Quad core for Gaming?

[RMN]

ive seen many members advising others not to go for Quad Core for Gaming rigs.
i know current games are not designed to support Quads,but in future they will be right?
so when some ones buys a new rig isn't it better to go for Quads?

eg.for GTA4
Minimum System Requirements

• OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz, AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4Ghz
• Memory: 1.5GB, 16GB Free Hard Drive Space
• Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900

Recommended System Requirements

• OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz, AMD Phenom X3 2.1Ghz
• Memory: 2 GB (Windows XP) 2.5 GB (Windows Vista)
• 18 GB Free Hard Drive Space
• Video Card: 512MB NVIDIA 8600 / 512MB ATI 3870

[ashu888ashu888]

^^

well, as of now there are NOT many games made for the C2Q architecture..but even if there were games having C2Q as their recommended requirements (as u hv also mentioned above in red color), ppl will still game using c2d...

coz the earlier games too, if they were to run on c2q, only a single pair (2 cores) was active out of the 2 pairs (4 cores) of processors while gaming..

[comp@ddict]

Well, there was a review in which I say Phenom X4 9850BE OC 3GHz Beating 4GHz E8400 in games like Crysis, COD

[Psychosocial]

Quads and i7s will rule soon. Actually, ATM, not many games are made for C2Q architectures and hence result in poor FPS on Quads.

[forever]

There is no such thing as a "C2Q" architecture.

[comp@ddict]

YEs, there is Nehalem and Core2 Architecture

[Psychosocial]

Originally Posted by forever

There is no such thing as a "C2Q" architecture.

Core 2 architecture, happy ?

[toofan]

The future is of quad cores. Is there any high model in core 2 duo launched in recent months. If NO it gives the ans. and If yes you will get the ans. in next few months.

[Psychosocial]

^^C2D E8600.

BTW, future is of no-one. It keeps changing. Go learn the Moore's law and then experiment urself.

[comp@ddict]

^^^It is very good E8600

But the cost against Q9xxx is very very unattractive

[toofan]

its about 15k .

[Psychosocial]

Originally Posted by toofan.is.back

its about 15k .

What ?

[comp@ddict]

YES

[Psychosocial]

I mean, what is avaible for 15k ?

[toofan]

That you mentioned.

[MetalheadGautham]

Quad Core is DEFINITELY needed for gaming unless you plan to upgrade your rig just 9 months later.
All games from Far Cry 2 will be Quad Core optimised.

Some may argue that current games are optimised for Dual Core, but whats the point of playing only current generation games on your rig ?

If you go for high end setups, like say HD4870, HD4850X2, HD4870X2, etc, the GPU won't become obsolete for another 1.5 years. So your CPU might soon become a bottleneck.

As for current gen games, if the quad core you buy manages to play the current generation games at playable framerates, you have nothing to worry about. Its better to be happy that this rig is going to have enough headroom for future games than be happy for a short while now because you get a small boost while playing crysis.

[toofan]

I agree to him.

[ashu888ashu888]

@ MetalHead:


yup, agree to u totally...
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btw any info on games wich will be (or currently are) based for C2Q gaming apart from Farcry-II ??? coz im planning to upgrade my (ancient relic) PC (wich is jus a simple p4 2.00 ghz, nVIDIA GeForce 256 MB 7600GS AGP and 2GB DDR-I RAM)

[comp@ddict]

Upgrade aftr 3 months, wait for Deneb. It sounds superbly promising.
And by then i7 prices will have also come down.

[toofan]

and after another 3 months wait for ............... this, this is a very very fast processor.And by then the price of Deneb will also come down .

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its just a joke.

[RMN]

Deneb an upgrade to i7?so soon?

[Psychosocial]

Deneb = AMD
i7 = Intel

[realdan]

look like we have to wait and wait for price to come down

[ashu888ashu888]

^^

yup, and by the time, we keep on waiting... a new tech comes along and makes the waiting time even more longer (dunno wat the heck we all are we waiting for)

coz, any current tech is NEW tech, and there is nothing like FUTURE PROOF tech, as new technologies are coming adn making the older ones obsolete within jus 6months... as the developments are jus so fast paced tat updgrading to these configs are jus outta question...

So, guys who all are waiting and waiting adn jus.....w..a..i..t.ii..n....g.. plz go and upgrade to a new config wich ever is good in ur BUDGET (yup, this factor is really imp)...
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Cheers n e-peace...

[Cool G5]

^Still I would prefer to wait

[infra_red_dude]

Simple funda in the world of computing: Buy what you want today, don't plan about tomorrow; coz whatever you plan to buy tomorrow will be obsolete the next day and so on!

By the time the applications and games will be optimized for quad cores, the present quad core architecture would've become obsolete. So either buy what you want today or don't buy at all!

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

If you go for high end setups, like say HD4870, HD4850X2, HD4870X2, etc, the GPU won't become obsolete for another 1.5 years.

Dream on!!!

[ashu888ashu888]

Originally Posted by Cool G5

^Still I would prefer to wait

hey bhagwaan....

[toofan]

Originally Posted by Cool G5

^Still I would prefer to wait

cracked.

[vish786]

Originally Posted by RMN

ive seen many members advising others not to go for Quad Core for Gaming rigs.
i know current games are not designed to support Quads,but in future they will be right?
so when some ones buys a new rig isn't it better to go for Quads?

eg.for GTA4
Minimum System Requirements

• OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz, AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4Ghz
• Memory: 1.5GB, 16GB Free Hard Drive Space
• Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900

Recommended System Requirements

• OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz, AMD Phenom X3 2.1Ghz
• Memory: 2 GB (Windows XP) 2.5 GB (Windows Vista)
• 18 GB Free Hard Drive Space
• Video Card: 512MB NVIDIA 8600 / 512MB ATI 3870

WOW! Phenom x3 in USE & beats Athlon x2(considering high freq) I'm literally shocked. Where did you get this specification ?

[RMN]

Wiki...
its the same as the official one published.