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Q6600 @ 3825MHz vs SB 2600k

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what do you do with you rig? rendering,encoding,gaming? tbh if it still runs everything you want fine then i would do as you said and leave it.

thought of getting a ssd? that would certainly speed things up. im pondering this idea atm.
 
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personally i am going to spend my money on upgrades to prolong my rigs life

Watercooling should get my q9550 to 4.0+
GTX 580 SuperClocked

Then in another year hopefully I will replace the mobo, ram and cpu but keep my gfx and watercooling.
 
Puppetmaster said:
I was considering whether upgrading is worth it for me but after seeing the fps gains with 2500k / 2600k in wow its definatly a fairly decent upgrade over a Q9550 :p
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Your 4870 would be a bottleneck in games though not your processor.

You would be far better off upgrading your graphics card for better performance in gaming. Your processor is plenty fast enough.
 
Puppetmaster said:
I was considering whether upgrading is worth it for me but after seeing the fps gains with 2500k / 2600k in wow its definatly a fairly decent upgrade over a Q9550 :p
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In wow? I don't understand how you weren't getting 60+ (v-sync) anyway. Unless you have a 120Hz monitor or better i suppose
 
the1gooner said:
Your 4870 would be a bottleneck in games though not your processor.

You would be far better off upgrading your graphics card for better performance in gaming. Your processor is plenty fast enough.
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check out http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/20

I dunno how my cpu compares to stuff on that list, but wow only uses up to 2 cores but mainly just one. I'd guess its similiar to an i3 when overclocked. Thats a huge increase from just processor. So yes my 4870 is a bottle neck in most games however i wrote

I was considering whether upgrading is worth it for me but after seeing the fps gains with 2500k / 2600k in wow its definatly a fairly decent upgrade over a Q9550
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For what its worth, im upgrading to a 6950/70 anyway, but thats besides the point.

RickST said:
In wow? I don't understand how you weren't getting 60+ (v-sync) anyway. Unless you have a 120Hz monitor or better i suppose
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I dont get anywhere near 60 fps constant in 25man raids with settings at High @ 1920 x 1200 with shadows set to low.
 
I really think your 4870 is the problem. I have a 4870 x2 and even in 25 mans i still get near 60 unless its crazy fight.

I would upgrade that and test before you even think about cpu. unless of course you are loaded in which case new pc would be awesome
 
in the last 30 mins i have changed my mind :)

gonna get myself a 580 tomorrow, and then a full i7 2600k upgrade next month. Damn you intel and your pretty new processor.
 
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my pc was q6600 3.5ghz but after months of thinking I got a i7 950 3.06ghz oc 200x21 4.2ghz max temp 55c and it puts my q6600 in the stone age.
i7 950
MB Asus P6X58D-E
Mem 3x2 corsair XMS3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel
And it will last me a few years, when the price of the 6core i7 comes way down i might get one of them. but the 950 is D0 step so good clockers.
thanks to ocuk all the parts were on offer so saved a few quid.

http://www.extremetech.com/category2/0,2843,2278917,00.asp
 
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I have to say...for people that play WOW, Starcraft 2, or light-threaded games (i.e. random mmorpgs that run in only single/dual thread) a lot, upgrading to 2500K/2600K would be a decent upgrade; and for games optimised for Quad, it will deliver slightly better frame rate than i5/i7 as well.

For most FPS games however, it is generally more dependent on the graphic card than the CPU. A Q6600 at 3.8GHz should not bottleneck graphic card up to around 6970/GTX570 speed at 1920 res; but for people with (or planning on getting) graphic card(s) at 5970 speed or above, they really should consider upgrading the CPU/platform.
 
Dont forget USB3 and Sata 3 pretty much standard on all the new stuff too. Thats whats pushing me to upgrading too... not that hardly any of the games i play will actually really benefit from the upgrade... probably
 
RickST said:
I really think your 4870 is the problem. I have a 4870 x2 and even in 25 mans i still get near 60 unless its crazy fight.

I would upgrade that and test before you even think about cpu. unless of course you are loaded in which case new pc would be awesome
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What processor are you using? do you use many addons? What size screen and what graphic settings. What graphics card as well.
 
I'm happy enough to stick with my Q6600 @ 3.0GHz. Not found anything it struggles with yet, and nothing I play seems to max out any of the cores, so I can't see where a CPU upgrade would have any impact.
I'd heartily recommend dropping the cash on an SSD upgrade first if you're already running a decent Quad.

I'd love to have the cash around to do it, but it's a lot of money (new CPU, RAM, Mobo, Cooler) and I have plenty of other priorities for my computing fund (a couple more 24" screens are next for Eyefinity!)

Will see what happens when Ivy Bridge arrives, but I genuinely think my Q6600 would see me another 2-3 years through to the next major console release phase, when game devs should up the anti on specs.
 
What do you think will be more cost effective - getting SB 2600K in 3 months time, or going for price reduced Quad, with an upgrade in about year's time to SB?
Performance-wise I don't really think I would have much problem with the Quad...
 
Puppetmaster said:
What processor are you using? do you use many addons? What size screen and what graphic settings. What graphics card as well.
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I have a q9550 @ 3.8, 8gb Dominator ram and a 4870x2. in terms of wow i have a full custom ui but i like everything minimal so no char pictures or graphs. run at 1920x1200 with shadows turned off (shadows royally screw ati cards it seems)
 
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