Intel ships 4.4 Ghz Westmere dual-cores.

[saaya]

Arent increasingly more games making use of quad cores now though?

4.4 - 4.66 Ghz is impressive for stock clocks, but surely they can make a quad with those speeds by now :p

its more like games CAN use 2-4 cores now... doesnt mean it makes it a lot faster... i havent seen any game scale above 2 cores in a way that would make it justified to go for a quad if all you do is game... 5% extra performance, maybe 10%... hows that worth upgrading or paying more? either its playable already or it isnt and then extra cores dont help...

besides, more cores help average and max fps, i havent seen them improve min fps...
from single to dual you get a slight boost in min fps, but thats it...
if you care about min fps then 2 fast cores = lord