Just been checking out some quad core v dual core benchmarks back in Q2 of 2008, and it seems the majority of the time faster dual cores came ahead of quad cores in performance, is this still true now ? i'll be replacing my E6850 with a Q9550 that'll me here within a day or too, but from what i'm seeing now, it looks like sticking with the faster clock speed of the E6850 may of been a better idea.
One of the main things im wondering is, i have alot of stuff open in vista - usually several WinRAR transfers, 10 or so FireFox's, daemon tools, MSN, Steam, xFire, Photoshop all open at once. Occasionally especially just after loading the desktop my dual core really struggles, which is why i bought my quad core. I guess what im asking is will my new pcessor definitely benefit me in this aspect ? i spend alot of time extracting/compressing/decompressing and rendering stuff, aswell as generally doing very heavy multi tasking. Games don't worry so much, i would expect nearly all games releasing from now on to be quad core compatible.
I just hope i see a significant improvement, or i'll be oh so annoyed
One of the main things im wondering is, i have alot of stuff open in vista - usually several WinRAR transfers, 10 or so FireFox's, daemon tools, MSN, Steam, xFire, Photoshop all open at once. Occasionally especially just after loading the desktop my dual core really struggles, which is why i bought my quad core. I guess what im asking is will my new pcessor definitely benefit me in this aspect ? i spend alot of time extracting/compressing/decompressing and rendering stuff, aswell as generally doing very heavy multi tasking. Games don't worry so much, i would expect nearly all games releasing from now on to be quad core compatible.
I just hope i see a significant improvement, or i'll be oh so annoyed