Quad Core or Dual Core?????

[SAM77]

Hi guys I was wondering if a Q9400 would be better than an E8500 for Black Shark????

 

With the 1.01 patch supporting multicores does Black Shark benefit from 4 cores

 

Both are around the same price and I do intend on overclocking.

 

Max resolution is 1280 x 1024

Edited July 27, 2009 by SAM77

[ruprecht]

My understanding is that right now, there will not be any appreciable difference between dual- and quad-core. Although it's automagically setting affinity to all available cores in the new patch, that is not the same as being truly a multi-core app.

 

Personally if DCS is the only consideration, I would go for whichever one will give you a better raw clock speed after OC.

[SAM77]

Personally if DCS is the only consideration, I would go for whichever one will give you a better raw clock speed after OC.

 

 

If that is the case then I should stick with my original plan for a E8500.

 

Thanks for the information

[Groove]

For gaming in general you should go with a fast dual core CPU.