sure quad core lar.....phenom maybe??since the price cheaper than intel quad's....but i m still stick with single core haha

Yeah agree. Especially the current AMD owners using AM2/AM2+ motherboards. Its a cheap upgrade to the quad-core experience and the associating performance boost. Although the performance isn't as what we all expect to be, but its a nice performance boost. Significant I would say, nothing fantastic however.

quad core for me..i do a lot of video editing..vfx..video encoding..its all about video works laaa.. heheheh

will need to use new socket for phenom 2 utilise the hypertransport 3 if just use AM2 no point not much performance increase and phenom is still new lotsa room for improvement.Just give amd some time and they will start drafting behind core 2 quad

phenom launched abit late i think

way too late...
how does a tri core compare to a quad...

still prefer core 2 duo, coz saves more power

guys..a noobie question here... what if we were to compare dual and quad at the same clock? e.g: e6850 and q6600 both @3.2ghz...which one will give better performance?

Multimedia apps(mostly) and multi-tasking = Q6600
Gaming and raw performance apps = A close one between the Q6600 and E6850, too identical to call a performance difference really.

The extra cache on the Q6600 may help in certain games, as well as the extra cores will also come into play for games which utilize multi-core CPU usage.

Of course, the E6850 will run significant cooler and consume less power.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Feb 12 2008, 06:10 AM

More core saved more power i do think so... i vote for quad core... simple... i m a laptop user... i do think multi core consume less power because i feel that when i m not heavy tasking the computer... i think it will last more longer then my old laptop... C2D user here...

well.i'm voted for quad one.even not own one...but look like it got more advantage for forthcoming gaming,multi-tasking,benchmarks,bla,bla....

quad getting cheaper ,high C/P , is worth to get more core less job

Yup.. RM 5xx can grab a OEM quad

rm5xx?! u gotta be kidding... market price not sure coz never been to low yat for weeks....

from pinpinmiao? btw.. her stock is brand new ones kan?

zhen wei got sell around rm520 if i not wrong for q6600

zhen^wei ones rm550 lah....
seamonster is the 1 which is rm520 include postage.

rm30 only diff
just grab if got cash ma

i actually own a quad core now.. the phenom 9550.. how come i didn't notice speed / games improvement over my old amd64 3000+ zzz

btw I have 4gb ram, and 9600gt512ddr3 somemore zzz.. is it maybe i'm using xp? i've installed the chipset and amd driver for this =(

Hmm.........thread still going. I have to say dual core is still more than enough for the average joe. And must forget that I'm typing this offa single-core machine

There are so many reviews between Quad VS Dual on the Internet and they clearly show at what areas which the Quad would be better compared to Dual. If you don't do any of those tasks then forget about the Quad and use the money for a better graphics card or LCD