This is all a little unfair on dual core isn't it? Sure it doesn't give you a huge fps gain, but if anyone was expecting that then they probably got it for the wrong reasons. You don't have to be multi-tasking to feel the power of DC around windows, and being able to minimize BF2 to open a web page and maybe put on some music is convenience I'd pay for again regardless of fps or overclocking. This might seem like stating the obvious, but you can't say 'for gaming use single core' because most people don't just use their computers for gaming, except the lucky few with more than one desktop.Originally Posted by Gorod
enno Good point, no need for Dual Core unless u do a lot of multitasking or have SLI/CF system
Anyway great benches thanks. One last question, isn't it a bit short sighted to reccomend SC based purely on todays games? Considering all the dual code thats going to come out for 360 mulitplatform (AKA GRAW) I think dual core is probably going to help out quite a bit in the very near future. I also ran the Aegis physics demo 20fps faster when I enabled dual core, and given the amount of havok that next gen games are probably going to use... just my opinion I wouldn't reccomend single core to anyone anymore unless they only planned to keep it for about 3 months and were only going to instal BF2, nothing else
Oh and TES:Oblivion, has no-one noticed the benefits of tuning the .ini for dual core? I've got rid of a fair bit of stuttering by cranking up the multithreading. Not sure it'd come out in average fps, but it does improve the playability
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