Dual core vs. Quad core

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Dual core vs. Quad core

by J_Th4ng » Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:25 am

Some benchmark figures posted on the Steampowered forums... the user upgraded from a dual core to a quad core running at exactly the same clock frequencies. Everything else in his system remained the same...

Upgraded from Core2Duo to Core2Quad [BENCHMARKS]

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Upgraded my processor. I'll let the numbers tell their own story.

Core 2 Duo @ 2.6GHz
Min 4
Max 54
Avg 28

Core 2 Quad @ 2.6GHz
Min 36
Max 82
Avg 52

MSI P6N SLI Platinum
4 GB DDR2
EVGA GTX 275 (stock speed)

All graphical settings were at minimum during both benchmarks, but with a resolution of 1920x1080.


As previously noted, having an extra couple of CPU cores makes a massive difference in frame rates!!

I'll try and run a benchmark with hyperthreading on and off on my i7 - would be good to see if doubling that to 8 (logical) cores adds even more performance.

The link: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1132003

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