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Originally Posted by Vermillion
Im sorry I gave the wrong impression, I am building a new rig from the ground up.
I know I want to use a single core, because Ive read articles that dual cores are wasted on games and best saved for people who run multiple proccesses. It showed single core beat the creat out of dual core as far as gaming goes.
How obsolete is AGP vs. PCIe?
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the problem with single core is that you cant get that high
in other words say you have a dual core 3 + 3 ghtz that will add up to say 5.5 ghtz (trust me i tested this) , so far i know you cant get a single core safely much above 4 ghtz
sure as hell i would rater have a 5 ghtz single core then a 3 + 3 dual.. but thats not an option
with quad core it shows really the problem , if you get those cheap 4 x 1.8 ghtz CPU's (E6300) then your screwd in some cases as your program only uses 1 of the cores, HOW EVER if you would be overclock to 4 x 3 ghtz ... hey you cant beat that, you still 3 ghtz in worst case scenario
so in other words multicore is always better if each core is running on at least 3ghtz
currently my choice is the dual 2.8, its cheap as nuts and you can overclock 3 sometimes 3.5 ghtz / core (mine runs on 3.1ghtz)
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as for agp/pcie ashrock has boards with both - i mean at the same mobo and they not expensive at all they cost the same then with out, look under "dual" !
performance wise agp/pcie about the same, but pcie cards are much cheaper
however if you current card is AGP (like mine) then its handy to get a dual boar as right now sure as hell i would not buy a 8xxx nvidia card, they suk .. wait with that till they get better
just look all over the internet they have nothing but problems, especial the 8800 variations