Recent content by drajin

Wow, you seriously prefer Q6600 over the E8500 for future proofing? That means I'm betting everything that future will be quad cores optimised, is it? Thx dude. That's what I probably tried to say from the beginning. Are you being sarcastic or what? Lol :laugh:

The model was D2. I don't want to point out which shop, as I have a very good relationship with them. In Bangalore, that's probably the only shop that treats customers fairly. They even give me best price, cheaper than any other shop. If other shop were to provide cheap, they usually won't...

You mean the Q9550? After all this lengthy discussion, my mind is 50-50. In october, I suppose to get a bonus, but then again it may be delayed to november. If it is not delayed, money is no longer a factor, so I go for Q9550, but if delayed, I take the E8500. Thank you guys for your...

First of all, sorry for insulting India. I was kinda frustrated when someone reminded me about India's IT. But, it is true that India's price is TWICE compared with Malaysia. Malaysia's hardware is cheaper than US retail price. When HD4870 1st launched, US retail price was $299, while Malaysia...

Staying in Bangalore. Malaysia's pc price is very cheap, as many things are manufactured in Malaysia. If you see all AMD and Intel chip, it says "Made in Malaysia" or just written as "Malay". But Malaysia only provides wafers, I think. Some are cheaper than the ones in US. So, don't compare...

I'm 2 years in India already, and I got this one chance to return home, and decide to buy a pc. My studies end in 3-4 years from now (medicine). Price in India varies. Most of them are twice the price at most, but not thrice. You can buy P5Q Deluxe in Malaysia, but in India, with the same price...

myocardia & sskk, you can stop there. This is getting off topic. Like killbot says, "this whole dual/quad debate has been beaten to death. " My bet now is only on Q9550 & E8500. There is a good reason why I didn't list other CPU. Anyway, after thinking thoroughly, and reading all comments for...

You see, this type of answer should've been at the beginning of this thread. Anyway, I think it's not just the software that matters for quads, it's multi tasking. The thing is, I only be buying at early october, and no more upgrade or new rig whatsoever in 3-4 years. I am very time bounded...

People are willing to help me, I don't know why you're so upset about it. If this thread really bothers you that much, then just ignore it. This thread is dedicated to ME, at this particular TIME. This is not a dual/core debate, but some guide at my CURRENT situation; which is I already wrote...

So, assuming I don't overclock, that is small different. Ya, come to think of it, GPU in India is THAT expensive. I wonder how many indians afford GPU, their mean income is low too. Regarding CPU, if money is not a factor, and 11% is not much different, then I'll probably go for the...

Please provide a more "professional" answer than that. All that stuff is general knowledge in term of tech stuff. I thought Crysis quad cores optimised? Why would it's successor wants to demote back to dual cores? Games like Devil May Cry 4 during opening it says something like "Plays well...

You assume that dual core have advantage NOW, is it because of higher clock speed? Is 2.83GHz (Q9550) and 3.16 (E8500) really that much different? (forget about money at this point) Anyway, I don't think I'll play Flight Simulator. I heard most ATI GPU (including HD4800 series) fair badlay...

Good point there. I probably power on my computer 24/7. Sometime I do encoding overnight. Now it goes all the way back to money factor. I hope the E8500 is better, as it's cheaper. Money is still a factor to me. So, I was still thinking whether paying almost double is worth of Q9550. Some...

If multi tasking is the only thing quad is good at, then I'll take dual core E8500. But I doubt it's just multi tasking. However, I do some multi tasking, but probably not heavy application at one time. There's probably only 1 task that drains a lot from the cpu, the rest are probably minor...

Not in the catalog for the Q6700. Probably they don't recommend it. Then I predict the price to be around RM900+. Q9550 is RM1100, so I might as well go for Q1550.