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CPU scaling in games with dual & quad core processors

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  • 16-05-2008 5:20pm
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    PogMoThoin
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    An interesting article from Guru3d on CPU scaling in games with dual & quad core processors, here


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    uglyjohn
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    interesting article......i think now i'll hold off on getting a new computer and just upgrade my graphics card at the end of the summer.


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    Sqaull20
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    Its crazy how people spend €500 plus on a Q6850 etc for gaming when a €50 E2160 overclocked is all the juice you need..


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    Nforce
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    Sqaull20 wrote: »
    Its crazy how people spend €500 plus on a Q6850 etc for gaming when a €50 E2160 overclocked is all the juice you need..

    Yep...but it's nice to squeeze even more juice outta the QX6850 :eek::p


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    requiem1
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    can't wait for nehalem, 16 physical cores 64 including virtual, improved vector calculations...no more need for a high end gpu to play games at a decent resolution:rolleyes:


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    PogMoThoin
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    Games dont use 4 cores yet, what good are
    16 physical cores 64 including virtual


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    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,080 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Games dont use 4 cores yet, what good are
    I think you may have missed the rolleyes at the end of his post.


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    TerrorFirmer
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    I'm actually using a 20E Pentium D 820 at the moment, at 3.5Ghz it's actually keeping up with Bioshock at 1680x1050 max settings without any real problems. Thought it'd entirely cripple my Sli machine but pleasantly surprised.


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    requiem1
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    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Games dont use 4 cores yet, what good are

    Sorry its hard to reek sarcasm in text, most games will be going mulitcore come 2012 so at least we have something to look forward to! And we're apparently going to be living off the p45 chipset for a long time which is more great news!


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    riptide
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    All you need is a decent Core 2 Duo greater than 2.4-2.5Ghz and a good-great GFX nowadays for high res action.


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    pedro ferio-vti
    Registered Users Posts: 396 ✭✭pedro ferio-vti


    Forgot to post about this, really interesting article and they have some excellent hardware reviews as well. Thanks for sharing.


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    astrofool
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    requiem1 wrote: »
    Sorry its hard to reek sarcasm in text, most games will be going mulitcore come 2012 so at least we have something to look forward to! And we're apparently going to be living off the p45 chipset for a long time which is more great news!

    P45 chipset will be gone once Nehalem hits (toward the end of this year).

    Nehalem moves the memory controller off the chipset, and thus requires a new chipset and socket.


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