Gamer needs cpu

[bakes0310]

Right i currently have a e6600 and i wanna get a new cpu, i dont care about overclocking as i dont do it and never will. Basically its just so that it improves my games and to make my pc a bit more future proof.

Ive narrowed it down to the:
E6850
Q6600

I wont be upgrading my pc for about 2-3 years so would like for it to still play future games as well as possible.

P.S thats a lie my last upgrade will be a new nvidia graphics card the 9800gtx when its released in november, so keep in mind i want a cpu that wont get too bottle knecked with that beast

 

[bakes0310]

Ok quad core cpu it is then, but next question is it worth shelling out more for the Q6700 rather than the Q6600?

 

[bakes0310]

I would go quad if you keeping it for a few years and do encoding

nope i dont do encoding from my OP it says i only do gaming on my pc so i want really the best performance i can get out of it, without overclocking.
So basically the cpus are out of now:

E6850
Q6600
Q6700

 

[bakes0310]

Well after trying to play oblivion with HDR and AA on and everything on max, it brought my system to a crawl.
So ive gone and done it i bought the E6850 and at a nice price to thanks to this week only deals

 

[bakes0310]

HDR and AA are graphics card loads

O RLY?

See spec ive got a pretty good graphics card and im only playing it at 1280x1024 but at max settings with HDR + AA i still shouldnt be getting this low FPS should i?

 

[bakes0310]

doesnt really make sense to go for an e6850 when you have a perfectly clockable e6600 but meh each to their own i guess.

I dont know how to overclock and i dont think i really want to either im just gonna keep at stock. Out of interest how high could i get it on air with the standard cooler it comes with?

 

[bakes0310]

I just hope ive made the right choice from going from a e6600 to a e6850 and by the sound of you lot i havent