Hey everyone,
I have a gaming rig that I upgrade every two years or so, and it's getting to be that time again, and I had a question regarding processors. Last time I upgraded I went with an AMD 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ processor. It's a decent processor, but I think I got into the dual-core game a little earlier than I should have and would have gotten better performance out of a single core at the time as there weren't many games being developed to take advantage of the second core.
Now, my question this time around is have we hit the point where dual core (Intel or AMD) is the way to go for gaming? It's even more confusing for someone like me who isn't much of a techie when I notice that the processor speeds don't seem to have increased that much over the past 2 years (my old processor runs at 2.21 GHz).
If anyone can shed some light on this, I'd greatly appreciate it. Much thanks!
-Bolgard
I have a gaming rig that I upgrade every two years or so, and it's getting to be that time again, and I had a question regarding processors. Last time I upgraded I went with an AMD 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ processor. It's a decent processor, but I think I got into the dual-core game a little earlier than I should have and would have gotten better performance out of a single core at the time as there weren't many games being developed to take advantage of the second core.
Now, my question this time around is have we hit the point where dual core (Intel or AMD) is the way to go for gaming? It's even more confusing for someone like me who isn't much of a techie when I notice that the processor speeds don't seem to have increased that much over the past 2 years (my old processor runs at 2.21 GHz).
If anyone can shed some light on this, I'd greatly appreciate it. Much thanks!
-Bolgard