Dual core or Quad core?

[kenkickr]

I was going to go with a Phenom and the DFI 790FX board but after reading on the E8400 from Intel the 45nm die shrink looks like more than just a die shrink but some good performance added as well. Now my question is should I go with a Dual or Quad 45nm? I mainly play games, watch movies, and encode quite a bit of audio on my system but I do some video encoding as well(Sony Vegas primarily). Looking at my apps I really don't see many that would use the quad but many of you have been in this game longer than I and have used Intel much longer than I(It's been 8years).

[EviLZeD]

if you encode i think a quad would be better but the application must support 4 cores

[trog100]

out of curiosity how does your current system handle vegas and other things u do.. ??

for example do u just leave it running and get on with other things.. or do u have to wait for things to finish..

trog

[kenkickr]

Most of the time I am doing other things like surfing the internet, listening to music, or just reading without any problems. I CANT play a game though at the same time and that really isn't a concern to me. If I kept this system for another year the only thing I feel I should upgrade would be the memory, to 8Gb, and maybe get a 1TB drive to replace my 500Gb Seagate due to constantly having to clean it up. Maybe I would get another vid card but from what I understand crossfire wouldn't do much for me, I wouldn't notice much of anything, due to my 22" Acer LCD limiting me by the 1680 x 1050 resolution.

[miksanity]

Dual core...steam, aim, itunes, firefox, xfire,skype, logitec software, vent, word, and spybot..and playing quake 4 like its LOL :D

[kenkickr]

Dual core...steam, aim, itunes, firefox, xfire,skype, logitec software, vent, word, and spybot..and playing quake 4 like its LOL :D

Video editing is alot more demanding on a system but I understand you have to have apps that can take advantage of the extra cores and I know Vegas does well with the setup I have now so I guess I'll just wait til Nehalam or whatever it's called and just upgrade my memory and an extra card.

[trog100]

sounds like u are okay as u are.. more storage is always useful.. it can be carried over to any new system as well.. i like external usb.. just keep adding to it as u need it..

but u dont really need to upgrade your basic system.. its okay for a while.. i aint sure about 8 gigs of memory 4 seems enough to me.. but it depends..

trog

[PVTCaboose1337]

I'm still at 2gb of ram... 2gb is enough for 3 more months.

[ntdouglas]

Get a quad. It will future proof you a little longer.;)

[Ravenas]

If it's a notebook get a dual core, if this is your desktop get a quad. :toast:

[Conti027]

i say save your money you have a great computer as it is.

[warhammer]

I had C2D and went to Quad and you do notice the diffrence

[mysticjon]

Get a quad. It will future proof you a little longer.;)

agree.. i have a dual core, it does the job, it obeys me lol...might get a quad in the future...school work/projects, games, aim, xfire, music, and run torrents most of the day....slow dsl sucks

[trog100]

this argument is always over simplified..

dual.. e8400

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-192-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=

quad.. qx9650..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-183-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=

why use these two.. simple.. the quad is simply the dual sat along side another identical dual.. same clocks..

a true dual quad comparison.. i have the dual why.. ???

two reasons mainly.. the big one is cost.. the band for buck factor aint in my league.. the lesser reason being i dont need the quad..

my e-peen would grow but thats about it..

trog