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09-20-2005, 05:16 PM
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Intel Pentium D 830?
Intel Pentium D 830 Smithfield 800MHz FSB 2 x 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Dual Core, EM64T Processor - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116212
Thats the processor i was planning on buying but the ive read that Dual Core isnt (as) good(?) for gaming... What do you suggest? Motherboard ill be getting: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813121287 Last edited by NapalmTruth; 09-20-2005 at 06:16 PM. |
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09-20-2005, 11:26 PM
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Games are only single threaded. They dont take advantage of dual cores. So when gaming, your processing speed will be that of one of the cores. But, it wont be long before developers start making dual-threaded games.
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09-20-2005, 11:31 PM
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I agree with DonVito, if your not going to use the dual cores, then its a waste of money. i would get a single core processor for games. Unless you want to play a game, while your burning a cd at the same time, i would recommend a single core CPU
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