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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
the productivety of my machines have increased hugely since going dual core on both my main machines.Its knocked minuted off dvd ripping and it all adds up.Also as I have posted before my machines are geared towards high productivety when needed with extra hard drives etc so apps can run off seperate hard drives etc. So when I say I would notice the difference im only being honest 
BTW the smallest x2 is the 3600 and its AM2 only iirc |
Which in a way backs up what I'm saying - it's the dual core that makes the difference. That's assuming that what you are using the machine for is enough to get a significant benefit from dual-core to begin with, which depends on what you're doing.
I'm waiting for quad core