Penryn worth it? Q9450 vs Q6600
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Rastalovich
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It`s a heck of a tough choice if u have the money for both.
It`ll depend on what your goal is. If you want to bench like crazy, the 9450, clock for clock, does what the x9650 does (judging by other peoples results).
The 6600 may not beat it, by a matter of seconds in SuperPI - but to be fair it`s one of the damn finest processors out there - still.
And if u get 3.6 or more with it, it`ll cream X4 any existing game you throw at it.
So if you want gaming, i.e a bit of cash to go towards a next gen card or something (or 4g ram
), the 6600 would be fine.
Still tough cos u got a great rig gaming wize anyway.
It`ll depend on what your goal is. If you want to bench like crazy, the 9450, clock for clock, does what the x9650 does (judging by other peoples results).
The 6600 may not beat it, by a matter of seconds in SuperPI - but to be fair it`s one of the damn finest processors out there - still.
And if u get 3.6 or more with it, it`ll cream X4 any existing game you throw at it.
So if you want gaming, i.e a bit of cash to go towards a next gen card or something (or 4g ram
), the 6600 would be fine.Still tough cos u got a great rig gaming wize anyway.
NobodyNowhereNothing
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Hi,
What will be the PC be used for? if gaming i would say just get the Q6600 or even a E8400 and save the money and upgrade your graphic card when the new ones are out .. if you run any programs that uses the CPU alot ( ripping, rendering and etc ) then i would go with the Q9450 and yes for now it worths it ( mind the word Now! )!
See this:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=173287
-NNN
What will be the PC be used for? if gaming i would say just get the Q6600 or even a E8400 and save the money and upgrade your graphic card when the new ones are out .. if you run any programs that uses the CPU alot ( ripping, rendering and etc ) then i would go with the Q9450 and yes for now it worths it ( mind the word Now! )!
See this:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=173287
-NNN
Ty for opinion and links.
Will be used for gaming, benching, etc
What I'm thinking atm is, max overclock on Q9450 limited by the multi, so wont clock as high as Q6600 TBH with that multi on my board because FSB tops out at around 470-480. However I probably wont be running Q6600 24/7 at 3.8... which I can most likely do with the Q9450.
So still split on this, it is true though that id save a lot of money on a Q6600 for not a WHOLE lot of extra performance.
Have considered the dual cores but have decided after quad I dont want to go back to a dual core. Some games like supcom which I love gain a LOT of performance from a quad. Especially when you're playing with like 20k units.
edit: Also am wanting to upgrade to a 9800GX2/3870X2 for my bday so as far as gpu's go I don't really want to spend any more on that atm. Can't SLI my GT.
Will be used for gaming, benching, etc
What I'm thinking atm is, max overclock on Q9450 limited by the multi, so wont clock as high as Q6600 TBH with that multi on my board because FSB tops out at around 470-480. However I probably wont be running Q6600 24/7 at 3.8... which I can most likely do with the Q9450.
So still split on this, it is true though that id save a lot of money on a Q6600 for not a WHOLE lot of extra performance.
Have considered the dual cores but have decided after quad I dont want to go back to a dual core. Some games like supcom which I love gain a LOT of performance from a quad. Especially when you're playing with like 20k units.
edit: Also am wanting to upgrade to a 9800GX2/3870X2 for my bday so as far as gpu's go I don't really want to spend any more on that atm. Can't SLI my GT.
NobodyNowhereNothing
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name='Hatman' said:
Yes, you will see peformance, but not enough extra peformance for the money you pay.
I was in the same exagt boat as you! First i wanted to go with a QX9650 but it is almost £650 here which is just overprices ( or should i say Tax?! ) -- Then decided to go with a Q6600 but i wanted more peformance anyways at the end i decided to go with a E8500, with the nice watercooling kit i have, i can have it clocked at 4.5Ghz!, will save money perhaps when Q9550 is cheaper, i will upgrade!
By the way, if you decided to go with a Q6600, consider Q9300, for the same exagt price you are getting almost 7-10% extra peformance, also less hear ( 45nm! )
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2quad-q9300_4.html
Good luck,
-NNN
Rastalovich
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There would be power advantages by doing that too I`m sure. Think the Q6600 hits a level and then the ampage goes a little silly, the newer processors don`t demand as much V x A with your clock.
FarFarAway
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And Nehalem will be a monster 
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