Quote Originally Posted by oscar3d View Post
Ok... ok. I know, if you guys read the post well, it's not that I'm saying it is crap per se... It is an awesome chip. I know it can be run more than 4ghz an up on air. The question is how much is the value of this chip at stock speeds v/s an overclocked Q6600.

The chip is freaking expensive as it is now.
That was all my point.


One question, how come I'm GPU limited? Is there a better video card (I have 8800 Ultra Overclocked) out there ATM? Or you mean it because I'm not running an SLI config?
Sorry about that..misunderstanding.

But in regards to limitations: basically with the amount of processing power you have right now with your Q6600 it can handle more processing than your gpu needs. If you were to add another card to the mix and increase your gpu processing then of course you'll see an increase because then the processor can be fully used. And then at that point the situation flips and depending on how fast you clock your cards you might have to clock your cpu more just to keep up with them.

So in a nutshell by using one card and switching to the QX9650 there really won't be any performance differences. But when you add another Ultra the cpu can be used more efficiently and on top of that you have more gpu power = more performance!

I hope that makes sense.