Hi guys, I want to know if the GIGABYTE GTX 760 would work good with an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650. I have an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz and the GIGABYTE GTX 650 Ti. I can run Battlefield 3 on ALL Ultra and get 37FPS, I can run Far Cry 2 on all Very High and get 46FPS, I'm wanting to know because I might upgrade my Processor and Video Card so when I get Battlefield 4 and Call of Duty Ghosts I can play decently. I'm not interested in the i5s or i7s.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 and GIGABYTE GTX 760 Video Card
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monsta
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The best thing is to get and overclock that Q9650 to give your gpu more juice, I believe you will be fine with a good overclock on the Q9650 , as it is a much better option than the E6600, the dual cores suffer major bottle necking , the Quad will run much better with those games and the GTX 650ti or even the GTX 760
I ran 2 GTX 560ti SLI in my last system with that cpu and it ran very well alongside 8 gigs of ram at ultra with BF3.
Firstly I would purchase the Q9650 and a good cpu cooler and overclock the cpu , test it out on the 650ti and see the results, if you see a nice increase in fps then you know you will see more improvements with a GTX 760.
I ran 2 GTX 560ti SLI in my last system with that cpu and it ran very well alongside 8 gigs of ram at ultra with BF3.
Firstly I would purchase the Q9650 and a good cpu cooler and overclock the cpu , test it out on the 650ti and see the results, if you see a nice increase in fps then you know you will see more improvements with a GTX 760.
swifty_morgan
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You wouldn't notice much difference with a Haswell i3, maybe 5-10%, but you'll notice a 25-40% or more difference in FPS if you were to upgrade to a Haswell i5, clock for clock.
Your CPU is still your bottleneck regardless of what people will tell you. C2Q's are finally showing their age, and you're holding yourself back with something that's 7 years old now. Your CPU can indeed handle that GPU, but you're selling yourself short if you're not going to consider upgrading your CPU.
Your CPU is still your bottleneck regardless of what people will tell you. C2Q's are finally showing their age, and you're holding yourself back with something that's 7 years old now. Your CPU can indeed handle that GPU, but you're selling yourself short if you're not going to consider upgrading your CPU.
I have a Asus P5Q with a Q9650 overclocked to 3.8Ghz. With an EVGA Classified 4GB 770GTX. I consistently play Skyrim with over 110+ Mods, including all of the High Res Texture mods i can find at 1920x1080, i use about 1.7GB - 2.4GB of video card ram during a regular gameplay. I also play Batman Arkham City and Origins sometimes in Nvidia 3D mode with no issues. I have a Acer 120Hz monitor. I can hit 120FPS with vsync on in skyrim *almost all of the time*. And the times it can't it 120fps it is because the vid card can't keep up (showing 99% usage in EVGA - the CPU shows about 60-70%), i run EVGA precision and monitor the video card usage % and PCI-E bus usage. my PCI-E usage is usually at 15-17%.
3.8Ghz on this CPU should be easily attainable with even a semi-decent heatsink/fan.
I admit this isn't the latest-top-of-the-line cpu, but i have YET to find a game i can't play with more than acceptable performance with the High or Ultra in game settings.
Games that i get 120FPS most of the time with:
Star Craft II, Skyrim, Oblivion, FO: New Vegas, Portal 2, Metro LL, X-COM EU, Bioshock Infinite, Path of Exile, Rage, Deus Ex HR, FarCry3, and FC3 Blood Dragon, the List goes on BTW. I will admit i don't play Battlefield or COD.
I wouldn't go out of my way to buy a PC that can accommodate this chip, but if you have it and can overclock it, it isn't a slouch - even in 2013/2014.
3.8Ghz on this CPU should be easily attainable with even a semi-decent heatsink/fan.
I admit this isn't the latest-top-of-the-line cpu, but i have YET to find a game i can't play with more than acceptable performance with the High or Ultra in game settings.
Games that i get 120FPS most of the time with:
Star Craft II, Skyrim, Oblivion, FO: New Vegas, Portal 2, Metro LL, X-COM EU, Bioshock Infinite, Path of Exile, Rage, Deus Ex HR, FarCry3, and FC3 Blood Dragon, the List goes on BTW. I will admit i don't play Battlefield or COD.
I wouldn't go out of my way to buy a PC that can accommodate this chip, but if you have it and can overclock it, it isn't a slouch - even in 2013/2014.
FMHR
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Well, I have an ASUS P5Q pro turbo, and a Core2 Quad Q9650 CPU, nVidia Quadro FX580, this MoBo can handle 16GB of RAM, but they say I can't Crossfire an ASUS R7 265. Well I don't give a damn, if the MoBo is SLI/CROSSFIRE ready I say go for it, make that MoBo work until it dies, I will do that when I get my GPUs this December 
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