Anyone who went Quad wished they had stayed with Duo?

[Tom|Nbk]

As per title really. Do you wish you had stayed with Duo?. Do you regret your purchase because of heat or maybe because you have come to the realisation you actually havn't noticed improvements anywhere bar encoding etc and you don't actually need quad. Perhaps you now wish to go back to your high clocking cool duo's?. Just curious

 

[Tom|Nbk]

I'm sure there will be a good few people around who bought one because the price came down and not because they needed it.

Yea this is who I was aiming the thread at really

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Agreed. I don't see the point in buying an E6850 at all.

For the fact that person may not need quad and these are hitting 4Ghz on air

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Don't see how anyone would regret going quad core for 165 quid.
4ghz 6850 is dull boring and 200 Mhz faster than my 6400 which really is not very exciting at all.

Explain how a quad is more exciting I don't think CPU's are really that exciting at all but whatever turns you on easy.

3.6ghz + quad is the way forward here.

3.6Ghz for most people is unachievable at the moment because of the older hotter steppings still circulating.

even 3.2ghz on air with quad is great news.

True but even then there toasty

would you really notice the difference over 4ghz in games?

would you notice the difference with quad in a most games out today, nope. You would in a multi threaded game but these are far and few between.

Only encoders need apply for these quads until multithreaded games become the norm imho.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Yeah but lurking on these boards and reading the CPU forum here, there is just as much of the OMG QUAD CORE HOW COOL IS THAT MUST BUY ONE going on here as there will be in any chain store re the Q6600.

Spot on. A lot of people just bought them because of the price drops without thinking they ever actually needed one in the first place.

No chip is ever "fast enough" - if you believed that you'd still be on a 1.4GHz TBird...

If 600MHz is "nothing" then why use a 2.4GHz chip over a 1.8GHz chip?

And I assume since "600MHz is nothing" that you are not overclocking the Q6600 at all then...?

You bring up some very valid points.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Is it bad that I found that quite amusing

LOL. , Easyrider stop taking things so serious I think your the one that's being banal here as per usual it's a case of Easy on his high horse

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Hmm and the point with your post was exactly?!? Unless you can see in the future and know exactly what I will be doing I fail to see your point.. so yeah, maybe I wont save any energy by going Duo instead of Quad, but after reading the replays it was clear for me that I do not need a Quad and that a Duo will be just fine for me.. if you find that being a "banal" post that is entirely in your opinion to do so, but I can't see the point with your post at all..

Cheers
Tom

He think's he is God and what Easy says apparantly to him must go. Just nod your head and go along with it.. .. .

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Im glad this thread has made some people see the light . BTW im not some Quad hater I just think people should consider the alternatives and to whether they actually need a Quad

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Yes, no improvement over two cores in gaming.

Nice one braniac incase you didn't notice that is multi threaded for quad core. Unlike most other games out today which are not.