e8400 vs q9550 vs q9650

[retrogamer1990]

I have an E8400 @ 4.0Ghz at the moment, do you think i should upgrade it to one of these suckers? if so which?
I know both can go to 4.0Ghz, although the Q9550 needs a beefy voltage., however, is it worth the extra ~£150 to go for the 9650??

hmmm..which is better...theres only one way to find out....FIGHT!

but really, will there be a performance increase over my 4.0ghz e8400?

[Zucker2k]

I have an E8400 @ 4.0Ghz at the moment, do you think i should upgrade it to one of these suckers? if so which?
I know both can go to 4.0Ghz, although the Q9550 needs a beefy voltage., however, is it worth the extra ~£150 to go for the 9650??

hmmm..which is better...theres only one way to find out....FIGHT!

but really, will there be a performance increase over my 4.0ghz e8400?

Yes, huge. If 4Ghz is what you want, go for the Q9550, if you want 4.2 - 4.4, 4.5Ghz go for the Q9650. Be sure you have a good mobo though.

[YMAA]

Depends on what you do. If all you do is game, then no, the upgrade to a quad isn't worth it. Do you fold? Encode DVDs or edit video? Do anything remotely multithreaded? If you don't do anything multithreaded, there really is NO point to getting a quad.

Hell, I "downgraded" from a Q6700 to an E0 E8400 and I'm much happier. Note that the Q6700 was at ~3.6GHz and the E8400 is at 4.5GHz. Even though I fold, I like the dual better. The nVidia GPU client is so much better at folding (on a GTX 280) than the SMP client that I really don't miss the PPD from the quad, which wasn't all that much better to begin with.

[retrogamer1990]

the E8400 is at 4.5GHz.

if so can you tell me what settings you used to get it to that? you have an almost identical mobo too. im stuck at 4ghz.
help would be appreciated!

thanks for both replies btw

[retrogamer1990]

please? threads seem to die really easy on this forum, cos there are so many users

[WaterFlex]

retrogamer1990
If you have P45 then you go for quads. If you have X38/X48 then you go for dual core. You decide.

[prostoman]

retrogamer1990
If you have P45 then you go for quads. If you have X38/X48 then you go for dual core. You decide.

So P45 is better for quad than X48? Why?

[Klarko]

No consideration for the new i7's?

[WaterFlex]

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[retrogamer1990]

thats a strange sig pic.

but anyway, i7 = new intel xtreme mobo. new ddr3. expensive stuff.

I want a quad for future proof-ness, benchmarks, gaming, multitasking, all that.

thanks for the linkys