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    SLI GTX280's: use a q6600 or e8500?

    Once again thanks for all your replies. I think I Will stick with the quad, at least until I have run Ass Creed and R6Vegas2 for a while on the TH2Go for a while. Those, and Crysis (rolleyes) are what I have upgraded for AC just doesn't run hi qual on the gtx's. Oh and I changed my sig, I did...
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    SLI GTX280's: use a q6600 or e8500?

    Hey thanks for the quick replies. I have had the q6600 for a while (since the G0 stepping arrived) and it has done me proud at 3.3GHZ so far. I don't own a e8500 yet tho. @aigomorla: maybe it is me but I don't feel that bad dropping stupid money on GPUs but when you see the step between a...
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    SLI GTX280's: use a q6600 or e8500?

    OK so I splashed out on a couple of GTX280s (XFX) and are going to drop them into my rig. Now the best I can get the q6600 up to (with watercooling) is 3.375, despite 6 months of tinkering :). I have seen articles (such as this: http://www.tweaktown.com/artic...l_thoughts/index.html) showing...