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KarmaKiller · September 28th, 2009, 02:34 PM

That's kind of a tuff one to answer really. The Ghz can make a difference sometimes when talking about the same chip family, but when comparing say a AMD dual core to a Intel Dual core, you can't really go by just Ghz. You have to look at the L2, L3, core size (65nm, 45nm, etc).
Quad cores show some benefit in apps that are extremely CPU intensive, but for gaming normally dual/tri cores are the better buy.

Really depends on which CPU's your talking about, and which apps your trying to get to run the best.

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KarmaKiller voids warrantys Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: In my room Posts: 12,987 Blog Entries: 5	That's kind of a tuff one to answer really. The Ghz can make a difference sometimes when talking about the same chip family, but when comparing say a AMD dual core to a Intel Dual core, you can't really go by just Ghz. You have to look at the L2, L3, core size (65nm, 45nm, etc). Quad cores show some benefit in apps that are extremely CPU intensive, but for gaming normally dual/tri cores are the better buy. Really depends on which CPU's your talking about, and which apps your trying to get to run the best. __________________ Q6600@4Ghz \| I7 920@4.3Ghz \| E6320@3.5Ghz FAQ's ~ Team Stats My PC TechIMO Folding@home Team #111 - Crunching for the cure!