questions in upgrading my e6300 to Q6600

[bimmerboii]

I have had my e6300 for a while now and I am thinking of upgrading to the Q6600. Just a few questions though..

I have my e6300 clocked at 3.0. What sort of increase/gains can I expect from the Q6600? I mostly play games and burn dvds.

Also I am using a Gigabyte 965P-DS3 motherboard. I read somewhere that it can support Quad-core? Can someone pls confirm this?

Lastly, would I need better cooling? I am using zalman CNPS9500-AT cooler.

Thanks

 

[bimmerboii]

Yeah E6300 for the win!

I had mine nearly twelve months now, cracking CPU!


Whats your graphics card now then?

iv got an x1900xtx.. then i switched to hd2900pro.. but then sold it cos im not happy with it. back to x1900xtx!

 

[bimmerboii]

to the people with the q6600, do you guys think i would be happy if i upgraded to the q6600? i wouldnt want to spend £160 if i would get roughly the same or little increase in performance.

 

[bimmerboii]

why did u go back to your x1900xtx?? surely the 2900 is much faster then a 1900xtx? I have a his 512mb x1900xt card, overclocked it to the xtx version. If I had a 2900, I wouldnt go back to my x1900 card, evern tho its a cracking card.

Im not happy with the performance I was expecting. Did manage to sell it exactly the same amount I bought if for My x1900xtx can still max out some of the games I play, so really there's no difference (except for Crysis of course). Might just wait for the new g92s to come out

 

[bimmerboii]

the 8800gt seems to pop up in every thread i go into lol

 

[bimmerboii]

X1900XT/Core2 Quad vs. 8800GT/Core2 Duo

I would take the latter anyday but having said that I don't currently play any RTS games, it could be the case that if you play these kinda games where you build 1000's of units and stuff like that you may benefit from the xtra cores on a quad? dunno for sure because I dont have a quad or any RTS games to test

bimmerboii what monitor res do you normally game at?

i have a 22" viewsonic vx2235wm. i always have my res on 1680x1050. but to be honest im still happy with the x1900xtx. i play COD4 maxed out at this res with fps averaging around 45