Only if the game settings are pushed to be GPU limited. If not, or if the games are inherently more CPU dependent like RTSes or like Flight Simulator X, the power of the Q6600 shows up like here:
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/694-...enom-9600.html
The Q6600 is pretty much a no-brainer vs the Phenom 9600 at this point. At worst, the Q6600 is a bit slower; at best it's much faster while using less power.
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