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The Intel Core i7 Processor is a top of the line quad-core processor. The games you're referring to are probably referring to dual-core processors. A 1.73 ghz i7 is significantly faster than a 2.4 ghz i3. Don't worry, you're good to go.
We loved the Intel Core i7, it's dead fast and we gushed and fawned and scored it 4 1/2 out of 5. It was the first chip to be based on Intel's Nehalem (say knee-hay-lem) microarchitecture, and uses the Bloomfield core.