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Born_2_Kill_83

Born_2_Kill_83

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You may think this is in the wrong section but its mainly to do with gaming.
I have a E6600 @ 3.6 at the moment, and while this is nice and quick Ive noticed most/all the lastest games have multithreading.

When Playing the UT3 beta demo earlyer today, although my FPS where @ 62, both my cores where at 95/99% usage.

Crysis is going to be another game which will support this and I want my computer to be able to own it.

So could this be the right time to upgrade to perhaps a Q6600 and clock to 3.2? ......or would my [email protected] still be a better performer in games?

To put it all basicly I want to future proof ;)

Other Specs:
Asus 8800GTX@660/2000
4GB OCZ@800 4-4-4-12
Asus P5B Deluxe
 
Just about to build a pc for a friend, and it's either gonna be a Q6600 G0 quad, or a e4400 and overclock it.

Will prob go quad to be honest as he will want it for a few years.

Matthew
 
You Dual Core will do just fine for now. I was considering doubling up as you are, and im glad I chose against it... Wait until next year :)
 
Marky said:
The quad has been out for quite a while now... Heres hoping that a x8 core processor arrives so that I can rub this bad decision in your faces ^^
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look up skulltrail

Intel has been demoing this dual socket solution. Its basically 2 x penryn quadcores on the same motherboard. insane !
 
Personally I wouldn't bother upgrading from a 3.6ghz C2D for gaming. Very little gain for your money most of the time.
 
I'd just get a cheaper dual core for now, I myself will upgrade to Quad mid next year when more games utilize it and when games actually start to require it to run noticeably better.
 
Jihad said:
I'd just get a cheaper dual core for now, I myself will upgrade to Quad mid next year when more games utilize it and when games actually start to require it to run noticeably better.
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/hi 5 :)
Love your dual core - every one! :)
 
Marky said:
/hi 5 :)
Love your dual core - every one! :)
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:)

BTW Ashley, Cevat Yerli said if you had to pick between upgrading your CPU and GPU he said go for the GPU, providing you have a CPU from the last 12 months, so hopefully that helps answer your doubts about your dual core and Crysis.
 
Yeah to be frank in most games it will only be worth getting a Quad over a Dual if you use a very low resolution (in which case you should be upgrading your monitor first anyway), or you already have high-end graphics hardware (8800ultra or better). Obviously there are a few exceptions like SupCom but as far as FPS are concerned, you need a top GPU.
 
Ive been thinking about this more and more - and Im thinking that if you want to upgrade, go for a dual. However, if your going to build a new rig, you may as well jump for the quad. But there isn't any point in upgrading just yet.
 
Even dual core isnt needed nowadays never mind quad core, not many things take advantage of multiple cores yet.
 
Games requirements tend to be one step behind hardware. Games have finally started to require dual core at the same time quad core surfaced. When 8 core cpus start to appear, games needing quad core will start to surface.

At least that's the way i've always viewed PC hardware.

Go dual!
 
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