Whats better?
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Conroe 3.0GHz LGA 775 Processor
or
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Quad Core Socket 775 CPU
I will be multi tasking along with gaming.
2007-09-01 22:13:18 · 7 answers · asked by hyperion 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
The benchmarks do not lie:
Fast dual core rules in gaming
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3038&p=15
Quad is better in 3D rendering
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3038&p=13
And of course in symmetric multi-processing and heavily multi-threaded apps.
2007-09-02 01:19:58 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Quad Core Socket 775 CPU - If u can afford it
else
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Conroe 3.0GHz LGA 775 Processor...
Decide n buy..
:)
2007-09-02 05:18:55 · answer #2 · answered by Sridhar G 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its like anything in technology especially in computing and in the gamer community - at the moment, single processor will work fine for Games - but things never stop in gaming technology. Games are now being worked on that take full use of Dual Core Processors. Soon that will be the norm for all high end games - the type of games that serious gamers want to play. Quad Core I imagine will be some time before it becomes mainstream in gaming, but I would assume that there will be a few specialist applications/.games that will benefit from 4 processors. If you're like me and run numerous programs and get slow down, or play games on high settings, whilst downloading torrents, a bloated anti virus program and other stuff that you don't realize runs in the background, all slowing down the pc. With a Quad Core you don't need to close applications or worry about optimizing a game to run in windows by closing down other background applications - you just run what you want when you want. Thats the value. The choice is up to you.
2007-09-02 15:14:03 · answer #3 · answered by spacedog_cadet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends. right now most games are only made for dual core, if that. they wont take advantage of quad core. so if you do more gaming the e6850 will be better.
if you do more things like video editing, then the quad core will be better.
the e6850 will overclock to around 3.5-3.6ghz on stock cooling, maybe more if u get an upgraded heatsink fan. the q6600 will overclock to 3-3.2ghz, more with a better heatsink
2007-09-02 05:31:26 · answer #4 · answered by ghettocowboy248 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ultimately the quad core is better... BUT... at the moment, a lot of applications are still designed for single core machines especially games.
You might find that for the short term future you get better performance from the faster dual core.
2007-09-02 05:18:39 · answer #5 · answered by d_i_b_b_y 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dibby stated most of the answer. The quad will probably not have anything for users for several years. It was designed for server applications and will probably stay that way for a long time.
2007-09-02 05:47:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
well, what can u buy for your budget, for me as a programmer, currently no active program/ application yet, is using the full 4 processors. i am a gamer as well, and a really huge resources for programming, and some video editing stuff... and c2d can handle them if u have enough ram
2007-09-02 05:19:46 · answer #7 · answered by Woimy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋