Question for Core 2 Quad Owners

iblowuup · Sep 9, 2013

Hi, I'm going to be getting a Core 2 Quad soon and I wanted to know how you Q9400-Q9650 owners felt about your CPUs and if they are still a relevant option now. Please don't recommend a newer socket/processor as my situation would make that change very expensive compared to the Core 2 Quad.

Benchmarks, FPS data, or just subjective evaluations are all welcome. Thanks!

Roland Of Gilead · Sep 9, 2013

iblowuup :

this should give you a good idea.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ivy-bridge-wolfdale-yorkfield-comparison,3487.html

personally, I've a q6600 @ 3ghz with a 560ti, and although I can't play new games at high-ultra, you still get a pretty good gaming experience at med-high. would I like more bells and whistles, yes, I would love it, although I love my old core 2 quad, I will be trading up for a better experience as soon as money allows.

Jaxem · Sep 9, 2013

I have a C2Q 9400 rig and while it still works great for regular everyday stuff, if you start pushing it with creative apps or games, it show's its age. It's probably the lowest you'd want to go on a budget power-user oriented PC. Out of curiosity what are you intending to use this rig for?

jaguarskx · Sep 9, 2013

I got a C2Q Q9450. I bought it when it was initially release and I paid above Intel's suggested price of around $320. I believe I paid about $360 for it because the demand was so high that e-tailers (including Newegg which I didn't buy from 'cause it was almost $400) increased the price to gouge their customers.

I think the Q9450 was released back in early Q2 2008 and I have been pretty happy about it's performance for over 5 years. But now I'm considering upgrading to Haswell and moving my Q9450 into my HTPC which has an older C2D E6600. The question is what to do with the good 'ol E6600.

kookie3010 · Sep 9, 2013

iblowuup :

Lucky for you to have a core 2 quad.where i live they dont sell these type of cpu anymore.i would be looking for the core 2 extreme.but my core 2 duo e7600 does the job well still up to this date.played splinter cell balcklist on high with aa turn to fxaa and at 1366x768 resolution with 55-60 fps with vsync on and ssao thingy on as well.cyrsis 3 can be played on medium with decent framerate.stills depends on your gpu.it will do just fine as my cpu is lower than the one you are getting.

iblowuup · Sep 9, 2013

Jaxem :

General use and games. I put together a HD 7750+E8400 for around $300 as a budget PC and it's actually doing very well at 1360x768 with most games except for bf3 and some mmos which I'm 95% certain is a CPU bottleneck considering my CPU maxes out while my GPU is around 40-60%.

If I were to upgrade to a LGA 1150 based PC it would be rather expensive so I'm hoping that a cheap ($80) upgrade to a used Q9450 will tide me over a while longer especially with games optimized for quad cores.

Roland Of Gilead · Sep 10, 2013

iblowuup :

yeah, it's not a bad way to go, if you can get one cheap enough, and be assured it works right. That's the prob with second hand hardware though.

But it's a good chip and will keep you going with your 7750. Maybe a GPU upgrade to will push your FPS higher, and give you more room for higher ingame settings. a 7850 would be a good match with that CPU

Good luck with your new CPU

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