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    Quad 9650 versus Duo E8600 (for gaming)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Huggy Bear, Dec 10, 2008.

  1. Huggy Bear

    Huggy Bear Notebook Enthusiast

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    Dear all

    Apologies if this has been asked before but I have seen both processors offered by Kobalt on a D901C and I would like opinions on which is better/most suitable for gaming now and up to 3 years in the future.

    I'm guessing the Quad as I imagine more and more games designers will be writing games with Quads in mind in the future?

    Incidentally, there is a £200 ($300) price difference between the 2 - the Quad is the more expensive!

    Would a possible answer be to get the faster E8600 now and upgrade the processor to something else later?

    Any comments welcome!

    HB
     
    Huggy Bear, Dec 10, 2008
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  2. Mormegil83

    Mormegil83 I Love Lamp.

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    until GTA IV i think most people would have said jsut get the C2D but now if games are going to start coming out with a Quad in the requirements i'd say if you have the money to blow get the quad. However if you have something to hold you over for 6months-year you may want to wait and see what clevo and others have in store... maybe better and/or cheaper...
     
    Mormegil83, Dec 10, 2008
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  3. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    A Q6600 will be fine. If you want more power, you can try overclocking it.
    New (multi-threaded) games will benefit from the quad, hence better fps.
     
    Andy, Dec 10, 2008
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  4. Cheffy

    Cheffy Notebook Evangelist

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    Worry more about the GPU. The impact of these CPUs is likely to be negligible for some time to come, but if money is no concern then yes, get the better processor.
     
    Cheffy, Dec 10, 2008
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Go for the quad core, I would save a little on it though. Get the cheapest possible processor, cause you can always upgrade it. The D901C is a very upgradeable machine, ince it uses standard LGA775 processors. With the new core i7, the socket 775 chips are going to drop even more in price over the next few months, so I would say get a cheap cpu now and get a q9650 in like 4 months when its a fraction of the price.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Dec 10, 2008
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  6. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    ^^ definitely the quad-core's are now the optimal CPU to buy for new and future games. :)
     
    Gophn, Dec 10, 2008
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