What to buy for future proof gaming? E7200, E8400 OR Q6600?

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roboghost said:
Get Q6600 and overclock it . best future proof as most coming games will be support four threads and it will pwn E8400 / E7200 . At stock speed E8400 may beat Q6600 in present games but in upcoming games it will be pwned badly by quad cores . :P

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/248327-28-overclocked-q6600-e8400-compared-benchmarks-included

^ Q6600 OC 3.6 ghz beats E8400 at 4.2 in most cases
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Bull$shit; :annoyed:

Not any more Q6600 vs E8400 threads please. :-[

Its a lame fact if u dont know that an E8400 beats Q6600 any day except for a few games like UT3 [That again in bot matches; who wanna play bot matches in UT3 lol] and Lost Planet : Extreme condition; :|

Well future is another thing; by then the Nehalem platform will beat the Q6600's a$$ to the mars!!! :lol:

Get an E8400, a decent aftermarket cooler and a good 120mm fan and bring it on I say!!! :)

EDIT: just noticed; U have an excellent aftermarketcooler; Now get an E8400!!
 
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^^Again :|

See man , any Core processor with more than 3.2 or 3.4GHZ will be able to eat anygame u throw at it, i mean "Anything", and for 1.5k more getting two extra cores now thats worth the investment. Ofcourse Power Consumption and all that comes into play but thats really really not a factor for choosing a processor. He already has a good Cooler so pair that with a good 120mm fan then proc will be under 60" at 100% load.

So whats the problem, and nehalem will be setlling down only a year from now and that too with sky high prices, so he was taking about future which i may assume to be atleast a coupla years and games like alan wake will have atleast 30% or more performance increase with more cores.

Please , stop this , both are equally good for gaming, but the Quaddy has a much better futureproofness than the duo :)

Peace, no offense meant :)
 
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If U r sure U never gonna utilize four cores, then E7200 is wise choice. Otherwise Q6600. Choose between these too.

Nothing is future proof, maybe not the right word, say temptation free. Genuine techie cant resist seeing new tech. If U think abt long term, and like to upgrade proccy after 2-3yrs then get Quad. See U got E6300 initially @ 9k, U imagined that " in next 7-8 months Intel will gonna introduce E2140 and U will sell E6300 and buy E2140", which just cost 2.4k and OC better. Same will happen to any proccy U buy today, and its not sad thing, every1 wants enhancements.
 
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Imho there's nothing better than a E8400 at 3.6-4.0Ghz as far as gaming is concerned.lower power & temp (which i think is important in long run) and what not.

or go via cheaper route,get a e7200 now.Upgrade as soon as nehalem arrives.

or stick with yer e2xxx,itll hold well for another year surely.
 
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^^ Yaar the E2140 might bottleneck on 22" thats the problem. I guess E7200 OR Q6600 is the question.
 
I don't think it will bottleneck your 22" screen. That's the graphic card Dept buddy. And you already have an 8800GT. YOU DON'T NEED TO UPGRADE. Games are usually bottlenecked by the GPU, especially if you already a dual processor.
 
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rockfella said:
^^ Yaar the E2140 might bottleneck on 22" thats the problem. I guess E7200 OR Q6600 is the question.
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No ways.. Lol...

My older Cel 420 ran Farcry, Fear [with soft shadows and everything maxed out!!], AOE 3 on this 22incher w/o a hitch, courtesy mt G80 GTX!! :)

So CPU is prolly ruled out; Well, a C2D helps u get that extra fps' obviously;
 
^ Dont wanna spend that much. E7200 with only 3 M L2 cache is only 1% slower in games as compared to E8400... so i guess it is the smartest buy..
 
quad isn't future proof,no company is gonna make a game that stutters on dual cores while more than half of the market is dual core. at a 22'' resolution of 1680x1050 i don't think you will see any gains from a proccy upgrade.cpu stops being a bottleneck as you increase the screen res not the other way round,even the review you posted shows hardly any diference between the proccies at 1600x1200.
i would try and oc that 2140 from 2.8 to 3-3.2 ,though if you are still hell bent on upgrading get a used e6xxx series,they will perform quite decently for the price and oc nicely too.
 
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this is the same thing I told u over yahoo chat lol.. now i am confused myself:rofl:

roboghost said:
Get Q6600 and overclock it . best future proof as most coming games will be support four threads and it will pwn E8400 / E7200 . At stock speed E8400 may beat Q6600 in present games but in upcoming games it will be pwned badly by quad cores . :P

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/24w8327-28-overclocked-q6600-e8400-compared-benchmarks-included

^ Q6600 OC 3.6 ghz beats E8400 at 4.2 in most cases
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My E2140 does 3.6 but with 1.5vcore. I dont wanna do that for gaming....

As it i have to buy cpu after 20 days, i might pick up E8400 or E7200 after prices settle down lol...

Thanks though...

gamervivek said:
quad isn't future proof,no company is gonna make a game that stutters on dual cores while more than half of the market is dual core. at a 22'' resolution of 1680x1050 i don't think you will see any gains from a proccy upgrade.cpu stops being a bottleneck as you increase the screen res not the other way round,even the review you posted shows hardly any diference between the proccies at 1600x1200.

i would try and oc that 2140 from 2.8 to 3-3.2 ,though if you are still hell bent on upgrading get a used e6xxx series,they will perform quite decently for the price and oc nicely too.
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Yaar sood, why dont you buy a PS3 instead ?
Considering your last years shopping for PC components, I think you will save a lot more, even after paying 5-6000 per month on the ORIGINAL games.

After all, gaming is all you need.
 
I will never buy a PS3 dude Never, even if it gets as cheap as 5k and pirated games are also avl even then i wont buy a PS2 or 3 or Xbox or nintendo or any other bullcrap :hap2:

sushantV said:
Yaar sood, why dont you buy a PS3 instead ?

Considering your last years shopping for PC components, I think you will save a lot more, even after paying 5-6000 per month on the ORIGINAL games.

After all, gaming is all you need.
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