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Quad Core - worth it?

Are the new quad cores worth the investment? Son will be using it for games; Halo, Command & Conquer series, surfing the Internet and so forth. Or go with a beefy Duo core and up the graphics card to 512 mb or 1 GB and use more RAM?

I know that most of the software available now doesn't fully utilize the Quad, that's part of my dilemma!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Multicore processors are not fully utilized in most games, so if gaming is your thing, get the duo and spend the difference in a powerful graphic card, that is the main hardware component when speaking about games, A good amount of RAM helps too.

  • maiden
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    quad is NOT worth the extra money unless you can buy it for what a dual core costs. very few applications and NO GAMES have been written for a quad core. unless you do a LOT of multi-tasking a quad is a waste of money. get an E8500 or an X2 6400+...

  • 1 decade ago

    Get the dual core and spend the money on a graphic card.

  • 1 decade ago

    i would go with a quad but on some sites u can get at about the same price a a duo so u could get gpu and 1gb so its up do u

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