Why Unlock Extra Cores? I have Phenom X2 555

[ahtze]

Does it increase the FPS for games or what?

If i am able to unlock phenom X2 555 to 4 cores, how fast is that? is that a X4 965? What is it equivalent to? Any benchmark? Thanks, I am so confused.

 

[OvrClkr]

The more cores the better specially if you can get them for free.

Here is a comparison :

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/120?vs=102

From multi-threaded apps to games that utilize more than 2 cores you will see a huge improvement when comparing both CPU’s.