It depends on the application. We probably won't see much until Vista is out and working in full force and DirectX 10 is out with video cards and games to match it. The next versions of Photoshop and other resource intensive programs will also probably be more geared to a multiple processor setup, therefore giving the Core 2 Quad's nice advantages. However, I think when they immediatly come out, they won't be worth it as a) you have to have a lot more RAM to run them optimally and b) their price point will negate any performance gain.
We'll have to wait and see though  .
Alex |