multiboxing-2500vs2600

[sighmk]

is there a substantial performance increase between these 2 processors when running 4 instances of a game?

plan on doing it through vmware...have enough ram, have an ssd, but still wondering if a 2500 will be enough or not
thanks

 

[Ultima99]

You are basically asking if Hyperthreading will make a difference.

I'd say it depends on the game and its own CPU usage.

 

[Zink]

2500k will be enough but if you have CPU intensive games that use more than one core then hyper threading will help if you give each VM more than 1 thread.

 

[spravtek]

But don't use the 2500K if you plan on using VT-d features in VMware, as that is not supported with this CPU.

 

[mike_6289]

But don't use the 2500K if you plan on using VT-d features in VMware, as that is not supported with this CPU.

or the 2600k