The Intel Core 2 Extreme X6700 or QX6700?

†WaRGaMeS†

I have been debating this for a longgg time now and i was wondering if i should get the dual core x6700 with 3.0 ghz speed or the quad core qx6700 with 2.7ghz?

Sharkypal

Not really an appropriate place for this question.

Try

www.anandtech.com

www.tomshardware.com

www.overclockers.co.uk

This is an MMO forum for Vanguard, not Circuit City.

S

End_of_a_era

For now the Dual core, games just don't use the 4 cores, they only use 2 max and most only 1 :P I don't think Vanguard is even optimised for dual cores anyways. Benchmark results show dual core is much better for gaming atm because its core speed is faster and games arnt optimised for quad core.

Better Quadcore processors will come out when we need them (like in 2008/2009 probally) and save yourself a few hundred and get the dual core.

†WaRGaMeS†

Originally posted by Sharkypal


Not really an appropriate place for this question.
Try
www.anandtech.com
www.tomshardware.com
www.overclockers.co.uk
This is an MMO forum for Vanguard, not Circuit City.
S

I'm referring specifically to the needs of vanguard kind sir, I'm not an idiot i know where to post what is appropriate and not appropriate.  I'm sorry if i did not state which would be better for VANGUARD.



And thank you end_of_a_era i might as well go for the dual core with more clock speed.

Sharkypal

First off, you didnt say you were asking purely for Vanguard. Secondly, you dont purchase a processor for one game, and thirdly, I never said you were an idiot.

S

Phoenixs

I would go for the dual core one. We are still in the early days of dual core, and not many games support that yet. So you will do fine with a dual core for a long time. Vanguard and most other games require the most of a video card and not the processor . So save some bucks on the processor (As long as you don't go down on single core ) and invest that in 1 or more videocards (SLI, Crossfire).

tbarney

..like the guys at Circuit City would have a clue...