Question by I Want My Nation Back!: Quad or Dual? HELP!!!!?
Hi there!
I want to get a new HP LAPTOP.
I am good with computers so I don’t care if you talk about ghz, cores, RAM, and the video cards, haha.
I can either get a quad core thats 2.0 ghz
or
a dual core thats 2.5 or 2.66ghz. I forget which.
Which one would be better for running.. say…
Internet with 4 tabs
Mass Effect 2
Star Wars Galaxies II
Itunes
all at the same time? (This would be the maximum stress I would usually put on it).
I am wondering if .5 ghz really make a difference? would 2.0 quad be a lot better than 2.5 dual?
P.S. Customizing the HP Pavilion here.
THANKS!!
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Best answer:
Answer by porjaymaspazzatron
The dual-core may be faster, but the added benefit of a quad-core is much more than that, especially if you’re dealing with Intel’s “i” series (i3, i5, i7) so get teh quad core.
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When it comes to playing games, you need to look at the specs of the GPU, not your CPU
Where the hell can you get a 2GHz quad core?! If i look for a new processor i only look at 2.9GHz or 3.33GHz quads. But i assume that has to do with your PC or something.
Aaanyway I’d go for the quad core in this case. Plus I’ve never heard of a PC like that having problems with running internet with 4 tabs =/
But you do understand you are talking about a processor with 4 cores each 2GHz right?! So it’s a difference of 3GHz here…
And fr33d0m09 is kinda right, you will need a good mobile graphics card in that too but the CPU DOES matter. The GPU might handle the visuals but there’s a lot more to a game than that…
But you might want to tell us the exact processors and than people that have experience with those specific processors might be able to help you better.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 is better than Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
There’s no way for us to give you useful advice without knowing which CPUs we’re talking about. There are many different dual-cores that run at 2.5 or 2.66GHz, and there are many different quad cores that run at 2.0GHz.