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HatMan

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Common question but more knowledge collectively here.

If you want to game and do the odd photo work would I be better off keeping my GA-P35-DQ6 and buying a E8600 E0 or a 9550 E0?

I also want to get a 4870x2 will this be held back by my mobo?

Many Thanks
 
What graphic card have you got at the moment?

Also if you have the cpu in your sig, I would stick with that until the new intel chips arrive, unless you want to cut down on power usage or maybe overclock a bit further.
 
My current GFX is an 8800GTS 320Mb. I am lucky enough to own a Q6600 that won't clock pass 2.41GHz. It sucks in a big way. I have had a lot of help and suggestions from this forum but I cannot OC my CPU so it ripe for the bin.
 
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My current GFX is an 8800GTS 320Mb. I am lucky enough to own a Q6600 that won't clock pass 2.41GHz. It sucks in a big way. I have had a lot of help and suggestion from this forum but I cannot OC my CPU so it ripe for the bin.
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Don't bin it :eek: , I'll give it a good home!
 
The only reason i can see to get another quad is FSX. It uses all 4 cores when running. Do you think a pair of cores at say 4GHz will suffice without compromise?
 
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The only reason i can see to get another quad is FSX. It uses all 4 cores when running. Do you think a pair of cores at say 4GHz will suffice without compromise?
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FSX does not use all 4 cores.

It is now optimized to run on Dual Cores and even then it will use 1 core and around 40% of the other depending on the textures.

Having a Quad is a good idea only becasue there are a further 2 cores for the background tasks of the OS to run whilst playing FSX. It's pure Ghz when it comes to playing FSX.

I clock my E6320 to 3.4Ghz with 1.5v when playing it and still get bad fps on some areas. A good 4Ghz+ chip will do the game a treat.
 
i got a 8500 at 4ghz and it really is pretty fast. was offered quads for trades but just dont need it as it handles anything i do with ease.
 
Good to see there are some comedians on the forum. I have had others look at OCing in person and it cannot be done stable for more than 20mins period. FSX does indeed you ALL my cores when I play in with most things on high. Usually o and 1 are 95% constant and 2 and 3 are 50 - 60%. I haven't installed it since my last maintanence rebuild so I cannot comment of dual core compatibility.
 
Not all CPU's clock the same I have a B3 which doesn't help. I have changed the RAM, the bios, the chipset drivers etc etc. research tells me that some chips will OC some won't. Simple. I have had a 2180 in my mobo and it went to 3GHz no worries, so my chip is rubbish.
 
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