Does a dual processor speed up this game?

[The Rusty Gamer]

Is there any advantage in having a dual processor to speed up this game? I suspect the game code won't specifically take advantage of a dual processor (though I could be wrong about that) but nevertheless, is there anyone out there who has seen or knows of a difference in performance between a single processor and a dual processor, assuming the speed of each processor is about the same?

For instance, currently I have a P4 3.2 GHz machine with an HD 4770 card.

If I upgraded to an I3, which is a dual 3.0 Ghz, would it be faster or slightly slower, or a barely noticeable difference?

 

[Rusty Edge]

Civ IV uses one core. A second might help, depending how many other programs are running in the backround.

Civ V can use as many as six, or only one.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Using more cores allows Windows to devote one core to Civ, and the others to other tasks. That's the simplistic explanation. It's a little more complicated than that, but for all intents and purposes...

 

[The Rusty Gamer]

Gonna need an upgrade for Civ 5 I suspect, in any case.

Do they have the specs for that yet?

 

[Rusty Edge]

Gonna need an upgrade for Civ 5 I suspect, in any case.

Do they have the specs for that yet?

No. I did read it was designed to use as many as six cores in an article somewhere.

Here's what the 2K rep had to say recently.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=9189668&highlight=specs#post9189668

Here's the thread speculating about specifications. Some posts are in jest.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=357253&highlight=specs

 

[Willem]

No. I did read it was designed to use as many as six cores in an article somewhere.

Here's what the 2K rep had to say recently.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=9189668&highlight=specs#post9189668

I don't see any mention of 6 cores by 2K Elizabeth anywhere in that thread so I'm not sure where you're getting that info from. From what I've read, Civ 5 will make use of up to 8 threads, and there's 2 threads to a core. So that would mean a max of 4 cores, not 6.