Cost isn't too big of a factor, but the cheapest quad I could find was on newegg (imagine that.)
I've heard all sorts of things and I guess since the quad core is pretty much better, naturally, I'd get it. Problem is, I've heard that instead of it having 4 cores, it's just 2 Core 2 Duo's stuck together, and because of that, those extra 2 cores are virtually useless because most things aren't able to "multi-thread". So they say to just wait for a new model, or if you absolutely need to get a new and GOOD processor, then a Core 2 Duo is your best bet, and just wait for the said "new model"
so should I just say "to hell with it" and buy the quad core, or should I play it safe and get the Core 2 Duo, either way I'll get pretty good performance.
Forgot to mention, basically everything in my computer is good except for the processor, I got an 8800 GTS and I'm "stepping up" to a GT soon, 2 gigs of DDR2, a big enough power supply to run everything in there (640 watts.), but my processor is some Pentium D dual core 2.8 that I managed to find for 30 bucks (got it through a friend.) and I need SOME kind of dual core at the time, but that was way back, so now it's upgrading time! so which is the better buy?:|
EDIT: Oh yeah, and if it makes any difference, I'm using XP (SP2).
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