New help

**SapiensErus** · 12-27-07, 02:25 PM

I recommend the E6850 over the Q6600 processor... you can see my extensive argument here: http://www.texasteamplayers.com/index.php?topic=27279.0

They are both very nice processors however; but for gaming purposes, the dual core outperforms the quad core because it is a faster CPU. But if you do a lot of 3d modelling or use a lot of other multi-threaded apps, go Quad Core.

Sweet Mobo... but you can probably get the same or more for little cheaper...

Since you have an ATI card maybe look at one of the ATI chipset motherboards... perhaps make sure it says "Crossfire" support for future expandability...

**codenamevip3r** · 12-27-07, 02:47 PM

im not worried about the sli and crossfire for this. When and if i get into the newer games, I dont have time to play all these games. Im part of the World Cyber Games so i have to pratice on Starcraft. If i do though im going crossfire. and i agree on the cpu i just wasnt sure if i should go ahead and get a quad seeing as they are the same price.

**SapiensErus** · 12-27-07, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by codenamevip3r

im not worried about the sli and crossfire for this. When and if i get into the newer games, I dont have time to play all these games. Im part of the World Cyber Games so i have to pratice on Starcraft. If i do though im going crossfire. and i agree on the cpu i just wasnt sure if i should go ahead and get a quad seeing as they are the same price.

It is a tough call as both processors will make ANY game here at TTP perform just fine with that beefy ass ATI card you have. Future games will take advantage of dual cores for sure, and eventually a quad core of lower speed may outperform the dual core of greater speed for gaming. But for the present, and presumeably the near future, those reviews from Tom's indicate to me that the E6850 is a better choice for most gamers at the same price.

SLI/Crossfire are highly overrated IMO, I have SLI and I lose FPS at 1280x1024 when using dual card rendering. At 1600x1200 I get about 10 more FPS. But the benefit of multi card rendering wont be really appreciable until you get ridiculously large monitors. Although for wimpy video cards (6x series Nvidia) SLI provides a much bigger boon.

I have always felt that if I am not getting the jaggies with everything turned all the way up, why push it farther? and with your ATI you best be getting no jaggies with that mobo and proc.

You will need to get yourself some RAM too...

**codenamevip3r** · 12-27-07, 03:04 PM

Yea the mobo is ddr2 i have ddr so i will be updating that as well. theres 2 ways i can do it. buy a piece a month ($200 a month) but doing it that way everything will be WAY out of date by the time i get it. So im going to save up for 3 months and spend under $600 on the mobo , cpu and 2-3 gigs of ram. If i get it cheap enough ill get 4.

**codenamevip3r** · 12-29-07, 03:02 PM

Ok i thought id post the compare to a simular computer. exmplain why his is so much better than mine. i noticed his video card speed and tried to set mine like his and run the test again it shows the same speeds i have in this test.
[img width=314 height=700]http://myfilestash.com/userfiles/vip3r/wtf.JPG[/img]

**DeusInnomen** · 12-31-07, 09:15 AM

The first thing that jumps out at me is "Linked Display Adapters: Yes". If I remember right, that means he's running his system in Crossfire mode. I also wonder why his memory clock is nearly double yours (398MHz versus 762MHz), although I'd figure it's just a detection error, but your memory speed should NOT be less than your core speed.

**xcrudosx** · 07-17-10, 01:23 PM

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