This game takes after Bad Company that was a console game which was very successful.
To get these results I ran a good 30 minute game online. I wanted to get a long game in to insure a good average fps. I used FRAPS to record my results.
Tests run in 1920x1080 4xAA HBAO OFF VSync OFF
Dual Core
Quad Core
Well thats a 2:1 performance ratio. Something tells me this game supports quad cores."
Read the full test : http://www.overclock.net/pc-games/659536-contagion-review-dual-core-vs-quad.html
When we take a look at this information, it appears that you can get twice the frames per second with a quad core processor compared to a dual core. But remember this is just a beta, and there is no way of telling how the final produkt will run until we have it in our hands.