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Core 2 Duo E8400 Vs Core 2 Quad Q6600
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Again they test them just running the game and not what I have already posted. Not all of us use our PC's purely for games
I have to reiterate people were not so long ago saying "if your a gamer all you need is single core"!
All we probably do need is a fast single core CPU to play games, Problem is that no one is making them any more. Minimum now is dual.
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he has 3gb which is plenty....although 4gb is a nice even number
I have 4gb (2x GeIL, 2x Ballistix) Just have never got round to updating my sig
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If I had the money I would get an E8500 just for overclocking fun!
Think Ill stick to my 4ghz Q6600 though for a good few months!
Think Ill stick to my 4ghz Q6600 though for a good few months!
If you just want to play games buy yourself a celeron for about £50 and stop groaning about power use. That way you will use a single core cps and less power.
Tut! these people want everything and nothing, so that is what they get. Nothing.
Tut! these people want everything and nothing, so that is what they get. Nothing.
If you say soemthing like that get the **** outa the thread!
I think I'll stick with my e6300 @ 3.2Ghz for the remainder of the year and then think about an upgrade, that will give me a 2 year stay with the e6300 which has and still is a cracker of a processor
Quad will be the next upgrade but still I dont see any need for it at the moment as I do use my PC mostly for gaming and Cad design!
Quad will be the next upgrade but still I dont see any need for it at the moment as I do use my PC mostly for gaming and Cad design!
Value drops so fast on these duo's think i will get the 8400 or 8500 though just waiting to see which is the best option.
But it's getting to the point almost where your paying £80 per 6 months use of cpu going by second hand value.
But it's getting to the point almost where your paying £80 per 6 months use of cpu going by second hand value.
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haha
His Xbox360 will be dead before my PC
rod lol
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Whats rod stewart gotta do with Xbox360?
haha, I was referring to the three red rings of death that xbox360 is prone to.
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Nah I havent, besides its not just to help me, generall discussion of the Vs in here, thought it was best to create a thread specifically for that so there is no ruining the thread of the wolfs
To be fair if you already have a 3.4Ghz Core2Duo you're just looking for reasons to upgrade, you won't gain hardly anything since you game at what, 1680x1050?
General Windows performance probably won't gain a noticeable increase in speed, maybe you should ask yourself if you do enough Photoshop/Video encoding to justify getting another 600 or so Mhz.
I'll be waiting for the new range of Quads myself, there is no reason for me to upgrade, if I was that fussed for an increase in Photoshop/Video editing I'd go Q6600, as for gaming whether I'm at 3Ghz or 4.4Ghz I'm not gaining any FPS at 1920x1080.
Of course it will, games are going to be GPU limited for some time yet.
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