# Dual/Quad Core? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 21, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dual-quad-core/188167 "2007-02-21T18:02:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![xlogic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dual-quad-core/188167/11 "2007-02-22T07:31:30Z")
> [@04/22/2007 ECC-N WNY Event 1 Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/04-22-2007-ecc-n-wny-event-1-thread/27647/341): > > Terragen isn’t one I would be conerned with, it isn’t the best quality in the world. > > But anywho, so more then just multitasking would show a benefit then? > I have done some 3D rendering with Cinema 4D but half the time it froze and the other half it took 12 hours to do the whole scene in a good res. > > 3D rendering, gaming, multitasking…so pretty much all around it would benefit huh? > > Just throwing another thing out there, I’ve also heard a couple systems running multiple video cards…I didn’t know if that was for the benefit of the speed/memory of having 2, of for dual monitor support as some video cards don’t do that alone. Thanks for the info though. I’ve had the same crashing problem with a few rendering programs before also…and upon upgrading the processor the problem stopped. But if your going dual core you’ll notice all of your media centric tasks will speed up. 3d rendering programs use A LOT of processing so having that dual core will provide much better throughput and having a half decent graphics cards wouldn’t hurt either that way you can actually view what you render afterwards --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dual-quad-core/188167)._