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    Dual core or quad?

    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:
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    Dual core or quad?

    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...
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    Dual core or quad?

    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...
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    Dual core or quad?

    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...
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    Dual core or quad?

    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...
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    Dual core or quad?

    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...
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    Dual core or quad?

    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...
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    Dual core or quad?

    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...
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    Dual core or quad?

    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...
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    Dual core or quad?

    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...
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    Dual core or quad?

    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...
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    Dual core or quad?

    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...
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    Dual core or quad?

    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...
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    Dual core or quad?

    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...
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    Dual core or quad?

    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.
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    Dual core or quad?

    That is a strong "IF" there. What you said was right. If I (yes, another "IF") bought the E8500, I might be wondering. "If I bought Q9550 that day, I wonder how it would be like?" This happens all the time, everyone experience this. Not just with computers. Haha But since you didn't wrote any...
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    Dual core or quad?

    I would do that if I could. The thing is, I can't. Pls read my orevious post. I'm stuck in this country (India) for 3-4 years. I'm not playing waiting game here, as I know that when some hardware drops price, it's just that newer and better hardware was already out, and you're be looking at that...
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    Dual core or quad?

    Dude, I only gonna buy once in this 3-4 yrs. Anyway, Thanks for the tips guys. Now I'm still deciding between Q9550 and E8500. (lol, back to square one) I'm putting Q6600 aside, as I'm willing to pay more for faster Quad CPU (if I'm going quad), and future proof too. Based on your...
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    Dual core or quad?

    Good point there. Remember, E8500 and Q6600 have same price. Like you said, it's not like I multi task when gaming. Eventhough I multi task with some heavy software, usually the other task would be "light task". Quad would be kinda overboard. Anyway, what advantages does 45nm chip have? Power...
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    Dual core or quad?

    Since some of you mentioned Q6600, here's the price list again Q9550 = RM 1130 Q9450 = RM 1100 (Less than $10 difference. No point take this one) Q9400 = RM 890 Q6600 = RM 640 E8600 = RM 910 (approaching Q9550 price, probably not gonna take this one) E8500 = RM 650 yes' I'll be...
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    Dual core or quad?

    I'm planning to buy a new rig in a few weeks ASUS PQ5 Deluxe or Pro Quad Core Q9550 or Duo E8500 HD4870 I'll only state these 3, as this is probably the only components that needs discussing. My biggest dilemma is to choose betweem Q9550 (2.83GHz) or E8500 (3.16GHz). In my country...
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    need advise on my new rig

    Hmm, so there's nothing particularly wrong with express gate, and I'll be using it too. Like I said, I use it more to virus-free operation rather than browsing and stuff. So, my money is on P5Q deluxe, or I probably go Pro if features in deluxe is kinda too much. Anyway, since there's 3 PCI-E...
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    need advise on my new rig

    great. I don't use linux very often though. The main reason I use linux is to do some virus-free operation, such as transfer data from a suspected infected external hard disc or something. sometime I use linux to manage my partition, but I don't know splashtop provides that or not. nonetheless I...
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    need advise on my new rig

    so you can disable or enable express gate as you please? how? through BIOS or what? If increase in boot time not really that significant (let say, took 5 sec more), I probably don't mind.
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    need advise on my new rig

    I heard rumours that boot time for windows is increased when express gate is enable. Is this true? A seller told me that he disable for users who don't use express gate. Since you are using PQ5 series, how was the boot time?
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    need advise on my new rig

    Bells and whistles? Sorry I'm pretty noob here. What does it do? Anyway can someone stress what advantages does the deluxe have ove the Pro version?
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    need advise on my new rig

    I'm planning to buy a new rig in a few weeks ASUS PQ5 Deluxe Quad Core Q9550 HD4870 I'll only state these 3, as this is probably the only components that needs discussing. The reason I took PQ5 deluxe - Can Crossfire. Though I may not CF now, but in future time. - Express Gate - 6...