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Core2 quad 9550 vs core2duo e8500

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Anonymous   10-07-2009 at 09:04:19 AM

which is a godd one for gaming quad 9550 or duoe8500

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bige420   10-07-2009 at 09:07:57 AM

They would both perform very well, but if possible I would recommend going for the Q9550. Most of the games coming out in the future are going to be optimized for quad cores so it would be much more future proof. If your building a new pc though I would go for the i5 750, but if your just upgrading the Q9550 is a great choice.

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Bronze CPUs badge ulysses35   10-07-2009 at 11:56:08 AM

+1 for the Q9550

Quad's of comparable clock speed perform just as well as the dual core equivalent, however some more recent games (not many) are able to use the extra cores.

FSX for example works much better on a quad

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mi1ez   10-07-2009 at 01:49:11 PM

Another vote for the quad.

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