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Localhost · Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:37 pm Post subject: Q6600 FTW

heres my setup... good? suggestions? input? No graphics card, but when i get one it will be 8600GT

PC Case - COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP
Hard Drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250310AS 250GB
CD-ROM Drive
Processor - Q6600
Motherboard - DP35DP
Memory Modules - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2
Power Supply - Thermaltake W0093RU ATX 12V 2.0 Version 500W

Daaamon · Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:37 pm Post subject:

There is no use for the Quad Core Proccesors yet, as there is NO program (no, not even crysis) that will push it to its full potential power and use all four cores. The best bet is Dual Core, you will get the same results for $100 cheaper.

When technology gets moar advanced, THEN it will be time to move up to things like DDR3 and Quad Core Processors.

Thlump · Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:41 pm Post subject:

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:25 am Post subject:

Raytracers, anything encoding loves cores, folding proteins in the name of science, some games although we seem to be in the age of GPU bound. HL2 has some ridiculously well done multi-threading on it's latest engine revision and scales fantastically.

They had a semi-private benchmark that if you asked nicely in an email, they would send it to you. It was mainly showing off their new threading amazingness. Quad came close to double the FPS in most cases. Not surprising since the tests were obviously designed to be CPU bound, but it just goes to show how much it can help when you actually need the power. Physics is a big thing too, stuff like this will certainly see benefit.

For as cheap as they are, they are a steal. I can't fucking wait for the 8 core ones.

Daaamon · Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:26 am Post subject:

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:56 am Post subject:

Crysis will happily use 4 cores, though it's far more GPU bound than CPU bound.

They are like $260 and by far the best bang you can get in the CPU field. Not to mention if you get a G0 stepping one, holy shit does overclocking await.

data92 · Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:36 am Post subject:

Cheetah · Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:54 am Post subject: Q

I was gonna point out the many uses of multi-cores but slovach beat me to it.

There's no reason to get a dual right now if you can afford a q6660, why? Yes it may be clocked slightly lower than a dual of a comparable price, for starters that's why we have overclocking, and I'd like to see any game that couldn't run well on a stock Q6600, let alone a moderately overclocked one.

You also have 2 extra cores to handle background tasks which would speed up a game even if it was only designed for 2 cores.

Finally, if you need a bit more performance, you can crank up the clock speed a bit, but if you have a dual core, let's see you add cores to it.

Quad core is the way of the future, you'll need one sooner or later, why not go for one now and save the hassle?

If nothing else, put those extra cores to work with F@H, at least it'd be for a good cause

Localhost · Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:31 am Post subject:

I guess i should have said i already bought the CPU and mobo and there is no chance i can return it...

Any ways... I got the Q6600 because when the time comes there is a program or game... ill be ready. Your C2D wont, and you will have to spend more money. So instead of me buying a C2D THAN a C2Q and wasting a bunch of money, i will just get a C2Q now and keep it for a longer period of time.

Anyways i think im changing the Power supply, since i heard it wasnt very reliable.