CPU comparison chart needed.

[Kimmy]

CPU comparison chart needed.

Can any one direct me to a comparison chart where you can compare 2 CPUs side by side. I’ve done a Google search but found nothing.

Cheers

 

[Kimmy]

I’m trying to compare the CPU I have now and the CPU I’m going to buy. I’m trying to justify spending money on a new CPU.

If there’s not much difference between them, I won’t bother spending the money.

I think everyone who has/is going to upgrade their CPU, needs to compare what they have with what they’re going to have.

Thanks for the link. It was very helpful.

Cheers.

 

[Kimmy]

I’m actually trying to justify buying a i7 950 (now that they have dropped in price) to replace my aging E6700.

There are so many benchmarking programs available, it’s difficult to know where to start. Obviously, the i7 is faster than the E6700, I just wanted to see it on paper.

Money wise, I paid £233 for the E6700 almost four years ago. The i7 is now roughly the same price.

I think it would be a good upgrade. What do you guys think?

 

[Kimmy]

I gone ahead and bought the i7 950 (hope to have it Wednesday). At that price it would be mad to go for the i7 930. The comparison charts all put the i7 950 at about 4x the speed of my old e6700 (as mentioned by ishoeyi). I’ve also noticed that the difference between the two CPUs when benchmarked in games, isn’t so different. No where near four times the speed. I wonder why?

Thanks for all the input.

Cheers

 

[Kimmy]

One game in particular, ‘X3 - Terran Conflict’ (my favourite game) runs faster/better with a faster CPU. When I upgraded my GPU, it made hardly any difference at all. I was told that X3 is more dependent on CPU and not so much GPU.

That’s what I was told anyway. Is this correct?