Bitey said:
4 cores are not better for gaming…it will be for the newer games, but not ones like source or even TF2
Check these out:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.htm…1&chart=418
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.htm…1&chart=422
2000 points higher of 3d Mark ’06. 20 FPS higher on UT2k4. The processor balances the processing load across all 4 cores, whether the game requests it or not. This makes a tremendous difference because some of the newer games will hold themselves back if the think they are maxing out the processor or memory but this way they never get close to it.
GTFO and STFU.