nvr2fst Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I have a 2 core 2.4 processor now. I am on Amazon about to buy a new CPU. I cannot decide between the Intel core duo E8400 3 ghz or the Intel core 2 quad 2.40. Ghz or cores. I have had no problems with multitasking with my 2 core at all. Has anybody really seen the advantages of the quads or the higher speed 2 cores with GTA 4? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorkenlol Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I heard quad runs great with GTA IV, not sure about other games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z3ro7 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I heard quad runs great with GTA IV, not sure about other games. well... that is a basic knowledge..... A Quad is always better than a DUO ... even with less mhz.. is always 2 more cores working for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvr2fst Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Man I hate decisions like this. There is also the quad Q9550 2.83 for $320. The 2.4 quad is $190 The Core 2 Duo 3 ghz is $165 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z3ro7 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Man I hate decisions like this. There is also the quad Q9550 2.83 for $320. The 2.4 quad is $190 The Core 2 Duo 3 ghz is $165 Just and advice... buy always the most recent one... because they made a few changes on newer revisions... and sometimes cames with less nanometers, so.... less heat....more "overclockable" and....offcouse.. More power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvr2fst Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 I heard quad runs great with GTA IV, not sure about other games. well... that is a basic knowledge..... A Quad is always better than a DUO ... even with less mhz.. is always 2 more cores working for you... See that is my point. What I have read is that is not a good general rule. That is the big question. I know it depends on specific uses such as multitasking with the Quads. I have had no issues with 2 years of this 2 core with my multitasking. I see you are running a 2 core. What does GTA4 want. I am not doing this just because of GTA but as I said I have no problems multitasking. I will go with a Quad only if it is going to help with gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z3ro7 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I have a Core2Duo.. and im still happy... but offcouse a Quad always help, specially because OS like Vista use more resources, so... always help in everything... You always get, i dont said more power..but a little more offcouse... but your computer runs better with all tasks ( OS and Games together ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvr2fst Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 I have Vista Ultimate 32 bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvr2fst Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 I appreciate the help. The more people that chime in the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z3ro7 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 In my opinion, if you can buy a new one... with Quad... its the best deal.... 4 cores give to you computer more freedom to run vista fine while gaming....for example... because he can "dedicate" more cores for game, so.. translated.. help in games... specially in stability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disposable Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Will you require a new mother board also or is the one you have now capable to handle the upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thales100 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Buy a quad, the Q9550 is a great choice. OC it to 4Ghz and enjoy ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvr2fst Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Will you require a new mother board also or is the one you have now capable to handle the upgrade. Motherboard is up to task. Relatively new Motherboard Asus P5Q Deluxe. Gotta learn this overclocking thing. Every board I have bought were supposed to be good overclockers but I never tried it. Paranoid I guess. Maybe since I am getting a new Processor I can practice on the one I got now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 For IV go for a quad, even for a little future proofing perhaps. Duos are still excellent though and at 3GHz and above they shine. Games are starting to use multithreading and I think dual cores will start to suffer soon, as seen with IV. A decent clock speed helps with IV too, the higher you get those GHz the better. Dual cores running 3.6 to 4GHz don't really struggle too badly with IV either. Personally I would go for a quad, I wouldn't waste money on the Q9550 and overclock the Q6600 to over 3GHz. Only buy bigger quads if you really want to get into 4GHz range etc. Shop around too, I got my my QX9650 off ebay at around half the retail price. QX9770 were going for the same price as QX9650s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvr2fst Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 I have researched overclocking over the years but am either turned away because I saw it as complicated, dangerous . Anybody no of an easy to understand how to on the subject? Man if I spend $350 on a new quad my wife is gonna sh*t. I have used the excuse that my hardware in the past took a dump. Too many times. If times are good it is not a problem. My head is spinning. I have an Amazon page open on both Monitors with the different CPUs.......Which buy now button do I hit???? Decisions....Decisions. I can be so indecisive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvr2fst Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 For IV go for a quad, even for a little future proofing perhaps.Duos are still excellent though and at 3GHz and above they shine. Games are starting to use multithreading and I think dual cores will start to suffer soon, as seen with IV. A decent clock speed helps with IV too, the higher you get those GHz the better. Dual cores running 3.6 to 4GHz don't really struggle too badly with IV either. Personally I would go for a quad, I wouldn't waste money on the Q9550 and overclock the Q6600 to over 3GHz. Only buy bigger quads if you really want to get into 4GHz range etc. Shop around too, I got my my QX9650 off ebay at around half the retail price. QX9770 were going for the same price as QX9650s. Could I easily hit 3ghz if I overclock the Q6600? I have a blue ORB heatsink. Enough cooling you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disposable Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Motherboard is up to task. Relatively new Motherboard Asus P5Q Deluxe. Gotta learn this overclocking thing. Every board I have bought were supposed to be good overclockers but I never tried it. Paranoid I guess. Maybe since I am getting a new Processor I can practice on the one I got now Make sure you don't overclock too much or you'll fry more than just the CPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvr2fst Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Man she is gonna be pissed! I went with the Q9550 Quad 2.83. $336.48 includes shipping will be here tomorrow. Sometimes you just gotta say WTF. Problem is I do it all the time. Thanks for the advise. Hey always go with the most expensive of the group right? Now if they patch the game there should be no excuses, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thales100 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Now if they patch the game there should be no excuses, huh? It depends on your rig, your GPU and RAM. The Q9550 is great for this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvr2fst Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Now if they patch the game there should be no excuses, huh? It depends on your rig, your GPU and RAM. The Q9550 is great for this game. 8800 gtx 768, Vista Ultimate 32, 4 Gigs Ram I can run GTA 4 with my 2 core 2.4 but Framerate is a bit slower than I would like. I hope the 4 cores and the step up in mghz help. I would imagine it will but by how much. We will see. Gonna start studying about overclocking now. I am not going to push the limits. Would like to keep it air cooled. What would be a safe range I should go for ? I have looked for how to articles (google) but I find so many to be outdated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thales100 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 8800 gtx 768, Vista Ultimate 32, 4 Gigs Ram Sounds good, great rig, BABY STEPS in oc, thats the way to go. Air cooling should be enough, np, im using a Zalman 9700 with my Qx9650 at 4 ghz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eroneouse Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) From everything I have read so far about this game it relies more on CPU power than GPU power so more CPU cores should equal a much better running game and of course it should help a lot of other stuff run better too. Yes OC your system slowly little by little make sure you got a decent temperature monitor on your system and know your processors tolerance and limits before overclocking anything and take the overclocking a little bit at a time even to the point of 1 mhz at a time then check everything is cool < no pun intended > then go 1 more mhz check it again etc. Edited January 8, 2009 by Eroneouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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