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sneakyotter   12-23-2007 at 11:07:08 PM

Hey guys im just very curious to know what are the differences between the Q9450 and the q6600??? which one of the cpus OC's better and just has a better performance... also i currentley have a e6600 oced to 3.0 ghz and i wanna know is it nessary to buy quad now or wait??? cause the newer games like crysis and bioshockand so forth i wanna run smoothly.. does dual cores like mines for example or the newer q6600 and the Q9450 perform the same in newer games? last question in these newer games do they use more GPU power or CPU????


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------------------------------ -E6600 2.4 ghz Oc'ed to 3.0 ghz
-Evga 8800 GTX 768 mb video card
-4 gigsof corsair xms series gaming ram 800 mhz
-2 Raptor X hard drives in raid 0
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Evilonigiri   12-23-2007 at 11:16:36 PM
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Wait.

Wait.

Then wait some more.

Quads aren't necessary if it's just for gaming. Your cpu is plenty strong, it certainly wouldn't be a good idea to upgrade to an Q6600. Just wait. Wait for 1 more year.

However if you have the money to burn, the Q9450 isn't so bad.

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OlSkoolChopper   12-24-2007 at 01:25:57 AM
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No, don't wait. Get a Phenom today! They kick Intel butt!

(Sorry... that was my evil twin speaking...) :)

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Seraphic   12-24-2007 at 01:48:53 AM
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I'm doing video work, so I ordered a Q9450. As for Q6600 vs Q9450 take a look below.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 [BX80569Q9450A]

Code :
  1. Benchmarks (Windows Vista)
  2. 3DMark06 - CPU test     3951     Graph
  3. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.     233.9 fps     Graph
  4. Quake 4     75 fps     Graph
  5. PCMark05 - CPU test     8549     Graph
  6. Vista: rotate 25 8MP photos     11.9 sec.     Graph
  7. Adobe Photoshop Element 5.0: SmartFix 25 8MP photos     103.2 sec.     Graph
  8. 60 min. WAVE to MP3 (4x LAME 3.97)     47 sec.     Graph
  9. 60 min. WAVE to MP4 (4x Nero Audio)     42 sec.     Graph
  10. Windows Media Encoder - WMV HD 1080p encoding     163 sec.     Graph
  11. Nero Recode 2 - H.264 1080p encoding     109 sec.     Graph
  12. Nero Recode 2 - H.264 1080p encoding - power consumption     137 W     Graph
  13. DivX 6.7 1080p HD encoding     37 sec.     Graph
  14. Cinebench 9.5     1574     Graph
  15. Cinebench 10     10445     Graph
  16. PovRay 3.7b21 - Chessboard rendering     78 sec.     Graph
  17. PovRay 3.7b21 - Chessboard rendering - power consumption     148 W     Graph
  18. Microsoft Excel 2007 - BigNumerCrunch benchmark     5.8 sec.     Graph
  19. Microsoft Excel 2007 - Monte Carlo benchmark     20.4 sec.     Graph
  20. Microsoft Word 2007 - Compare 1000 page document     21.3 sec.     Graph
  21. Idle stroomverbruik     94.5 W     Graph



Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 [BX80562Q6600]

Code :
  1. Benchmarks (Windows Vista)
  2. 3DMark06 - CPU test     3528     Graph
  3. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.     227.5 fps     Graph
  4. Quake 4     65 fps     Graph
  5. PCMark05 - CPU test     7715     Graph
  6. Vista: rotate 25 8MP photos     13.8 sec.     Graph
  7. Adobe Photoshop Element 5.0: SmartFix 25 8MP photos     120.1 sec.     Graph
  8. 60 min. WAVE to MP3 (4x LAME 3.97)     55.0 sec.     Graph
  9. 60 min. WAVE to MP4 (4x Nero Audio)     48.8 sec.     Graph
  10. Windows Media Encoder - WMV HD 1080p encoding     191 sec.     Graph
  11. Nero Recode 2 - H.264 1080p encoding     93 sec.     Graph
  12. Nero Recode 2 - H.264 1080p encoding - power consumption     197 W     Graph
  13. Cinebench 9.5     1294     Graph
  14. PovRay 3.7b21 - Chessboard rendering     104.8 sec.     Graph
  15. PovRay 3.7b21 - Chessboard rendering - power consumption     199 W     Graph
  16. Microsoft Excel 2007 - BigNumerCrunch benchmark     6.7 sec.     Graph
  17. Microsoft Excel 2007 - Monte Carlo benchmark     24.5 sec.     Graph
  18. Microsoft Word 2007 - Compare 1000 page document     24.4 sec.     Graph


Message edited by Seraphic on 12-24-2007 at 01:50:03 AM
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OlSkoolChopper   12-24-2007 at 01:52:59 AM
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Great benchies! Where are you ordering your yorkie?

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chookman   12-24-2007 at 01:55:14 AM
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Gaming difference with a OCed e6600 and a Q6600... youll find the e6600 will win at the moment...

I still have an e6600 in my gaming machine and ill make it tide me over till Nehalem, id suggest you do the same

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sneakyotter   12-24-2007 at 02:00:16 AM
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Thanks for the benchmRKS GUYSit seems that the Q9450 kills the q6600.. but idk if i wANNA spend more $ for a quad when my e6600 is oc'ed to 3.0 ghz iwill problBY WaIT for cause my system is fast enough... and i dont even have vista yet so imma wait for NEW CPU.. idk wut u guys think????

------------------------------ -E6600 2.4 ghz Oc'ed to 3.0 ghz
-Evga 8800 GTX 768 mb video card
-4 gigsof corsair xms series gaming ram 800 mhz
-2 Raptor X hard drives in raid 0
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