Who's ditching Q6600 FOR q9450?

[easyrider]

I am and looking forward to a faster PC

 

[easyrider]

i'm already getting 9450 performance at low volts with a q6600, i'll keep my 100 quid for the upgrade this time.

i would revisit the situation if there were boards that could take advantage of a 9450 however.

Boards?

 

[easyrider]

500+fsb on a quad guaranteed boards.

450 will do me 3.6ghz Q9450.

X38 maximus on retail chips I wait.

Either way 450 is a gimme and my upgrade from Q6600(slight) will be fun



BTW marscay lets hug

 

[easyrider]

lol

class A chemicals tonight easy?

Ouch!

You love me really

 

[easyrider]

i'd want 4ghz+ to even consider the hassle of selling my chip and then ponying up another 100 but i can see the attraction for some.

Then do it.

Thats what i will do...


Join me in Q9450 4ghz ..............

 

[easyrider]

Im looking forward to a surge in cheap Q6600s

It will be interesting to see who actually jumps ship.

 

[easyrider]

My Q6600 seems to top out at 3.5GHz so I'm quite happy with that. I'll wait and see what people are getting with the Q9450s as I'm paying no attention to what the ES chips can do. If people hit 3.6GHz and over with ease then I'll make the jump.

Otherwise, if people are struggling to hit 3.6GHz then it's really not worth the hassle of me forking out for a new chip and selling my old one on. Also given that my luck is poor and I seem to get the fairly rubbish overclocking chips I'm not in any major rush.

So in short, I might but I'll wait to see how the retails do. It's just not worth the effort right now.

I'm hoping to go straight in at 450FSB.

 

[easyrider]

How? I cant see the Q9450 doing more than 3.6GHZ even with a X48 & high spec ram which isnt going to be any faster than a 4GHZ Q6600

Unless i see many of these hit 4GHZ without diein (like the duals on XS) then it will be Q6600 for me until the new sockets come along

4ghz for Q6600 24/7 was rare.

SS4 instructions and the extra cache all make it worthwhile imo.

 

[easyrider]

Curious what kinds of apps take advantage of these SSE4 instructions? games?

No,

Multimedia apps like ADOBE production studio.

 

[easyrider]

i dont think there is point buy one for about 10% increase in performance i think waiting for nahelm would be wiser but if you have money to burn for 10% performance.

Thats like saying is as ultra worth it over a GTX?

I sold my Q6600 for 145 and spending £60 for fun is worth it to clock a new

chip have more cache and extra instruction sets.

 

[easyrider]

I will defo give the Q9450 a go but wont sell my q6600 not until the new quad proves itself, be nice with one of those x48 chipset mobos when they turn up

Be prepared for loss on your Q6600

 

[easyrider]

Are there any q9450 reviews out yet?

Its faster than Q6600 but doesn't clock the same due to current mobos and

the lower multi.

 

[easyrider]

What multi does this chip have?

8x

I'll be happy with 8x 450 for 3.6ghz after all its only going to cost me 60 after having sold my Q6600 for 145

 

[easyrider]

Don't you mean it's going to cost you £113.49?

No.

I have pre ordered one but cannot talk about pricing due to the rules.

 

[easyrider]

Why do folks feel the need to justify there purchases ?
If you want one buy one, it's no ones business but your own.

Easy why do you start these pointless threads ?

Its a Hardware enthusiast forum.Where poeple like to discusss their upgrade

paths,the merits (if any) of upgrading and overclocking.

 

[easyrider]

Sorry to be a bit of a noob here but to save me reading the whole thread could someone answer this for me please...

Is it worth getting a Q9450 over a Q6600 if you are not planning on overclocking it???

Clock for clock the Q9450 is faster by around 400 mhz and has more cache.

 

[easyrider]

It's not the current motherboards limitations, it's an FSB wall on the ES chips. Retail chips *might* not be so limited.

Well if that true I am even more excited jumping ship.

 

[easyrider]

Thanks, I will take that as a "Yes it is worth it".

Depend on how you use your PC.

I do loads of video editing using Adobe suites that support SS4 instructions

so the gains are worth it for me.

Its a cooler running chip and uses less power and has more cache so for the

65 its going to cost me to upgrade after the sale of my Q6600 its worth it.

 

[easyrider]

Good point, is that 400mhz per core though or 100mhz per core making a total of 400mhz???

Clock for clock so a 4ghz Q6600 is like a 3.6ghz Q9450 depending on

software environment.

 

[easyrider]

day to day i doubt an average user currently over 3ghz on a Q6600 would notice the difference apart from benchmarks.

heavy encoders and the like would probably get great benefit out of one, for almost everyone else it's just something to buy/play with.

That can be said about a 4.2ghx 8400 and a 3.8ghz E6600 too.

At these kinds of speeds, in truth not huge gains are found.

So I agree.For me even if I only get 3.6ghz out of Q9450 I still see it as an

upgrade over my 24/7 3.8ghz Q6600.

But I also get a new chip to play with

That and resale value