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David M · 08-19-2005, 09:32 AM

It makes no sense to buy a dual core for a gaming machine. Not yet at least because there are no games out there that are written to utilize dual core CPU's. We only have one 64 bit game that I can think of (Far Cry)..and 64 bit CPU's have been out for almost two years now (for the home user). How long will it be before we see the first games are written that can utilize a dual core CPU?....probably not any time soon.

08-19-2005, 09:32 AM	#10
David M Techphile. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Francisco Bay Posts: 5,959	It makes no sense to buy a dual core for a gaming machine. Not yet at least because there are no games out there that are written to utilize dual core CPU's. We only have one 64 bit game that I can think of (Far Cry)..and 64 bit CPU's have been out for almost two years now (for the home user). How long will it be before we see the first games are written that can utilize a dual core CPU?....probably not any time soon. __________________ Asus P8P67 WS Revolution \| Intel 2600K @ 4.7 GHz \| Win 7 Pro 64 \|8 gigs Corsair 1600 \| Two Diamond 6990's in Crossfire\| Corsair AX1200 \| Thermalright Silver Arrow \| Western Digital Black 2TB 64 meg cache \| Lian-Li PC-A71B \| Logitec Z-5500 \| Three Asus 26" VW266H monitors running under Eyefinity \| Last edited by David M; 08-19-2005 at 09:44 AM.