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Should I get a Hexa or a Quad core? - Extornia - 04-30-2011
Hey guys,
This might rather sound like a stupid question but I'm thinking of getting a new CPU, since i have a Duo one now.
Should I get a Quad or a Hexa one?
By my experience in the field, I would get a Quad because nothing and I mean nothing is optimized to run in Hexa (games, programs etc) and would cause bottlenecking, if I am correct?
What do you think?
RE: Should I get a Hexa or a Quad core? - Jacob - 04-30-2011
Will you be doing a lot of rendering?
RE: Should I get a Hexa or a Quad core? - Blixx - 05-01-2011
May hexas are not optimized at the moment, but in max a year this changed. I am going to buy me a hexa core too. I think you can nothing wrong or?
RE: Should I get a Hexa or a Quad core? - Deltron - 05-01-2011
If you're going to be gaming, it's a downgrade if you purchase the hexacore. Generally, while gaming, you only utilize one, two, and rarely times three of your total cores. Stick with the quad-core; better performance alongside a more affordable price.
RE: Should I get a Hexa or a Quad core? - Scalise - 05-01-2011
I agree. 5 is a waste of money and alot of the technology isn't there yet to run with it at its maximum capacity. Plus with a 4 you're already overclocking many of your components.
Save your money.
RE: Should I get a Hexa or a Quad core? - Deltron - 05-01-2011
(05-01-2011, 01:54 AM)Scalise Wrote: I agree. 5 is a waste of money and alot of the technology isn't there yet to run with it at its maximum capacity. Plus with a 4 you're already overclocking many of your components.
Save your money.
The prefix hex translates to six.
RE: Should I get a Hexa or a Quad core? - Scalise - 05-01-2011
(05-01-2011, 02:03 AM)Deltron Wrote: The prefix hex translates to six.
ha. had to rethink that.
RE: Should I get a Hexa or a Quad core? - Extornia - 05-01-2011
Yeah but the price difference is really low.
Like 20euros in my local shop. But what if I have a tonload of background processes running?
RE: Should I get a Hexa or a Quad core? - Deltron - 05-01-2011
Like I said, even those newer games rarely utilize two cores. There aren't many games that use even three or four cores. You might see a tad bit improvement in your performance for background applications, but it won't be noticeable. Rather than purchasing a six-core, try utilizing that money to spend in other areas of your build, such as your graphics card.
Are you planning to build a custom PC? If so, would you mind having me take a look over your parts?
RE: Should I get a Hexa or a Quad core? - Extornia - 05-01-2011
(05-01-2011, 01:21 PM)Deltron Wrote: Like I said, even those newer games rarely utilize two cores. There aren't many games that use even three or four cores. You might see a tad bit improvement in your performance for background applications, but it won't be noticeable. Rather than purchasing a six-core, try utilizing that money to spend in other areas of your build, such as your graphics card.
Are you planning to build a custom PC? If so, would you mind having me take a look over your parts?
If you would spend a second reading, rather than PMing me saying I spam you would know.
I said I already got a Core2Duo, but Its time to upgrade my CPU.
(05-01-2011, 01:21 PM)Deltron Wrote: Like I said, even those newer games rarely utilize two cores. There aren't many games that use even three or four cores. You might see a tad bit improvement in your performance for background applications, but it won't be noticeable. Rather than purchasing a six-core, try utilizing that money to spend in other areas of your build, such as your graphics card.
Are you planning to build a custom PC? If so, would you mind having me take a look over your parts?
By the way.
Take a look at Black Ops, Crysis 2, BF3, etc.
They all utilize 2 cores (BF3 will definetly, considering BC2 did)