lol i use my system for gamin the most, if i get the quad can i oc to 3-4ghz, will the quad be faster in games at say 3ghz then the dual core at 3ghz or the same?
this is the truth of the matter mate-
Quad core @ 3.0 Ghz and a dual core @ 3.0Ghz will yield SAME in games that only use one or two cores but the Quad will be better in running daily general computing at once.
Quad @ 3.0 and Dual @ 3.4 ofc the dual core will give better results here in gaming due to higher Ghz. If its the Quad that overclocked higher , then it will be better. Just remember that Duals at the momment are much easier to overclock than quads.
I personally have a E6850 clocked to 3.8Ghz and a Q6700 clocked to 3.5Ghz.
The Q6700 gives slightly lower results in gaming but the truth is that once you clock above 3.2Ghz the effects is almost negligable, sometimes not even noticable coz many games are perfectly satisfied with over 3GHz.
However the Q6700beats the E6850 when i am gaming, same time transfering stuff from another external disk to my PC, 3-4 explorer windows open and photoshop open as i quickly put the screenies i take ingame in photoshop . I have not tried it yet but i am sure i can encode too while gaming without feeling the smack. Thats were pure CPU raw power counts.
Also if you do benchmarks, the Quad will basically rule in most if not all of them.
The choice is rally personal.