Q6600 or E8400?

Dual - Higher stock clock, better refined fab process equaling lower temps, better overclocking potential.
Con- Only dual core

Quad - 4 cores, no duh. If used in tandem with a multi-threaded app capable of supporting 4 cores, will blow the dual core away. Otherwise it would perform subjacent to the dualy.
Con- Lower clock speed, ^^

If you're overclocking, my weight would fall with the quad. You can change change clock speed, but never number of cores. On the other hand, as above, the wolf is a better OCer, cooler..
 
The wolf will also push out some extra fps with dual card setups :D

There are really no games that utilize quads, and it doesn't look like they will anytime soon either. :(
 
hermeslyre said:
Quad - 4 cores, no duh. If used in tandem with a multi-threaded app capable of supporting 4 cores, will blow the dual core away. Otherwise it would perform subjacent to the dualy.
Con- Lower clock speed, ^^
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I'm thinking I want to go with the Q6600. My current PC is a dinosaur, so I've been out of the new games for years now. Are the new games coded to run with multi cores, Crysis for example?
 
ThatGuy16 said:
There are really no games that utilize quads, and it doesn't look like they will anytime soon either. :(
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Maybe.. But Intel has started to take a bigger interest in this, just recently they bought the Project offset game engine, and Ars put some sense to it:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/pos...ght-project-offset-and-the-offset-engine.html

Meaning.. We might see quad capable games sooner than any of us think... Just something to think on before making a decision like this. ;)

Edit: Crysis was said to be quad capable, long story short, it was only disappointedly so.
 
ThatGuy16 said:
The wolf will also push out some extra fps with dual card setups :D

There are really no games that utilize quads, and it doesn't look like they will anytime soon either. :(
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Oh, yeah thats kind of what I'm driving at here. So quadcores really don't improve gaming?
 
hermeslyre said:
Maybe.. But Intel has started to take a bigger interest in this, just recently they bought the Project offset game engine, and Ars put some sense to it:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/pos...ght-project-offset-and-the-offset-engine.html

Meaning.. We might see quad capable games sooner than any of us think... Just something to think on before making a decision like this. ;)

Edit: Crysis was said to be quad capable, long story short, it was only disappointedly so.
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So I guess the questions is, by the time most games are coded for multi core efficiency, will I need a new CPU anyway? So for right now, it might make sense to go with the wolfdale?
 
KPC84 said:
So I guess the questions is, by the time most games are coded for multi core efficiency, will I need a new CPU anyway? So for right now, it might make sense to go with the wolfdale?
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THAT depends on how long you're going to keep the chip. A year or so, and it might be prudent to go with the wolfdale. Two year or longer and I would personally go with the quad. In two years much can change, which is the whole point on getting a quad, a hope of futureproofing your build.

Either way, they're both great. Hard to choose, undoubtedly.
 
AHHH decisions. The whole reason I decided to spend more money on the 790i ultra sli was so I could run ddr3 ram as a means of future proofing. I figured I would need to get into SLI or tri-SLI and ddr3 ram before I needed to get into new CPU chipsets. I guess that just makes the point for the quadcore then.
 
Get quad core, better fir multitasking and if overclocked can give same the performance in games as dual-core. Games that run off of the valve source engine (Counter-Strike: Source, Half Life 2, ect...) are all games that utilize quad-core. I can prove it.
 
Interested said:
Get quad core, better fir multitasking and if overclocked can give same the performance in games as dual-core. Games that run off of the valve source engine (Counter-Strike: Source, Half Life 2, ect...) are all games that utilize quad-core. I can prove it.
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Orange Box uses quadcore? I would love to see how you can prove that. It might just sway my decision.
 
Interested said:
Get quad core, better fir multitasking and if overclocked can give same the performance in games as dual-core. Games that run off of the valve source engine (Counter-Strike: Source, Half Life 2, ect...) are all games that utilize quad-core. I can prove it.
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AND... I would like you to please.
 
So, I'm ordering tomorrow and I STILL don't know which chip to get! Anymore opinions would be great. Thanks!
 
If you want two cores, get a dual. If you want four, get a quad. :P
 
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