well technically going by what you say, a single core cpu would be the fastest for gaming.
What I am saying is that overall quad cores are better. Yes right now the e6850 will be SLIGHTLY better in most games, but since most games are GPU (not CPU) limited it won’t be a problem. In the future though, new games will be optimized for more cores, making them substantially faster than dual core cpus.
Let me wrap this up with my point. The point is I think it makes most sense to take a VERY SMALL performance hit in current/older games with the quad core in order to have a cpu that will just get better over time and therefore will be a good performer for longer.
BTW bitey, what was your point with that first article? It clearly showed quad cores being faster on supreme commander, unless you wanted to point out this:
“Up until now games have been mostly single-threaded. This means that they are only capable of taking advantage of a single-core on the CPU. If you have dual or quad-core processors the game will not utilize those extra cores efficiently to provide any gameplay experience improvements. Therefore multi-core CPUs have been pointless for gaming. Times are changing though, and we are finally seeing the evolution of gaming take on the advantages that can be had from utilizing multi-core CPUs.”
which I don’t think really helps out your argument…