Originally Posted by bronco67

I have a dual core and 2 quadcore systems. I do a lot of 3d animation, so it's great for rendering. If you do video editing, most high-end software will take advantage of all cpu's when rendering.

You won't notice huge differences in speed when doing general workflow, but when it comes time to encode, render, etc....it kicks ass.

I'm getting an octocore as soon as they come out. I can never have enough speed. Time is money.