Core 2 Quad Q6600 vs Core 2 Duo E6750?

Question

Which would perform better under multitasking (I mean like, encoding/ripping DVDs while playing games like Oblivion)? The obvious advantage of the Quad is twice the cores (though some people are saying its not a "true" quad, which I dont understand), while the E6750 has a higher FSB (1333 MHz vs 1066 MHz) and seems to be the more popular choice at the moment (and its 100 dollars cheaper). I'm also big on overclocking, and the G0 stepping on the Quad is drawing me closer.

So which would perform better for an overclocking, multitasking, high end gaming beast?

Oh yeah, and I'm not limited to just these two processors, if you have a better suggestion, let me know (but I'm not spending any more than $350 on a cpu, otherwise I'd get the Core 2 Extreme)

i should have done a bit more browsing before posting this question. I found the C2D E6850 is only $329, and I am now taking that one into consideration as well

Answer 1

well a difference between a monolithic quad core and a dual die quad core has very little performance boost.. as were seen in the dual core scheme.

Q6600 is better in multitasking, FSB 1333 only has a less than one percent increase in performance,



my opinion: q6600 by a mile.

Answer 2

E-tailers are shipping the G0 stepping Quad core you want.


For encoding, hands down go with the quad core. You can overclock to 3Ghz np which should alleviate the gaming issue.

The best part is you should be able to do this without any voltage increase. Voltage is the primary concern that pushes your hardware beyond it's physical limits and causes quicker deterioration over time.

Otherwise, the other gentlmen referenced "true quad core". The issue will rear it's head in a marginal performance loss at maybe 5% worst case. The "glued-core" strategy means that two dual core processors talk to each other through the FSB which limits the potential through put for memory performance.

True enough, Intel's FSB is dated but it works fine and although this theory is technically correct, real world performance is not hindered.

Quad core all the way.

Answer 3

If you plan to encode/rip DVDs while you are playing Oblivion, then yes for sure you would want the quad. As for the people who say it is not a true quad core, pay them little attention. It is two dual core CPUs on a single die, instead of one quad core CPU, which is why they say its not a "true" quad, but guess what, you still have four cores, end of story. The quad is not going to give you a big boost in gaming, but for DVD encoding it will, and it will definately be better if yo uplan to do both at the same time.

Answer 4

Core 2 Quad Q660 is better that Core 2 Duo because core 2 duo only hase 2 processor and on the other hand core 2 quad has four even you know the differences. Hope this helps :)