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Adinnieken on 26 January 2013
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Soleron said:
Adinnieken said:
Soleron said:

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Is there an 8 core CPU in PC gaming?  No.

The majority of PC gaming computers are dual core with a few being quad core.  Having variable AI isn't as easy as having variable graphical detail.

As more and more people purchase quad core CPUs and as 6 and 8 core CPUs become the norm than you'll see PC gaming offer AI levels that differ from the console.  Until then, developers will develop for the lowest common denominator, which is a dual core processor. 

1.6GHz AMD 8-core is the rumour? That's weaker than a 3.3GHz dual-core CPU one might buy for a gaming PC.

You're mistaken if you expect PS4 or 720 to be stronger than an average recent budget-gaming PC.

Mathematically and technically you're wrong.  One, you don't know the throughput and bandwidth of the processors.  But all things being equal, a 1.6GHz octi-core CPU has more processing power than a dual-core 3.3GHz CPU.   if each of the 8 cores did 1.6 GFlops (I know CPU speed and CPU frequency have nothing to do with each other) that would be 12.8GFlops of processing power compared to just 6.6 GFlops.  Likewise, if that 8 - core CPU has 4 hardware threads as opposed to two, you now have essentially the capability of a 32 core CPU compared to a quad core CPU giving programmers the ability to have 32 simultaneous instructions running instead of just four.

You are mistaken if you think frequency is the indicator of CPU speed.  There are several factors that can and will contribute to the performance of a CPU, especially if it's an SOC.