Will I see a substantial improvemnt in games going from a Qx9650 to an IB CPU?

opethdisciple · 18 Apr 2012 at 17:40

As question states, will I see an improvemnt in games upgrading to an IB cpu?

I will probably keep the 5870 for the time being but just wondered if I will see any improvments?

Spenty · 18 Apr 2012 at 17:45

Minimum fps will raise 2-3 fold. Your maximum fps may increase slightly. All in all it will feel smoother and it's up to you to fathom whether the cost for the performance increase is worth it to you. We can't tell you if it's worth it as it ain't our money.

martynpd · 18 Apr 2012 at 17:50

Cpus are still very under used Nobody with the first gen i7s or i5s would go for SB OR IB your cpu is a 12mb cache monster Id run it a bit longer tbh your graphics card could use an upgrade but again, doesnt really need it. 3.7ghz is a good speed.

wazza300 · 18 Apr 2012 at 17:53

the only thing youll gain is true sata3 and lucid virtue imo

Lunawolfy · 18 Apr 2012 at 18:12

Do you running cutting edge graphics or a multi GPU setup?

No? Then something 775 >=~3.2GHz will suffice.

WingZero30 · 18 Apr 2012 at 18:21

Since you already have a top 775 cpu at good clock speed, I would suggest to wait until Haswell.

Well this is what I am planning to do anyway as I am on [email protected]

Lunawolfy · 18 Apr 2012 at 18:23

Biggest modernisation ATM is the SSD, even on a SATA II interface the consistently saturated speeds are to die for!

opethdisciple · 18 Apr 2012 at 21:54

Spenty said:
Minimum fps will raise 2-3 fold. Your maximum fps may increase slightly. All in all it will feel smoother and it's up to you to fathom whether the cost for the performance increase is worth it to you. We can't tell you if it's worth it as it ain't our money.

Minimum fps will rise 203 fold? That would be fantastic and well worth it no?

Spenty · 18 Apr 2012 at 21:57

opethdisciple said:
Minimum fps will rise 203 fold? That would be fantastic and well worth it no?

WTF? I said 2 to 3 fold. It was shown the other day on this forum some guy updated from a highly overclocked Phenom 2 to a 2500k and his minimum fps tripled in unigine heaven.

the_director · 18 Apr 2012 at 21:59

I'm moving from a Q6600 @ 3.5 to Ivy / Sandy mainly because New motherboards are good value and represent a big jump in features and I can 16gb of quality ram for about the same as 8gb DDR2.

Your chip on eBay would pay for a 2500k with change probably.

Vespasian777 · 18 Apr 2012 at 22:09

the_director said:
I'm moving from a Q6600 @ 3.5 to Ivy / Sandy mainly because New motherboards are good value and represent a big jump in features and I can 16gb of quality ram for about the same as 8gb DDR2.

Your chip on eBay would pay for a 2500k with change probably.

Yeah. This is the point. Do it now while it's economic. I had a q9650 before my i5. Nice boost.

the_director · 18 Apr 2012 at 22:28

I was going to upgrade to a Q9*** but they are still commanding a lot, even very second hand. Cheaper to get a new retail Sandy!

Spenty · 18 Apr 2012 at 22:30

the_director said:
I was going to upgrade to a Q9*** but they are still commanding a lot, even very second hand. Cheaper to get a new retail Sandy!

Not when you include a new motherboard and RAM with that.

the_director · 18 Apr 2012 at 22:46

Well, Q9650 still commanding around £180. I sold 4gb of my OCZ ram for £78 a while back, just bought 16gb of Samsung Green for £83.99, by the time I sell my old board and CPU I haven't spent much, not when you factor in how much a simple CPU upgrade to a Q9*** chip would have been.

opethdisciple · 18 Apr 2012 at 23:30

the_director said:
Well, Q9650 still commanding around £180. I sold 4gb of my OCZ ram for £78 a while back, just bought 16gb of Samsung Green for £83.99, by the time I sell my old board and CPU I haven't spent much, not when you factor in how much a simple CPU upgrade to a Q9*** chip would have been.

Why would any one pay that amount of money for a Q9650 when thy can get far better cpu with less cash?

That doesn't make sense to me.

Anyways Im not necessarily looking to sell this cpu, it will get moved on to my sister who is still running a SINGLE core P4 at 2.6Ghz!

Also I think you guys are slightly over estimating how good the Qx9650 really is, it is starting to struggle in certain games I have found, or am I over estimating how good SB or IB is as a comparison?

Honestly, I would only pay maximum £100 for a second hand Qx9650, then again, I would rather pay extra and get a 2500k. In other words to buy a Qx9650 would have to be at bargain price, around £80 maybe...

the_director · 18 Apr 2012 at 23:33

A Q6600 goes for around £50-60 but the jump to the better Q9***s is mad. I've tracked loads on the bay and you can pick up a much newer, faster and better 2500k for a lot less. Doesn't really make sense.

bru · 18 Apr 2012 at 23:34

Spenty said:
WTF? I said 2 to 3 fold. It was shown the other day on this forum some guy updated from a highly overclocked Phenom 2 to a 2500k and his minimum fps tripled in unigine heaven.

I'm sure it will benefit most benchmarks, but how much difference will it actually make to games?

bru · 18 Apr 2012 at 23:37

opethdisciple said:
Why would any one pay that amount of money for a Q9650 when thy can get far better cpu with less cash?

That doesn't make sense to me.

Because of course to upgrade to the better CPU they would have to change their motherboard as well and of course it would cost even more if they were still using DDR2.

opethdisciple · 18 Apr 2012 at 23:38

bru said:
I'm sure it will benefit most benchmarks, but how much difference will it actually make to games?

I know of the top of my head, the witcher 2, skyrim, sc2, would benefit from a faster cpu... those are just of the top of my head...

Also for games that do physics on the cpu, during big explosions etc the SB's and IB's will be able to cope whilst the C2Q's would probably see some slow down.

I remember seeing this during BFBC2, with lots of smoke and action happening all at the same time.

opethdisciple · 18 Apr 2012 at 23:38

bru said:
Because of course to upgrade to the better CPU they would have to change their motherboard as well and of course it would cost even more if they were still using DDR2.

True, but personally I would solder own and save more cash, I wouldn't invest in a C2Q.