From another thread. IMHO, 1x is just as good. I looked on a friend's pc with dual core, and there wasn't enough of a difference for me to wanna go out n buy a whole nother card. But whatever makes ya happy i guess
If buying a CPU:
~What will you be using it for?
"Corrected by GHOST"
Gamers DO use dual cores as do multi-taskers.
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games that were scripted PROIR to the technology of X2's only use one core yes ! however X2's and other dual cores will soon become the future of games as different cores can be given to perform different tasks, i have a X2 3800 and i absolutly love it, would never go back to a single core CPU, i also believe games are already being written to incorporate both cores eg: FEAR and i believe the new unreal engine will too along with the script for PhysX cards.
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As for whether or not D-core specific games are coming out, I haven't seen or heard anything of the sort yet =/