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Lets say im playing a game that can use the 2 cores from a c2 duo, and i have a quad core. While im gaming, what would the other 2 cores do? I would of imagined that background services/processes would use the cores with less load, but somehow i cant imagine that being so. Also how would vista use a quad core cpu while im messing around on the desktop.

I ask coz im considering getting a quad core so im maxing my socket 775 board out before having to migrate to i7. I dont do any 3ds max or anything so im trying to figure out if there would be any actual advantages in my situation.

I considered going for a higher clocked dual core, but an extra 600mhz isnt worth a new processor purchase. Also figured that gta4 might be able to run as well.