When Will Q6600 Stop Being Relevant?

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I am in two minds about upgrading from my Q6600 based rig, on the one hand most games I can play fine if I relax the settings but on the other there are one or two games I would like to play but I just can't play properly due to the poor performance.

The games I can't play very well include Arma 3, Planetside 2, Flight Simulator X and some others. Of those its really only Arma 3 that I would be spending a lot of time on if it performed properly. I'm actually surprised how well my PC can handle Battlefield 4, I do have a 6870 graphics card though which I believe is still considered decent. Performance could be better but BF4 isn't something I would spend a lot of time on so I'm not really bothered about this.

Basically I was just wondering, when will I need to upgrade to something better? When will using medium settings suddenly not be good enough to get decent performance?

I don't really know what games I will be playing in the coming years, Star Citizen is something I think I will play and would like to play properly.

Thanks guys, I think with the next gen almost upon us I will need to dig a small hole in the garden and say goodbye to my beloved cpu.
 
AlecR said:
It'll stop being relevant when you think it will. If it works for what you use it for, then it's relevant. If not, then it's not.
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pretty much this, except it is pretty ancient now, An upgrade would never hurt. The CPU would be faster, more efficient and more economical to run. It's just upto you if you think the price of an upgrade is worth it for your needs.
 
I'm still running one in my rig (only clocked to 3.2GHz) - most definitely on its last legs and anticipate a completely new PC within about 4 months but theres still a little life left in her yet :)
 
I upgraded from a 3.2Ghz Q6600 to my current 3570k about 12 months ago. The difference was night and day.

I'd personally say the Q6600 is already on it's last legs unless you are happy to drop to lower settings.
 
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