... You've really lost the plot now, mate. Games are notoriously hard (or excessively expensive) to multi-thread. Single-core performance is still preferable over core count, let alone back in 2010.
Since you seem to appreciate Tom's;
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/...ard-core-gamer
Note the thread title. See how he points out he's not a "hard-core" gamer in a thread about multi-threading? That's because he knows games don't thread well and he wants to point out it is not a concern for that system. Topics like that where this is not specified always get the same response I gave you: single-core performance is more relevant to gaming.