[tw33nie]

I'm currently planning to upgrade my system as my 3500+ is bottle-necking my 8800GTX ....
but dunno should juz change the processor to a dual-core or change the whole system to a C2D setup...
looking at AMD's 4600+ socket 939 and Intel's E6600.
How much difference in performance will there be and is it worth it for a complete system change??

[reddevil0728]

er, heard tt even e6300 also bottleneck 8800gtx
8800gtx + e6300 stock, will bottleneck?

E6600 is better than fx 62

go for at least e6600

[blackevil_2000]

short and simple ans, go C2D, since u are so well off to get 8800GTX, if possible get the quad core or the X6800

[tw33nie]

Originally Posted by blackevil_2000

short and simple ans, go C2D, since u are so well off to get 8800GTX, if possible get the quad core or the X6800

not really..lol...left with not much after getting that 8800...didn't thought of this issue when getting the card..

[tw33nie]

so 4600+ will also bottle-neck even overclocked ar?

You won't be utilising your card to its full potential - you should upgrade.

[nakedtoes]

Dun need to get E6600.. get a good mobo and a E6300 and clock it beyoung E6800X's speed

[reddevil0728]

Originally Posted by nakedtoes

Dun need to get E6600.. get a good mobo and a E6300 and clock it beyoung E6800X's speed

but E6600 got 4mb L2 cache like x6800 e6300 only got 2

[XProfessionalX]

Get E6600 and OC

[tw33nie]

Originally Posted by nakedtoes

Dun need to get E6600.. get a good mobo and a E6300 and clock it beyoung E6800X's speed

Will it still be necked? Or a little un-necked? lol

[nakedtoes]

Originally Posted by reddevil0728

but E6600 got 4mb L2 cache like x6800 e6300 only got 2

yeah.. but performance different ard 5 to 10 % different depend on applications... but for some the higher FSB actually perform better then 6800

[LiM]

You should ask yourself.
Does the bottleneck so serious that it worth the money to upgrade?

[tw33nie]

hmm i dont know...but will changing to a bigger LCD with bigger resolution help? or the cpu will perform even slower...

[wssmin]

if u change to higher resolution then your cpu will be more bottlenecked. best way is change to e6600 and oc. there is a good read on this http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/11/...e_fastest_cpu/

[tw33nie]

wow..really useful..thanks