a Q6600 with the G0 stepping (important!) and a Tuniq Tower/Ultra 120 eXtreme cooler, and overclock to 3.2-3.5Ghz.
Good Luck. Oh, and you'd also need an 8800 GTX or better if you want the Quad.
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Actually none of those games you mentioned take advantage of quad cores except maybe Crysis. As of now we don't know how Crysis is going to take advantage of quad cores. If it's minimal performance improvement or a big one. We just don't know it yet.
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