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Originally Posted by Spyhop

2 cores is rarely useful
4 is all but useless.
8.....lol. People are retarded.

2 cores is a necessity for PCSX2, hardcore gamers, developers and etc...
and lots of times windows "freezes" with 1 cored PCs because 1 app is taking all the CPU power. If you have 2-cores, you can kill the app using your second core to open up task-manager.
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4 cores is nice for video editors, hardcore gamers, and developers.

imagine debugging PCSX2.
you have 2 cores going into running PCSX2, which leaves nothing else for your debuging software.
having 4 cores gives you the power you need.
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8 cores is good for servers, developers, and for people that have the money and want the best PC they can get =)

if 4 cores are useful, people will find a way to make 8 cores be useful.

over 8 is where i draw the limit.
unless we're talking about muli-cored GPUs, where lots of graphical algorithms can be done in parallel.

then you can have a ton of cores, and they'll all help out