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Changing from Q6600-E8600

I'm pretty confident that the difference in games from a 3.8GHz (awesome clock btw) quad to a (let's suppose you get a good one) 4.6GHz dualie wouldn't be much. I've just upgraded from a 3.2GHz E2180 to a 4.2GHz E8500 - that's a noticeable upgrade in games and at the desktop. ;)

I'd be very happy with your processor at the moment, the only reason I didn't go to a quad is heat as I've got a small form factor gaming rig and I couldn't afford a 45nm quad. (I think I'd be happy with a Q6600 at 3.4GHz over my dual core if the quad only kicked out ~80W under full load)

Just my opinion, obviously no one can tell what will perform well in generations of games that aren't being developed yet, but I'll take a leap and say that I think having 2 more CPU cores will be more useful that a few extra MHz in games and apps to come.

I doubt your quad's clock is bottlenecking your GPU in games too, to see a performance boost in games you'd be better off upgrading your GPU.

Again, just my opinion :)

Hope this help,

Banjo
 
I'm very happy with my E8500 @4ghz. I've tested up to 4.2ghz and it was fine apart from the temps so leaving it at 4ghz for now. Don't know what it's limit is (il save that for when/if I get a new HSF and graphics card). But I say keep the quad @ 3.8ghz. I was put off getting one by the fact that a lot of the new ones struggle to get to 3ghz and because they cost 50% more than they did a few months ago. Nah, just keep it :)
 
Will probably keep the q6600 and replace my graphics card as the gts struggles a bit on some modern games, believe nvidia have new cards out soon:)
 
setter said:
Will probably keep the q6600 and replace my graphics card as the gts struggles a bit on some modern games, believe nvidia have new cards out soon:)
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yep i believe im in the same boat there.. GTS is on the limit now of some new games and its only going to get worse lol :(

nvidia 260, 280 or 295 would be the options for me atm im leaning towards the unreleased one :rolleyes:

neil3k said:
Is the Q6600 still a good choice for a cpu ?
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Deffo Q6600 and E8400 are still great cpu's to get if you havent got the money for i7.. plus its still early days with i7.. the Q and E will last you way past the next generation of i7 i reckon :)
 
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