Quad Q6600 or Quad Q9450

Whats a better deal for today's gaming? Is Q6600 still good? I know the Q9450 is more expensive.

Share you thoughts please.

Thanks ;)

Q6600 is still a good deal, it's easily overclockable into the upper 3GHz range and cheap. The Q9xxx series is faster than the old Q6xxx series clock for clock, and they overclock even higher, upper 3GHz range to 4GHz. They are 45nm, have new instruction set capabilities, and run cooler.

Either will do you good, I think it's more a matter of price.

Q6600 is still a good deal, it's easily overclockable into the upper 3GHz range and cheap. The Q9xxx series is faster than the old Q6xxx series clock for clock, and they overclock even higher, upper 3GHz range to 4GHz. They are 45nm, have new instruction set capabilities, and run cooler.

Either will do you good, I think it's more a matter of price.

Marfoo

With the Q9450 so voltage hungry and having only an 8x multiplier, you'd be lucky to overclock it past 3.5Ghz. The Q6600 on the other hand, can do 3.6Ghz+ on a good board, for a lower price too.

Whats a better deal for today's gaming? Is Q6600 still good? I know the Q9450 is more expensive.

Share you thoughts please.

Thanks ;)

Argonaeut

Get a Q9550, the price has already dropped! Hurry. Newegg.com. There's no question which one is better. Q9550>Q9450 or Q6600.

[QUOTE="Argonaeut"]

Whats a better deal for today's gaming? Is Q6600 still good? I know the Q9450 is more expensive.

Share you thoughts please.

Thanks ;)

Elann2008

Get a Q9550, the price has already dropped! Hurry. Newegg.com. There's no question which one is better. Q9550>Q9450 or Q6600.

OMG i love you Elann2008

ps. why the "hurry?" its not going away is it now, lol.

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[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="Argonaeut"]

Whats a better deal for today's gaming? Is Q6600 still good? I know the Q9450 is more expensive.

Share you thoughts please.

Thanks ;)

Snosavan24

Get a Q9550, the price has already dropped! Hurry. Newegg.com. There's no question which one is better. Q9550>Q9450 or Q6600.

OMG i love you Elann2008

ps. why the "hurry?" its not going away is it now, lol.

on topic: Q9550

Lol, I love you too! :P

No hurry. I guess I got a little excited. :P :lol:

[QUOTE="Snosavan24"][QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="Argonaeut"]

Whats a better deal for today's gaming? Is Q6600 still good? I know the Q9450 is more expensive.

Share you thoughts please.

Thanks ;)

Elann2008

Get a Q9550, the price has already dropped! Hurry. Newegg.com. There's no question which one is better. Q9550>Q9450 or Q6600.

OMG i love you Elann2008

ps. why the "hurry?" its not going away is it now, lol.

on topic: Q9550

Lol, I love you too! :P

No hurry. I guess I got a little excited. :P :lol:

You excited? I jumped out of my chair and shouted once i got confirmation by visiting Newegg, haha. I was THIS close to getting a Q9450 / Q9660 because i was too lazy to wait for the drop.

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="Snosavan24"][QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="Argonaeut"]

Whats a better deal for today's gaming? Is Q6600 still good? I know the Q9450 is more expensive.

Share you thoughts please.

Thanks ;)

Snosavan24

Get a Q9550, the price has already dropped! Hurry. Newegg.com. There's no question which one is better. Q9550>Q9450 or Q6600.

OMG i love you Elann2008

ps. why the "hurry?" its not going away is it now, lol.

on topic: Q9550

Lol, I love you too! :P

No hurry. I guess I got a little excited. :P :lol:

You excited? I jumped out of my chair and shouted once i got confirmation by visiting Newegg, haha. I was THIS close to getting a Q9450 / Q9660 because i was too lazy to wait for the drop.

LOL. I waited forever for that price drop that I couldnt wait any more. I almost purchased the Q9450/9550 before the price drop but then I settled for the E8500 instead. Although, I wish I hadn't. The Q9550 is a beast Quad-Core at stock and it's one hell of an overclocker. Man, you're going to love it. Enjoy. :)

OMG i love you Elann2008

ps. why the "hurry?" its not going away is it now, lol.

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Snosavan24

Probably he meant that with that price it can get out of stock.

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No hurry. I guess I got a little excited. :P :lol:

Elann2008

oh nvm.

a dream on 1280x1024 resolution right ?
cause dream can only be achive trough oc. and lot of gpu on higher then that resolution obviously. a dream for me is 100fps + stable. never laging spike that how i call it a dream ;)marcthpro

Hehe, 2560 x 1600 is my native. And by dream, I mean the rig POST'd on its first try, and installed Vista in about 7 minutes. Odd thing... it's getting faster. I swear, it's booting faster than when I first booted. And everything but Crysis is max'd, with my two 8800 512s. Granted, I've only tried Crysis and COD4, but I expect this winter to be a good time.

you can't max with 100% stable fps on every game. at 2560x1600 ;)
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3275&p=5
look oblviion and that without adding lot of mods and stuff :P
wich i did increase far more teh fps requirement
if it was not that expensive of gpu everyear to get it 60fps. id get a 2560x1600 ? btw do you see much a difference from 1920x1200 to 2560x1600 ?
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTUzMSw2LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

re-edit
And everything but Crysis is max'd,
id like to know more about your fps

you can't max with 100% stable fps on every game. at 2560x1600 ;)marcthpro