Hey all 
First Id like to say AnandTech rocks! Second, I need some advice from all you elite peoples
Im currently running a X2 4600+ oc'd to 2.6gigahertz, 2 gigs DDR RAM, on a ASROCK 939 DUAL VSTA mobo, with a geforce 8800 GTX I got in may. (I was running a X850XT b4 that hence the PCIE/AGP mobo). Most games run quite well on my system although I get some pauses from certain games like STALKER @ 1280x1024 and enough framerate drop when I hit the first city which I assume is due to my CPU or RAM bottleneck.
Im wondering if its worth to upgrade now to an Intel e6600, E6850, or Q6600 w/ new mobo (I guess the Nvidia 680i or intel p35 chipsets?) when the price drops hit in july and get 2 or 4 gigs of DDR2 PC6400 or 8000(depending on my cash on hand in august lol) or should I wait till the penryn comes out? Keeping in mind Id like to get enough mileage out of the new system I buy cus it sucks to spend mad $$ only to spend a lot more only 1 year later lol Because I was kinda dumb and bought the 939 system last year instead of the AMD2.
Thanks for your time
ps. Ive looked at reviews, articles and such but it seems to be hard for me to gauge/visualize how much more preformance Im looking at with the current intel cpus, hence having your guys opinion would greatly help me out.
First Id like to say AnandTech rocks! Second, I need some advice from all you elite peoples Im currently running a X2 4600+ oc'd to 2.6gigahertz, 2 gigs DDR RAM, on a ASROCK 939 DUAL VSTA mobo, with a geforce 8800 GTX I got in may. (I was running a X850XT b4 that hence the PCIE/AGP mobo). Most games run quite well on my system although I get some pauses from certain games like STALKER @ 1280x1024 and enough framerate drop when I hit the first city which I assume is due to my CPU or RAM bottleneck.
Im wondering if its worth to upgrade now to an Intel e6600, E6850, or Q6600 w/ new mobo (I guess the Nvidia 680i or intel p35 chipsets?) when the price drops hit in july and get 2 or 4 gigs of DDR2 PC6400 or 8000(depending on my cash on hand in august lol) or should I wait till the penryn comes out? Keeping in mind Id like to get enough mileage out of the new system I buy cus it sucks to spend mad $$ only to spend a lot more only 1 year later lol Because I was kinda dumb and bought the 939 system last year instead of the AMD2.
Thanks for your time
ps. Ive looked at reviews, articles and such but it seems to be hard for me to gauge/visualize how much more preformance Im looking at with the current intel cpus, hence having your guys opinion would greatly help me out.
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