which setup would be best for gaming?

[Furos]

hey all a friend of mine has the current setup E8400@ 3.3ghz and a asrockp45de motherboard. he is running a gtx280oc my question is which would be best for gaming or my old Q9450 its stock speed is 2.6 but it will be overclocked to at least 3Ghz. the motherboard is a asus rampage extream formula x48

i dont have any need for my old stuff so if it will improve his performance for games such as battlefield 3, and general gaming performance then happy days.

the major difference i would say it's going from dual core to quad core cpu's, but any input would be great.

thanks

 

[stulid]

This is at stock speeds - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/56?vs=51

Some of the test are "lower is better" so my moneys on the quad core when its upto 3ghz.

 

[Furos]

thanks mate, the E8400 however is clocked at 3.3 rather then then default 3.0ghz. I know the q9450 can do at least 3.ghz as thats what i used to run it at. To be honest ive never ran it any faster then that so i cant really say how fast it will run?

but sure at stock speeds the q9450 beats the e8400 hands down.