best gpu??? for a intel core 2 quad Q6600 2.4 GHz

Rijck · Feb 4, 2015

What is the best gpu that won't het bottlenecked by the Intel core 2 quad q6600 (2.4 GHz) ??

BigBadBeef · Feb 4, 2015

Radeon R9 285. Go any higher and you're probably out of the zone.

dbpower · Feb 4, 2015

i used to own an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5GHz which i think it is a little better but i was not very happy with his performance in new generation games...so in my opinion you should buy a newer CPU with a midrange GPU if you afford it and you will be fine

Rijck · Feb 4, 2015

Will a gtx 960 be playable

BigBadBeef · Feb 4, 2015

You don't understand, its not a matter of playable or not, at some point you'll be throwing away money because your CPU won't be able to keep up... and you also need to "feed" it!

dbpower · Feb 4, 2015

Rijck :

for me definitely it will be bottlenecked...GTX 960 is new GPU and Q6600 is now 7-8 years old... so there is huge difference between them...if you buy the GTX 960 i think you will get 40-50% of its true power

Rijck · Feb 4, 2015

Should i pair it with a fx-6300??

BigBadBeef · Feb 4, 2015

Rijck :

Yes you can, but you know it will cost you even more. Best is wait, keep saving money then buy everything new. Games aren't going anywhere, and they only get cheaper with time.

dbpower · Feb 4, 2015

Rijck :

definitely better than q6600

Sandstorm3000 · Feb 4, 2015

Rijck :

I also still have a Q6600 which is still doing its job fine, you should be able to OC it a bit. Didn't OC Mine much, just 100 MHz haha. Anyways mine is paired up with an GTX285, The GTX960 will of course be bottlenecked by the Q6600. I suggest something like a GTX660 or a 660 TI at max.

xlorn · Jun 14, 2015

Recently breathed new life into my Q6600 by pairing it with the gtx 750ti sc. I'm really happy with it! As I have turned 40 I a find I am playing the latest games from more like 2 years ago or more, lol. I plan an SSD soon, but really my Q6600 with 8GB of RAM and the 750 has me happy again. What an amazing processor to keep us putting along in spades for so long.

Stoli89 · Jun 20, 2015

xlorn :

I agree. Still using my Q6600 with 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD, and an ASUS GTX550Ti with 1GB on board. Running Win 8.,1 too. Also using stock DELL XPS motherboard and CPU cooler...which works fine after a renewed thermal paste.

The biggest impacts on the upgrade were a 28 inch HD Philips LCD display (~$200), the 120GB SSD (~$100), and Windows 8.1 (cost me $40).

The only gaming I do on this rig is with World of Tanks...which isn't too demanding....as far as gaming goes. Still, I get by with 35fps and CPU temps below 50 degrees C.

I won't be changing anytime soon...as long as the system continues to march along.

PS: I was OC to 2.8Ghz for awhile...but I didn't see much difference so I went back to the stock 2.4Ghz.

CPU Fan · Nov 9, 2015

pretty much everything modern will not be optimized for use with a q6600. I have a q6600 paired with a HD6750 that was leftover from my last build and it does not perform as well as it did when paired with an i5-2400S. Games will still be playable, but don't expect an awesome experience. You can also expect big fps drops in MOBAs.

marinov · Nov 9, 2015

Rijck :

Sandstorm3000 · Nov 9, 2015

.. Please stop replying to a thread more than 8 months old

1928Dillinger · Feb 5, 2017

I had a Intell Core 2 Qaud q6600 paired with an AMD HD 6950 2GB Flex Edition with 4GB DDR 2 Ram and I could play with it Fallout 4,Far Cry 4 The Witcher 3.

Thanesh s · Mar 13, 2017

GTX 950

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