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Originally Posted by Forgottenfighter
Lets not forget about the Core i5 which should be out in March I think, we're talking 8 cores now.
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Yes, but much the same as the i7.....there are not 8 "real cores", 4 are virtual. They look good too though, I think Tomshardware has some benchmarks on them which I will read up on when I get the time.....interesting stuff. There will always be something bigger and better though, and corei7 can probably be best described as evolutionary rather than an outright paradigm shift. The fact remains that in terms of raw processing power, core for core....they are the fastest things out there at the moment (abeit in synthetic benchmarks) and with the increasing trend of developers making apps multi-threaded it bodes well, hence my recommendation. I can only speak from experience and whilst it is true when Tvrdi says the core duo will perform many apps just as well if not better, AT PRESENT it is not likely to remain as so....if Oleg is saying SOW will certainly take advantage of Quad core, then it would be reasonable to assume a quad of whatever ilk would outperform a duo.
The corei7 "rapes" DCS black shark metaphorically speaking, which is very demanding.....and I am confident due to that SimHq post it will run ROF very well too.
Peace out.