worth getting this.....

bakes0310 · 13 May 2007 at 13:36

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 would i see a great improvement with my games than the cpu i got now.

stickroad · 13 May 2007 at 13:37

Whats your specs?

bakes0310 · 13 May 2007 at 13:42

stickroad said:
Whats your specs?

6600
abit aw9d max
2gb ddr 5300 ram
x1900xtx
xp home

jaykay · 13 May 2007 at 13:48

What type of games do you play?

bakes0310 · 13 May 2007 at 13:50

jaykay said:
What type of games do you play?

FPS
RTS

Bounc3 · 13 May 2007 at 13:51

Dont think many games are optimized for quad, even dual core.
Try going for an 8800GTS instead i think, the improvement might be more noticeable?

jaykay · 13 May 2007 at 13:55

For rts then yes it would be an improvement.
For fps no.
What res do you play at?

MofoKilla · 13 May 2007 at 14:10

Id personally put the money into a gfx card gts/gtx maybe ?

PhillyDee · 13 May 2007 at 14:24

Yeah, you will see a far better gain with an 8800 as opposed to a quad core. Buy a better HSF (assuming you are using the retial one) and overclock your system.

Raikiri · 13 May 2007 at 14:56

PhillyDee said:
Yeah, you will see a far better gain with an 8800 as opposed to a quad core.

Based on his sig that isn't going to happen

jaykay · 13 May 2007 at 15:07

From his card to a gts not worth the upgrade.
To a gtx then yes.

easyrider · 13 May 2007 at 15:32

jaykay said:
From his card to a gts not worth the upgrade.
To a gtx then yes.

Eh?

The 8800 GTS destroys his card and would be a worthy upgrade.

bakes0310 · 13 May 2007 at 16:11

easyrider said:
Eh?

The 8800 GTS destroys his card and would be a worthy upgrade.

read the sig im a ati fan

Nick1881 · 13 May 2007 at 16:17

R600 then?

Personally I dont see why anyone would favour a company when another company has a better product.

Like I was all out AMD but I switched to Pentium in a second, I also like Ati but if I was after a Gfx card now it would be a 8800.

easyrider · 13 May 2007 at 16:33

bakes0310 said:
read the sig im a ati fan

Unsubscribed from this nonsense of a thread :rolleyes:

khemist · 13 May 2007 at 19:25

If you have a decent overclock on the e6600 then chances are you will not be able to match it (if you are on air) with the q6600 due to the temps so you would drop some fps there.

Since you are thinking of spending £350 on a new cpu then i reckon you should keep the e6600 and getting a gtx or one of the new ati cards would give you the best performance increase.

bakes0310 · 13 May 2007 at 19:32

khemist said:
If you have a decent overclock on the e6600 then chances are you will not be able to match it (if you are on air) with the q6600 due to the temps so you would drop some fps there.

Since you are thinking of spending £350 on a new cpu then i reckon you should keep the e6600 and getting a gtx or one of the new ati cards would give you the best performance increase.

that makes sense better than easyrider trolling

easyrider · 13 May 2007 at 19:39

bakes0310 said:
that makes sense better than easyrider trolling

Hang on a second,

The OP is dismissing good advice by reason of not liking a particular manufacturer.

Your post has no substance my advise was to get a GTS.

stickroad · 13 May 2007 at 19:40

bakes0310 said:
that makes sense better than easyrider trolling

Seriusly though you wouldent go Nvidia, thats pretty pathectic to be honest.

I would say go for the GTS but you might as well wait till ATIs card to come out and if its not up to much, what card your gonna get then?

bakes0310 · 13 May 2007 at 19:49

i didnt say i wouldnt get it,im just gonna wait till ati come out tomorrow