Intel ships 4.4 Ghz Westmere dual-cores.

[Mungri]

They do at times, but when it comes to delays while loading it seems it's often a single threaded process.

But on intel quads when only a single thread is being used, it gets a turbo boost right?

I remember seeing some benchmarks were dual to quad made a huge impact in some games, I'll have a browse now and see what I can find.

- I really cant find anything recent with the latest architectures, all I mostly see is benchies comparing socket 775 CPUs which isnt really relevant.

Someone needs to do an up to date dual vs quad core review, and include the latest games.