To upgrade or not to upgrade.

[Damien.]

Simple question, is it worth upgrading to the Q6600 from an E6600.

Im upgrading at the end of the month due to a generous bonus, but wondering if ill notice much difference in performace ?

 

[Kanifee]

i wouldnt think so, that is unless you perform tasks that will utilize the extra 2 cores. bearing in mind you probebrly dont ustilize the 2 you have fully. unless of course you use things like 3dmax and the like.

with penryn so close an upgrade like that is worthless really wait a little and buy a better quad.

 

[Damien.]

The only think thats sparked this is the fact i cant run world it conflict to well on full whack and the crysis beta is a little choppy.

I got a 8800 GTX so it cant be that, and 2gb of ram. So the cpu is the only thing i can think of thats holding my pc back. Or perhaps games are becoming to ahead of time.

 

[melbourne720]

why not, these G0s run fairly cool. In a month I might be doing a e6600 vs a Q6600 review (I'm waiting for crysis single player demo) if you can wait till then.

 

[Damien.]

There it is then. When i get paid im going to get a GO Q6600 and another 2 gb of ram. That should tide me over nicely.

 

[jbloggs]

I have both the E6600 and Q6600 (in 2 different systems)....and when you use software that utilises more than 2 cores (ie. video or audio encoding etc), the Q6600 is in a league of it's own..

The Q6600 is a joy to use

 

[Damien.]

I dont use any of that software, all i do is game. Im just scared i cant run crysis on high at a decent FPS.

 

[melbourne720]

You could wait and see - it is unlikely the Q6600 is going to go up in price in the mean time.

 

[Damien.]

Im thinking of buying another 2gb of ram too. then id be running;

Q6600
4GB Crucial Ballistix @ 800FSB
8800GTX @ 630 / 2000

That should run crysis without a hickup ?

 

[O-Jay]

I'm pretty surprised your having problems with the E6600 as its a decent chip. What operating system are you using, and what resolution are you gaming on?

I was using Vista 64 Home premium with BF2142 and found it unplayable because of lag (not induced by my net connection). Put XP back on and everything was great again.

I do rate both the Q6600 and the E6600 don't get me wrong (hence why i have one), I just wouldn't be able to justify spending money on upgrading.

At the end of the day its your money and decision, but thought i'd voice my opinion

 

[queamin]

Wait until crysis sp demo is out at least

Q

 

[Damien.]

Well i got my Q6600 Today. Got it running at 8 x 400 FSB = 3200. Think i got my vcore abit to high at 1.35 but its running good, temps under load are arround 50 - 55c ? How does that sound ?

 

[xrob]

wait till november tbh

 

[Damien.]

Umm, read my previous post mate

Arrived this morning, already in my pc and running !



Gotta update my siggy now, lol. Got a GTX and the Q6600 now ! Im finding about 15 more FPS with this chip by the way, on XP.

 

[melbourne720]

Well i got my Q6600 Today. Got it running at 8 x 400 FSB = 3200. Think i got my vcore abit to high at 1.35 but its running good, temps under load are arround 50 - 55c ? How does that sound ?

Sounds pretty good. If the temps are only 55 load then you're fine. You could drop the FSB and try it on the 9 multi, push towards 3.5 GHz...

 

[Damien.]

The only reason im on 400 is because i got the ram multiplyer at 2.0x, so my 5300 runs at 800 FSB. Seems nice and stable to me.

 

[VoG]

Im finding about 15 more FPS with this chip by the way, on XP.

in what game?

 

[Delvis]

Crysis BETA....Beeeeeeeeeeta

The 'B' word is there for a reason

I'd wait untill official release, then see if the games stil choppy. Cause quite frankly the money could be put elsewhere more than likely =/

**Edit**

Eh up! Just realised you've already brought the damn thing, ah well

 

[Damien.]

Haha, i dont have anything better to spend the money on, and i get paid on monday.

Yer FPS increase is on the Crysis beta.