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Originally Posted by Eclypz
For the type of PC games you play, I'd save money and go for a C2D, and a decent video card to future proof it. Quad-core is pretty useless for gaming....All you need is a Dual-core with decent clock speds (>3GHz) and a good video card.
E8400 (overclock to 3.6-4GHz easily), GTX285/295/280/260/4870/4870x2
PS: Crysis is so poorly optimized, I would never use it as a "benchmark" to see how powerful of a system you need.
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Owning an E3110 (aka E8400) myself @ 3.87 GHz and having built many quad core systems, I would definitely disagree with this statement. Quad core is already superior in quite a few new titles (i.e. GTA IV) and the number of new games that will be quad core optimized in the future will only continue to grow. Given the relatively small price difference, I don't see much point in avoiding quad core and the Phenom IIs and Core 2 Quads overclock quite well.