I'm tired of waiting for the Q9450 to come back in stock. The Xeon equivalent is available right now and I'm very tempted to order it.

For those of you who already made this same decision..... Do you notice any performance degredation during gaming?

I know the only difference in the two procs is a change in microcode/extension optimizations. I just want to make sure it isn't crippling.

Need an answer quickly before these go out of stock too!

53 views and no info?

Anything will help... I checked the data sheet on the Xeon vs the Q and didn't see any differences. If anyone knows the differences in optimizations, help a brutha out!

i usually leave posts about a day, but i'm sorry, i at least haven't got either q9450 or xeon 3350....

I was of the thought that Xeon's were binned higher as well, so you could end up getting a better OC out of one as well

But sorry dont have either

http://www.tankguys.com/product_in [...] ts_id=1791

I have the X3350 but I haven't put my system together yet. Search for the previous X3350 threads on here, I checked the data sheets too and there are very minor differences between the two. The main physical differences rest in the land assignments. I only found 3 out of the 775 that differ between the Q9450 and X3350. If the differences equate to performance changes....I have no clue...I am not that CPU savvy.

Check out emuforums, runawayprisoner is doing a lot of OCing and benchmarking with the X3350. It sounds like he might be the first to compare the Q9450 with the X3350.

http://forums.ngemu.com/hardware-d [...] rning.html

I am pretty disappointed that there are no major reviews yet with these 45nm Xeons..not to mention the Q9450s. A lot of people have the E3110 and X3350 in place of the desktop versions and there is a lot of BS rumor junk being tossed around as to how one overclocks better and if they are EXACTLY the same and what not. It shows these sites aren't quite in tune with what their audiences are doing. But, maybe they are restricted by Intel somehow to compare the two, who knows.

Well, I have my x3350 on the way. It will be here this afternoon. I'll post my OC results and benchmarks when I get it locked in. I'm shooting for 3.6 or 3.8 with the TRUE 120. Wish me luck!

Please do. Good luck!

will the xeon LGA-775 work on core 2 LGA-775?

also, are there any software or hardware incompatible (or needing special treatment) with 'server' chips?

eg, I once read that norton antivirus doesn't install on xeons, it requires server licence to do so

I beleive the only reason norton antivirus wouldn't install on a xeon is because it was running server software?

the AV is OS based no chip based..

I have heard that the X3350 seems to run a little hotter but they also have higher thermal specs than the Q9450. Heat isn't really an issue with OCing as they seem to have a FSB wall around 450-460 with little or no increase in vcore required to get there.