# Dual/Quad Core?

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dual-quad-core/188167/15 "2007-02-22T09:03:10Z")

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> [@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):
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> Terragen isn’t one I would be conerned with, it isn’t the best quality in the world.
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> 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.
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> 3D rendering, gaming, multitasking…so pretty much all around it would benefit huh?
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> 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.

Are you talking aout SLI video cards? My brother got an sli setup with 2 7600gt video cards. He could run FEAR at 1024/768 at the minimum quality settings and now that he has sli, he can run it with everything turned up to full and it doesn’t lag at all. I wish I would have got an sli ready mobo.

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