Go Quad Now or Later?

It's a tough decision, if you want my take on it i wish i had kept my E6600 running along @ 3.6Ghz. As there is nothing really that takes advantage of 4 cores just yet.

No rendering or movie editing here.... just gaming (I love the ability to set all my games at max detail), internet browsing, and maybe watching a few DVDs.

well no need for quad then.

I suppose it would be fine if you got it...then you wouldn't need to upgrade.

However it will be cheaper then so Dual core FTW.

The only game that (so i've been told) it works in is Supreme commander....

I say what,Tell A: they are cheaper.B: they are better.And C:what tell there are programs that can realy use quad core to the fullest becuase most dont even use a dual core to the fullest.

Supreme Commander has to use the Core Maximiser Tool, otherwise it uses 1 core pretty much max loaded and the other 3 are more or less idle.

you may not be able to get one for a while

i mean if you order form tank guys you wont be able to get one till late first week of august

bro ill have to agree with the other members here. i actually wish i just would have got a high end C2D instead of a damn extreme. there is absolutely no reason to have it, and i actually sometimes have performance issues with current games/apps.

i would wait, your rig is fine and save up for when the new stuff comes out.

Based on the lack of dual core support after all this time, I would say by the time you "need" quad core, 8 or 16 core processors will be out. Keep in mind that quads are out, but only a few dozen programs fully utilize even 2 cores, and maybe a handful support 4. Unless you feel like running 3 Photoshops and Supreme Commander at the same time, there's no need for Quad right now.

You'd probably get a better overall usage performance boost from getting a couple Raptors in RAID 0, or some 750 GB Caviars in RAID 0, and those won't become obsolete anywhere near as quickly as a CPU would. Or a sound card... Your money could be much better spent to get a more functional all around PC then a quad core.