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Intel Core 2 Quad 9550 or Core 2 Duo 8600 for games... - Guru3D.com Forums
My current setup is:
ASUS P5B-E M/B intel965 chipset (Supports 45nm CPUS 1333MHZ FSB via bios update and DDR-2 1066MHZ RAM)
2GB DDR-2 RAM 800MHZ
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHZ 6600 1066MHZ FSB
nvidia 7950 GTX 512MB
Onboard Sound card
WinXP PRO
The above system is mainly used for games, I would be interested to upgrade the CPU to one of the following:
Intel Core 2 Quad 9550 (s775/2,83GHZ)
Cache Memory L2 12MB
FSB1333 MHz
45 nmicron
Or:
Intel Core 2 Duo 8600 (s775/3,33GHZ)
Cache Memory L2 6MB
FSB1333 MHz
45 nmicron
So, which of the two CPUs will give me better performance for 3D games on my current rig?
(Examples, CRYSIS, Half Life 2 Episode 2 & online C&C3 Kane's Wrath)
Thanks in advance
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If your not overclocking get the E8600
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Better performance out of the box for E8600 compared to E9550 in games?
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Yes, The e8600 at 3.3 will be faster than the q9550 at 2.8
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Holy **** I don't know how many times this same question must of been asked in the last few days alone.
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By the way, If I overclock the E6600 CPU from to 2.4GHZ to 3.0GHZ, will I need to get a better fan-cooler?
I'm using the standard Intel fan-cooler that came with it in the box when I bought it...
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No you shouldnt, You could do it, depends were u live aswell
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I never shut-down my PC as its online 24/7!
I think it migt be a good idea to get a better fan-cooler if I overclock to 3.0GHz
In the EU and the climate is not very hot where I live...
So, which fan-cooler do you suggest?
Thanks in advance
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The NOCTUA NH-U12P or the ThermalRight Ultra120
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Get the OCZ Vendetta 2 or the Xigmatek 1283 (direct touch 3x heatpipe) imo.
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It might be a better idea to just overclock the E6600 CPU from to 2.4GHZ to 3.0GHZ, and get e better fan-heatsink-cooler
Akasa AK-965
How ever, I would still like to know which is the better CPU for games at the moment.
E9550 or E8600?
Will those 4 cores do any difference for games?
I might as well buy a new GPU instead.
How about the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 how well does it compare to the equivalent ATi GPU?
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Quote: : It might be a better idea to just overclock the E6600 CPU from to 2.4GHZ to 3.0GHZ, and get e better fan-heatsink-cooler
Akasa AK-965
How ever, I would still like to know which is the better CPU for games at the moment.
E9550 or E8600?
Will those 4 cores do any difference for games?
I might as well buy a new GPU instead.
How about the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 how well does it compare to the equivalent ATi GPU?
Since no games at the moment support up to four cores, the E8600 would be the better performer considering you can easily OC it without a hitch to 4.0GHz (on stock volts).
Sure it won't be as "future proof", but nothing really is anyway...
The time mainstream games move to (4x+) multiple cores you would most likely have to upgrade from the Q9550.
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Quote: : Since no games at the moment support up to four cores, the E8600 would be the better performer considering you can easily OC it without a hitch to 4.0GHz (on stock volts).
Sure it won't be as "future proof", but nothing really is anyway...
The time mainstream games move to (4x+) multiple cores you would most likely have to upgrade from the Q9550.
What he said and get an arctic freezer pro 7 for it
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Well yeah, I was planning on not upgrading the CPU for 3 years and maybe getting the next generation of NVIDIA cards after the 200 series...
I really can't be bothered in changing the motherboard & Ram all over again!
I read that the current nvidia 280 is not as good as its advertised to be, so it might be wiser to go for the next series...
Is it true that the 280 doesnt fully support DX10.1 in comparison to ATI?
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I just upgraded my E6600, whcih was running at 3.15ghz (350x9) and installed a Q6600 which I am now running at 3.15ghz and the difference in gaming isn't really that much but during the loading times?
The Q6600 loads them a lot faster than my E6600 did.
I'm glad I waited this long and was able to get a Quad finally, it hasn't made such huge impact as an day and night difference but I can clearly see a little bit of difference.
AS for nVidia not supporting DX10.1 well I was running Windows XP about 3 weeks ago and didn't get Vista because of all known issues that people were having and there was no difference in gaming with DX9 to DX10 and therefore the change in gaming wasn't really that important in going to DX10 because of it
So here I say...well I got Vista now and play with DX10 and definitely I don't see why people would argue about DX10.1 when DX9 was good enough and I'm not having any issues at all running Vista, I think it's better than XP now.
Next week I'm thinking in getting a GTX 260 Core 216 to go along with this new Quad Core.
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Ok, so I bought the:
Intel Core 2 Quad 9550 (s775/2,83GHZ)
Cache Memory L2 12MB
FSB1333 MHz
45 nmicron
The CPU was recognized properly by my motherboard and the FSB was set to 1333MHz.
(as shown in the Bios info)
How ever, in the Bios DRAM Frequency menu, I can now only choose from the following frequencies: DDR-2: 667MHZ, 833MHZ, 1000MHZ, 1111MHZ, 1333MHZ
My current DDR-2 is the KINGSTON KHX6400D2/1G HYPERX 1GB PC6400 800MHZ, (2GB)
http://www.e-shop.gr/show_per.phtml?id=PER.554789
but the 800MHZ is not even listed in the menu, so I have downgraded it by selecting the 667MHz.
DRAM Frequency: Auto & CPU Frequency: Auto if the AI tuning is set to manual, then the PCU frequency is set to 333.
Also, in the CPU settings menu:
Ratio actual value: 8.5
CPU Ratio Settings: Auto
Also, in CPU-Z 1.47 tool, in the memory timings menu the FSB : DRAM is 1:1
Is there a way to set my DDR-2 to 800MHZ?
If not, I was thinking about upgrading the Ram to this DDR-2 and set it to 1000MHZ in the Bios, in order to have the most out of it.
CellShock Ram 2GB Kit DDR2 1000MHZ 4-4-4-12
http://www.plaisio.gr/product.aspx?p...727&catalog=20
The timing 4-4-4-12 is better than my current 5-5-5-15.
However I noticed that this Rams Operating Voltage is 2,20V, where as the Supply Voltage of my current Kingston 800MHz DDR-2 Ram is 1.95V.
So Im not sure if it will work on my M/B?!
Any help will be appreciated!
Thanks in advance
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