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@ Heliocon

Whatever dude, while I would never claim to be a pro on Hyperthreading I did read into it quite a lot when I was deciding what processor to get next. Literally every forum I read stated the 2500k to be a much better choice bang for buck wise when it comes to gaming, period.

Seems like you just want to justify your e-peen i7-980x investment though (and yes that is an insult since you dont seem to pull any punches either)

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/...ng-programming

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/s...d.php?t=665465

And about Bad Company 2:

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/30/413400.page

Some guy did a test on BFBC2 with HT on and off (see page 3), put it short, except for generating a shitload more heat it doesn´t do much for fps.

Now it is all fine and well if you want to run an i7 with HT (great if you do loads of video editing and stuff) but do not advice people that it is the better option for a game like CoD because that is just total (potentially costly) bs to justify your own investment.

If you want to spend $1000 on a processor alone which isn´t even properly utilized then be my guest but I´d rather spend $250 if the performance gain isn´t totally worth it.