how many cores does clod use
 

wanting to upgrade so bad, I don't want to buy something then regret it, right now I'm trying to decide on the i5 2500k or the amd 6 core. If Clod is going to use 6 cores should I go with the amd? I don't have an unlimited budget. I was actually thinking of spending 300 on a 5850 gpu and corsair tx 750 psu for now till prices on everything else drops and some definite answers as to what hardware works best. Would like to hear from as many people as possible, this will be my first build and I really need some advice

for gaming the I5 2500k beats the amd pretty handily. plus you can easily and i mean easily, over clock it.
i have a I5 2500k and its playing COD just fine. ive run mine at 4.5 ghz with the stock cooler. however, i do have huge fans in my case.


as far as core usage goes, i let the experts handle that one. but as i see it, we're lucky if COD starts using 4 cores to their fullest, much less 6.

Don't upgrade anything until this game is finished, at the moment it's like throwing money down a black hole. It's still very unoptimized but it's of course just my opinion;).

+1.

Wait a bit and see if they sort out the resource management, right now the engine can't fully utilize most systems.

CLod uses 1 core fully and about half of my quad core 2.63

I have an I5 2500k and it flies even though at the moment CloD only uses a single core. I have tired messing with the affinity mask to either try and force multicore or have it run on one of the other, however nothing appears to work.

I'm leaning toward the i5 2500k, I just thought I saw somewhere that clod was using more than 4 cores, rise of flight uses 3 cores I believe.

I just need to be patient I guess, my gt240 just aint cutting it, that's why I want to upgrade so bad:(

IIRC there is no game that uses more than four cores yet. Probably won't be for a while either because quad core optimization is kinda still in its cradle.

+1 on the i5 2500k

Also if you get a LGA 1155 motherboard (Socket H2) i.e. Sandy bridge to host your i5 2500k you will be able to swap for an Ivy bridge CPU when they are released in 2012.

Seems peeps with a i5 2500k and up and a good g-card run this game with full settings and good fps all the way which means that you'll be on the safe side...unless 1C un-optimize the game. :-D

I've also earmarked the 2500k is the processor to upgrade to, but not right away. Maybe in three or four months.