Quote Originally Posted by 003 View Post
Quads are better for most newer games, even if clocked lower than a dual.
You need to be more specific. I'm not going to start a debate here. Unless the game is capable of using all four cores, EFFICIENTLY, it's no contest. Notice I was very specific in telling him what speficially he'll gain if he clocked a E8600 to 4.5Ghz. Even a quad clocked at 4Ghz is only good in synthetic benchmarks in terms of raw procesing power, nothing else. However a dual-core at 4.5 ghz while being easier on board components, also churns at faster clock cycles which is very good for all games. The higher overclock also translates into higher bus, faster ram reads, etc.