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There is currently no benefit of having dual core CPUs with games. It's been the same story with SMP systems for the past few years.

However, all of the major game makers are working on dual core support. Take for instance the recent Quake 4 beta patches to add multiprocessing/multicore/multithreading support to the game. Granted right now it's heavily optimized for Intel setups but that's why it's still in beta.

XBox360 and PS3 are both SMP and multicore machines. A lot of the game developers program for both consoles and PC games. Overcoming hurdles on those two consoles will help them overcome hurdles with the PC support as well.

Multicore is definitely the future of both desktop and mobile PC computing so the support will eventually get there. It's just like when Intel first added MMX to their CPUs. The support took a while to get there but once it did the benefits were immediately noticeable.

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Is this ram any good. Corsair TWIN2X1024A-6400 1GB (2x XMS2 512MB) Twin2X PC-6400 DDR2 RAM, 2x64Mx64non-ECC, 240-pin DIMMs, Unbuffered, 5-5-5-12 and will it work on the Asus A8N SLI Premium?

No, it will not work b/c it is DDR2. You want to stay with DDR memory, and the lower timings the better. Try to stay in the $140 range for 1GB of RAM. Your pleasure on the type of memory, some prefer OCZ, others Corsair, others Patriot or Mushkin. Just try to get timings in the 2-2-2-5 1T speeds at DDR400, or close to it (such as 2-3-2-5 or 2-3-3-6 for more of a budget). The AMDs react much better to tight timings then Intel processors.

Going back to the X2 commentary, since Unclassified will be dropping some cash on this rig, why not futureproof yourself for a year or two by going X2? And the X2 will also help when regular applications (such as Photoshop or perhaps even Powerpoint) start having patches for SMP support since dual core and SMP is becoming much more mainstream now. Duallies/SMP were a specialty sector in the past. Now they are becoming much more common since they are in one chip for both Intel and AMD..

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That’s just b/c of the CPU test in 3dmark, and it will not be that much of a boost just b/c of drivers ;). How much did you gain any way? I tested it when the x2 3800 came out so I can’t tell what the new drivers do :}.

You also say that you are prepared for the future, but I think you will get your self a second job (if you already have one) and buy the newest technology by then. And I’m not talking about years, I know hardware freaks, as I am one of them, and the can’t do longer then a year with there new rig ;).

i usually skipp the cpu test, but with the cpu test i get abut the same score

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If people are playing COD2 and Quake4 then yes there is a big boost...adn that is just with a patch. If people want to get max performance from Unreal 3 based games better get your multicores out...there is a general trend for switching to dual core in the software world. I recommend dual cores wholeheartedly especially since we are getting all new engines and so on released soon. I think the CryEngine 2 will be multicore supported as well.

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