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    Need CPU help please!!

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by rrrobinson1236, Jan 28, 2008.

  1. rrrobinson1236

    rrrobinson1236 Notebook Enthusiast

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    i need your advice on choosing a CPU for my Sager NP9262 notebook, but I dont know which CPU to choose. I do run some beefy programs, such as FL Studio, and I convert videos, but I still don't know which one of these processors to choose because the core 2 extreme is $975 more. I just need to get the most powerful processor for grunt work, but one that will also play incredible games. So which one should I choose?

    Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Processor Q6700 / 8MB L2 Cache, 2.66GHz, 1066MHz FSB

    Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme Processor X6800 / 4MB L2 Cache, 2.93GHz, 1066MHz FSB

    and sorry for the long speech.
     
    rrrobinson1236, Jan 28, 2008
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  2. MegaBUD

    MegaBUD Notebook Evangelist

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    quadcore... cpu have nothing to do with game... in 1995 yes, but not in 2008.
     
    MegaBUD, Jan 28, 2008
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  3. rrrobinson1236

    rrrobinson1236 Notebook Enthusiast

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    lol, i had a pentium 2 back in 95. so the processors have nothing to do with games now, even though it is a system requirement for all games?
     
    rrrobinson1236, Jan 28, 2008
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    Take the Q6700. Nowadays, you should go for a better graphics card rather than the fastest CPU.
     
    chubbyfatazn, Jan 28, 2008
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    Don't worry about future proofing your comp - for the 975$, in 2-4 years you can use that to put toward a new laptop
     
    Solidus, Jan 28, 2008
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    why is the core 2 extreme so much more expensive then?
     
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  7. Fade To Black

    Fade To Black The Bad Ass

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    Because it's the best they can come up with (not that it's blazing performance, but rather that it's the top model).
     
    Fade To Black, Jan 28, 2008
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    okay, then i will go with the quad core. Thanks everyone!
     
    rrrobinson1236, Jan 28, 2008
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    Ya' welcome!
     
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    WHAT? CPU HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GAME?

    Ok you go play a game with an insane physics engine (they had those in 95?) and with a PII, then with a quad core / dual core and tell me about your playing experiance.
     
    justanormalguy, Jan 28, 2008
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  11. MegaBUD

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    Hi welcome to Mcdonald how may I help you?
     
    MegaBUD, Jan 28, 2008
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    Yea, Im trying to kill myself so I want 30 big macs and a low fat milk.
     
    DivineRiku, Jan 28, 2008
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  13. Charles P. Jefferies

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    The OP had their question answered and this thread is going nowhere . . .
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jan 28, 2008
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