Core 2 Duo and Quad processors

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[gilly]

Has anyone seen a real advantage with the multi-core processors? I know some 3D animation programs use the extra cores, but it seems like most applications do not.

[Xtreview]

Hi there;
There are some advantage from multi-core processors , with time application became multithreaded and benefit from both core, as daily use application i note for example winrar , 7zip , photo-shop etc... witch show nice boost using dual core or multicore processor,
For the moment most multi threaded application are optimized for dual core , there is not much performance boost from quad core for example in home application, (But in server this is another story).
Game recently started to show improvement with dual core processor, for example quake 4 , and the soon released unreal tournament 2007 witch will bring the new 3d engine level
Hope this help.
In a word two is better than one , four is better than two and so on

[Taggart]

Then I suppose that the multi-core processors would be better for audio programs like Cubase, that play multi-tracks of audio and several instances of virtual instruments?

[Xtreview]

Here is our yesterday review : intel core 2 extreme QX6850 and core 2 duo e6850 review .U will get a pretty good and clear idea about multi core CPU performance.
For video ,audio encoding ,photoshop ,rendering ... or multithreaded software such as winrar,7zip etc.... four core is king and u will save a lot of time using them ,but for gaming there is no much difference.
Intel Q6600 after 22 July will cost about $266 witch is pretty good price for quad core processor .
Let us note that Q6600 is made from 2 x (core 2 duo E6600 (2.4 GHz) and 4 MB cache) , in addition the New Intel G0 stepping will give a huge overclocking boost , SO u can get from it 3.6GHZ and even more (But here don't forget about cooling).