UPGRADING CPU MOSTLY FOR GAMING (FSX) E8500 VS Q9450???

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Last response: April 1, 2008 4:40 AM in CPUs

fsx4ever

March 31, 2008 8:53:13 PM

i am upgrading my system mostly for gaming, fsx to be specific, i need to know which cpu i'll be better off for performance the E8400/8500 OR THE Q9450?????? i dont wanna know about other cpu like the q6600 i just want to know about these 2 thank you.

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madaniel

March 31, 2008 9:12:40 PM

As far as i know FSX is cpu dependent an thus will benefit more from the quadcore (Q9450). I may be mistaken however.

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Avenger_K

March 31, 2008 9:49:35 PM

Nah you're right. Go with the quad, FSX will use all of it (and need it too).

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quantumsheep

March 31, 2008 10:35:00 PM

Avenger_K said:

Nah you're right. Go with the quad, FSX will use all of it (and need it too).

I'm sure that FSX only uses one core, unless it's been patched since i last played it (Which admitedly was a long time ago).

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monst0r

April 1, 2008 12:35:31 AM

quantumsheep said:

I'm sure that FSX only uses one core, unless it's been patched since i last played it (Which admitedly was a long time ago).

Quite the contrary! It scales up to 8 cores I think..

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pauldh

April 1, 2008 1:15:38 AM

I have no idea but would like to see this explored in fsx. Post links if you happen upon any.

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monst0r

April 1, 2008 2:09:19 AM

well on their main page here, it says "multi-core" optimized. I know this doesn't mean anything, but if you google around a little, there were many reviews on the subject, I'm sure you'd find one.

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pauldh

April 1, 2008 2:15:30 AM

I've tried google.

Haven't seen quad vs dual scaling though, especially anything from the past year. http://www.behardware.com/articles/651-6/intel-core-2-q...

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yomamafor1

April 1, 2008 4:36:57 AM

Q9450. Patched FSX takes significant advantage of quad core. Of course, unless you patched it, FSX is single threaded, ONLY.

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pauldh

April 1, 2008 4:40:26 AM

Anyone with a Quad and capable mobo want to try disabling cores to tests this. My MSI P6N SLI platinum can't do it *cry*, but I know evga's 680i can as that is what [H] did for supreme commander testing: http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTMwNiwy...

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