Intel what?

[i.Angel]

I have a 6600 GT nVidia graphics system, 1 gig of DDR mem and a 450 W PSU. I was wondering, how much processing power do I need to make my graphics system run faster (or fast enough for the demanding games now-a-days). Right now my CPU can barely handle BF2 on medium settings and a resolution of 800 X 600.

 

[i.Angel]

Oh sorry, forgot to mention that I want an Intel only

-Thankx

 

[flame1117]

a AMD would be better for gaming but, its prabally your mobo you dont want to change so its cool, intel can still run games fine.

how much do you want to spend on a CPU?

 

[apj101]

what motherboard do you have? What socket are you looking at?

 

[i.Angel]

I can probably spend about 300-375 on a CPU. . . I'm lookin at a P4 3.6 and I have a Gigabyte P4 Titan Series--GA-8SG800 (w/e that means).

 

[apj101]

I have a Gigabyte P4 Titan Series--GA-8SG800 (w/e that means).

Well that number is the model of you motherboard, and from that number i can tell that you have a socket 478 motherboard.

I'm lookin at a P4 3.6

Well this will not work, intel never made a 3.6 ghz p4 for the socket 478. The fastest you can get on socket 478 is the p4 3.4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116173

 

[Modoman]

the 2.8's with ht and northwood core are highly overclockable. you can reach up to 3.6 easy

 

[dragon2309]

the 2.8's with ht and northwood core are highly overclockable. you can reach up to 3.6 easy

I have a 2.8 prescot withOUT h/t and ive overclocked it to 3.25Ghz. And this is on a shitty Abit SG-72 board. I could certainly go further if i had a decent board like the ASUS P4P800 Deluxe. But more to the point, oc'ing to 3.6Ghz inst quite the same as actually buying a 3.6Ghz chip

 

[apj101]

the 2.8's with ht and northwood core are highly overclockable. you can reach up to 3.6 easy

We'll its not easy, nor is it a certainty

 

[i.Angel]

OK so a 3.4 is as high as I can go? how much do you think I could overclock it to neways?

 

[apj101]

well i dont like to speculate on this, it can vary from system to system and chip to chip. The board you have looks ok for overclocking, it not the best, but it a good start. If i had that chip i would be hoping for around 4ghz, but for that i would need better cooling than stock, have you read oc101
http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=16346

 

[Praetor]

I'm lookin at a P4 3.6 and I have a Gigabyte P4 Titan Series--GA-8SG800 (w/e that means

Well you're gonna be running that "3.6Ghz" at 2.4GHz because your SiS board only supports up to a BUS speed of 533Mhz. That and the fact that there is no S478 3.6Ghz processor

I have a 2.8 prescot withOUT h/t and ive overclocked it to 3.25Ghz

You mean "2.8 prescott with HT disabled".

OK so a 3.4 is as high as I can go? how much do you think I could overclock it to neways?

http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=16346

have you read oc101

Prolly not