Dual core center vs. nTune vs. something else

I have a P6N 650i SLI board and it seems to me from reading various posts that Dual Core Center and nTune do much of the same thing.  True?  So, it seems kind of pointless to install both.  However, I'm not sure which is the better choice or even if either one is very good.  Any thoughts?  Should I use either one or do you have any suggestions for other programs I should use instead?  Thanks.

Whats wrong with installing both and trying them out? Currently the the P6N does not fully support ntune so your options are pretty limited to changing ram timings, and fsb.(though I prefer Bios) The voltage, fan speed, all the good stuff is greyed out. The Dualcorecenter is unstable and hard locks my computer sometimes for no real reason. It has a couple of settings you could play around with.. but I don't know why anyone would as all of the settings could be modified under the bios. Next time you should just try both out because besides being able to o/c the gfx card, bios trumps both of those wares.

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