Quad core for Gaming?

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ive seen many members advising others not to go for Quad Core for Gaming rigs.
i know current games are not designed to support Quads,but in future they will be right?
so when some ones buys a new rig isn't it better to go for Quads?

eg.for GTA4
Minimum System Requirements

  • OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz, AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4Ghz
  • Memory: 1.5GB, 16GB Free Hard Drive Space
  • Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900
Recommended System Requirements

  • OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz, AMD Phenom X3 2.1Ghz
  • Memory: 2 GB (Windows XP) 2.5 GB (Windows Vista)
  • 18 GB Free Hard Drive Space
  • Video Card: 512MB NVIDIA 8600 / 512MB ATI 3870
 
ashu888ashu888

ashu888ashu888

Core i7 (nehalem) Owner
^^

well, as of now there are NOT many games made for the C2Q architecture..but even if there were games having C2Q as their recommended requirements (as u hv also mentioned above in red color), ppl will still game using c2d...

coz the earlier games too, if they were to run on c2q, only a single pair (2 cores) was active out of the 2 pairs (4 cores) of processors while gaming..
 
comp@ddict

comp@ddict

EXIT: DATA Junkyard
Well, there was a review in which I say Phenom X4 9850BE OC 3GHz Beating 4GHz E8400 in games like Crysis, COD
 
Psychosocial

Psychosocial

Violent serenity.
Quads and i7s will rule soon. Actually, ATM, not many games are made for C2Q architectures and hence result in poor FPS on Quads.
 
toofan

toofan

Technomancer
The future is of quad cores. Is there any high model in core 2 duo launched in recent months. If NO it gives the ans. and If yes you will get the ans. in next few months.:D
 
Psychosocial

Psychosocial

Violent serenity.
^^C2D E8600.

BTW, future is of no-one. It keeps changing. Go learn the Moore's law and then experiment urself.
 
MetalheadGautham

MetalheadGautham

AFK
Quad Core is DEFINITELY needed for gaming unless you plan to upgrade your rig just 9 months later.
All games from Far Cry 2 will be Quad Core optimised.

Some may argue that current games are optimised for Dual Core, but whats the point of playing only current generation games on your rig ?

If you go for high end setups, like say HD4870, HD4850X2, HD4870X2, etc, the GPU won't become obsolete for another 1.5 years. So your CPU might soon become a bottleneck.

As for current gen games, if the quad core you buy manages to play the current generation games at playable framerates, you have nothing to worry about. Its better to be happy that this rig is going to have enough headroom for future games than be happy for a short while now because you get a small boost while playing crysis.
 
ashu888ashu888

ashu888ashu888

Core i7 (nehalem) Owner
@ MetalHead:


yup, agree to u totally...
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btw any info on games wich will be (or currently are) based for C2Q gaming apart from Farcry-II ??? coz im planning to upgrade my (ancient relic) PC (wich is jus a simple p4 2.00 ghz, nVIDIA GeForce 256 MB 7600GS AGP and 2GB DDR-I RAM)
 
comp@ddict

comp@ddict

EXIT: DATA Junkyard
Upgrade aftr 3 months, wait for Deneb. It sounds superbly promising.
And by then i7 prices will have also come down.
 
toofan

toofan

Technomancer
and after another 3 months wait for ............... this, this is a very very fast processor.And by then the price of Deneb will also come down .:D:D:D:D:D

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its just a joke.:p
 
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