Bought a duo core - regretting it a bit.

**VALIS** · September 07, 2007, 11:13 AM

Okay I ordered my PC from PC Specialist and got a Duo Core E6850 (2x3.00GHZ) 1333MHZ processor but now I'm thinking..........Should I have bought a quad core?
Will my dual core be obsolete before I know it?
I want to play the latest games on max settings I know the one I'm getting will for the immediate future but will it in the future? (1 year)

Should I cancel the PC and get a quad?

**Shaun** · September 07, 2007, 12:17 PM

No. No it will be a long time before games manage to utilise quad core ... in fact, the current 'quad cores' are just two dual cores stuck together. You will be more than happy with your E6850!

**Freddie** · September 07, 2007, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by Duke

Okay I ordered my PC from PC Specialist and got a Duo Core E6850 (2x3.00GHZ) 1333MHZ processor but now I'm thinking..........Should I have bought a quad core?
Will my dual core be obsolete before I know it?
I want to play the latest games on max settings I know the one I'm getting will for the immediate future but will it in the future? (1 year)

Should I cancel the PC and get a quad?

It's going to take at least another year before games start taking advantage of quad core as standard. What I mean by this is that its only recently that games have started using dual cores as standard, I take it for granted that Bioshock is multi-threaded enabled even though I haven't checked to see if it is or not.

Also your not planning on overclocking which would have made sense if you were to buy the Q6600, you could have clocked it up to the E6850 speeds quite easily with a decent HSF.

You could always sell your CPU next year and buy a Quad Q6600 or better, at the moment your E6850 is going to give you better performance in games, so I wouldn't worry about it to much.

**Ummagumma** · September 07, 2007, 01:22 PM

It's a really good cpu, don't worry.
One of the things about PC technology is that you are almost always 'behind the curve' - It progresses so fast only the very wealthy can keep up. You just have to take your chances. (It's not as bad as having bought 2expensive GeForce 7xxx in SLI a month or so before the release of Dx10 8xxx series!)

**spartan_phalanx** · September 07, 2007, 02:46 PM

That's the best C2D chip out there @ stock, it will last you a solid two years and probably up to 3 years or more. Your sitting really good and have nothing to worry about.

It's not in the benefit or Intel's profits to release processors in leaps and bounds. They reap much more $ with slower timed releases so they have a steady customer base feeding in money. Opinions aside the end of the year will be huge in determining the future of the CPU marketplace.

**Simetrical** · September 08, 2007, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by spartan_phalanx

It's not in the benefit or Intel's profits to release processors in leaps and bounds. They reap much more $ with slower timed releases so they have a steady customer base feeding in money.

To the contrary. The faster their chips improve, a) the faster they outpace AMD and b) the more quickly their old chips become obsolete. Increasing processor performance slowly will both cause them to be in a dangerous position with respect to AMD, and allow people to keep their old processors for longer before having to upgrade to catch up with new applications. This is a case where the free market works very nicely.

**Shqiponja_Hayabusa** · September 11, 2007, 03:32 AM

Is that the fastest processor?How much did you pay for it?How does play rome?

**Lacirtemis** · September 07, 2007, 08:44 PM

You won't begin to see a need for quad core until late next year at the earliest, and this is coming from games developers (I believe the lead developer for world in conflict).

**Hadrian** · September 08, 2007, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by Duke

Okay I ordered my PC from PC Specialist and got a Duo Core E6850 (2x3.00GHZ) 1333MHZ processor but now I'm thinking..........Should I have bought a quad core?
Will my dual core be obsolete before I know it?
I want to play the latest games on max settings I know the one I'm getting will for the immediate future but will it in the future? (1 year)

Should I cancel the PC and get a quad?

If I was buying a new Processor, the Intel E6850 is the one I would buy. Heck, the gaming industry hasn't even really implimented or optimized for dual core yet. Be happy with your purchase, very happy, and don't look back....

**westy159** · September 08, 2007, 04:41 PM

Can you say the same for the E4400? Only a couple of months ago was this the most reccommended CPU. Cheap and easy to overclock. Still the case? How about by the end of this year? I plan to build a new rig on a limited budget you see.

**spartan_phalanx** · September 08, 2007, 04:51 PM

Can you say the same for the E4400? Only a couple of months ago was this the most reccommended CPU. Cheap and easy to overclock. Still the case? How about by the end of this year? I plan to build a new rig on a limited budget you see.

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You should be able to hit 3.0GHz pretty easy which gives you E6850 speed. If your not buying now and going to wait till the end of the year then wait till AMD and Intel release there upcoming chips.

**SonOfCrusader76** · September 11, 2007, 07:12 AM

Originally Posted by westy159

Can you say the same for the E4400? Only a couple of months ago was this the most reccommended CPU. Cheap and easy to overclock. Still the case? How about by the end of this year? I plan to build a new rig on a limited budget you see.

What if you don't want to touch overclocking, in case you fry your PC? How does it measure up then?