Hi, I am planning to upgrade my CPU but i am facing a dilemma between Intel 3.0 GHz single core vs Intel 3.4ghz Duo core processer. As Duo Core are new I don't know much about it.Which will be better for games ? Please do reply

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html I dont know if this explains it. TMP-Man Asus P5P800-SE PAT P4 506 @ 4009Mhz 1.3625v Thermaltake CLP0024 w/ 1700RPM 92MM + AS5 2GB OCZ 2-3-2-5 DDR400 120GB/300GB 7200RPM HD Leadtek 7600 AGP 590/1600 VF700 ALCU AS5

The dual core 3.4ghz CPU would definitely be a better gaming chip than the single 3.0. It's got a faster clockrate PLUS a second processing core at its disposal for future, multithreaded games. My favourite lil PC: Pentium III-S 1.4GHz @ 1.5GHz X800XT All-in-wonder, overclocked to 580/600. 250GB HD 2 gigs of PC2100 RAM QDI Advance 12 mobo, this baby rocks! SB Audigy 2

Thanks for the reply Jackbomb.Does that mean Dual core is compatible with older games also (say those released before 2006) ?

Yes they're compatible; they'll just use one of the cores. My Super P3: Pentium III-S 1.4GHz @ 1.5GHz, 512K L2 X800XT All-in-wonder, overclocked to 580/600. 250GB HD 2 gigs of PC2100 RAM QDI Advance 12 mobo, this baby rocks! SB Audigy 2

We dont know your motherboard, but it is likely that it will not support a Core 2 Duo processor. A Pentium D may be usable. The more important question will be how much RAM you have and what Video card you have. If those are not good enough, even the fastest processor will not aid you in games. Also, your board will only be able to take in a AGP card and not a PCIe, which will reduce your choices and when you eventually decide to sell it, it is hardly going to fetch you any resale value. So, decide if you want to go in for an entirely new setup (new mobo, CPU, vid card, RAM) or just go in for a video card and RAM upgrade now and hang on to this for may be a year or two (and then buy the 8 series card :D ) Kailas Shastry 3000+ Venice, A8N-E, 768MB DDR266, 160GB Barracuda, 380W Cooler Master

"Yes they're compatible; they'll just use one of the cores." Core 2 Duo always use both their 2 cores at the same time! Asus P5W DHDeluxe RAID 0 Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2GB DDR2 Twin2X 800MHz RAID 0 nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX GigaByte 3D Aurora case