Help me decide between quad and dual-core..

[tsj]

Ok I want to get either a E6850 or a Q6600... My current spec is in my sig... I'm using a Ultra 120 Extreme to cool my chip...

It will mainly be used to do encode video into mpeg2 and also gaming...

So what do you guys think?

 

[Craig321]

Quad if it's mainly for encoding

Craig.

 

[tsj]

Quad if it's mainly for encoding

Craig.

Well it's not mainly for encoding... maybe once or twice a week (The stuff I encode only takes 20mins using my E6600... so would the quad do this in 10minutes?)

 

[Craig321]

Well it's not mainly for encoding... maybe once or twice a week (The stuff I encode only takes 20mins using my E6600... so would the quad do this in 10minutes?)

I guess it'd do it in around 10 mins, yep.

Q6600 only come in at around £170 recently (since yesterday I think) so no real harm in going for one

 

[helmutcheese]

If the app actually could use the 4 cores, if not raw MHZ will shorten the time, hell I dont know if your current app uses even 2 cores lol.

 

[tsj]

If the app actually could use the 4 cores, if not raw MHZ will shorten the time, hell I dont know if your current app uses even 2 cores lol.

LOL I suppose your right... quad core seems to be the best choice... I'll have a think... I may even hold out for a few more weeks before making a purchase

 

[helmutcheese]

I want to see if these GO's are gooses or not, they may not OC well, need see after some buy them, and then no 2 CPU's are the same.