So as some of you may or may not know, Intel is releasing a brand new architecture, called Nehalem or something. The low down is that its rumored to support up to 8 cores, faster, etc. Integrated DDR3 controller, some new rehash of hyperthreading.... And thats all I know.
So, right now I'm sitting a ye olde P4 3.0ghz Prescott, 1 gbDDR2 PC2 -4300 ram, and 7900gs. I'm about due for a CPU/Ram upgrade, considering that everything lags to hell, etc. I was thinking about getting a Q6600 and then overclocking it, as paying $600+ for a processor is a bit unrealistic at this stage, not to mention that some sources would say overclocking the 6600 would give just as good performance for a much lesser price.
So the food for thought in this thread is would I (or anyone else in my position, thinking about upgrading now) be better off waiting for the Nehalem line of products, or getting an upgrade now? I mean, how much better is Nehalem going to be? Are we going to see the clock speed increasing again not just more cores and cache? Would I be better off saving my money and upgrading later?
So, right now I'm sitting a ye olde P4 3.0ghz Prescott, 1 gbDDR2 PC2 -4300 ram, and 7900gs. I'm about due for a CPU/Ram upgrade, considering that everything lags to hell, etc. I was thinking about getting a Q6600 and then overclocking it, as paying $600+ for a processor is a bit unrealistic at this stage, not to mention that some sources would say overclocking the 6600 would give just as good performance for a much lesser price.
So the food for thought in this thread is would I (or anyone else in my position, thinking about upgrading now) be better off waiting for the Nehalem line of products, or getting an upgrade now? I mean, how much better is Nehalem going to be? Are we going to see the clock speed increasing again not just more cores and cache? Would I be better off saving my money and upgrading later?