Which CPU Quad or Duo for gaming rig.

[robbi187]

Don't bother buying the "guaranteed to run @" chips.

Get the OEM quad chip with a nice aftermarket heatsink if you can afford it....otherwise the E6750 will do just fine as well. There are onyl a few games that fully utilize 4 cores, but they are coming so the quad will last you a bit longer.

In either case both will do over 3ghz at least. (my e6750 does 3.6ghz on only 1.32v)

Really, mine is struggling to get over 3.4?? Secret??

 

[tetsuo]

There is no game really needs a Quad today so gets your facts right.

doesnt FSX yeild nearly double the FPS going from a dual to a quad?

 

[The Asgard]

but who honestly is going to notice 1 frame?

Exactly. Buy the quad

 

[J.D]

I would go for a Q9450 if you have the money or a Q6600 if your strapped. You will be able to keep the quad for much longer and the resale should be better if you decide to sell. Not much in it at the moment performace wise but this should change in the future.

Benching Crysis with a E6600 and Q6600 at 3Ghz I seem to remember there was 1 FPS difference on my 512 GTS and that went to the E6600.

Crysis, fair enough. If you tried UT3 however you'd have seen a boost.

Also, is the reason you got only 1FPS difference due to the fact that you were running a high resolution?. I'm asking as when you provide benchmarks results for games that they are on 1920x1200.

 

[KDU]

I recently went from dual to quad, and despite what's often said, I noticed a performance gain with the quad. I don't play Crysis though.

 

[Chalex4]

Good decision stevogums, my quad has not let me down yet. With a good cooling solution and some overclocking you will be very happy (like me) .