Just run fold and gaming at the same time.I use dual core but i say quad core is the best choice with the best $$$$$.

All u need to do is run a program like Videora n u'll know the advantage of 4 cores.

some video encoders like x264, xvid, divx, and ffmpeg, they will take advantage of additional cores to speed up encoding/decoding process.

for example running x264 on diffrent processors:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=122318
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=129849

This post has been edited by 1024kbps: Jan 3 2008, 11:09 PM

For those who keep on saying that dual core is enough and quad core hasn't been utilised yet....
It's the best chip for both non-overclocker and overclocker under rm1k.








read more here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/11/08/dual_vs_quad/

This post has been edited by sukhoi37: Jan 3 2008, 11:02 PM

the quad core does come in handy when encoding vidoes to be watched on the phone ..

Dun u think disk intensive programs will become the future hindrance to multi core experience. To think of it, the proc can only be as fast as the HD is meant to be. Maybe in the future, we need RAID as standard or something.

i vote for QUAD CORE !!!
before i use Q6600, i was using E2160...

now my crysis played smoothly than ever !!! thanks to the additional 2 cores and HUGE L2 Cache !!! 8mb

usually it depends on the software architecture+driver itself
if it only run in dual core quad core will get the same result...

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Added on January 3, 2008, 11:34 pmgaming use cahce ar?
i go google 1st...

This post has been edited by nelienuxe_sara: Jan 3 2008, 11:34 PM

That true oso Quad Cores lots improvement gaming, especially after overclocking it.

The more the better. Photoshop, 3dsmax, and believe it or not, Bioshock, utilize those cores very well.

obviously quad core ah cant utilize wateva i dont really give a fark really as long as i can run crysis high with no bloody problems can dy lo

Cache used by the central processing unit of a computer to reduce the average time to access memory.

I don give fark on Crysis, Crytek is a great liar anyway still there some improvment Quad vs Duo. As long running my 3D Rendering application, i still can do multiple drafting in the mean time.

This post has been edited by zeustronic: Jan 4 2008, 12:23 AM

go go quad core......

what about the triple core?lol...huhu

U mean Xbox 360? Lose out to PC Core 2 Duo for sure.

Forget it. Triple core processor already loses the battle. Beside the processor itself aren't fit to be called a "triple core processor".

UT3 is best on Processor with more L2 Cache, u can google it

Many people have upgraded their rig to Quad because of Crysis "optimised" for Quad

i get quad core because it has more core and is Cheaper.....

In my worthless opinion, more Cores is better as long as the price of coherency maintenance doesn't affect general performance eg; flood the stupid interconnect until there's no time/space for other things.