These days, microprocessor giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) forces gamers and other personal computer enthusiasts to make a tough choice when picking out desktop processors. Intel offers PC gamers chips with four incredibly fast processor cores (“mainstream desktop”), and it also offers them chips with between six and 10 processor cores (“high-end desktop”), but each of these cores is much slower than the four-core chips.
The six- to 10-core chips also cost much more than the four-core chips do, as well.