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Deciding between a 2.66ghz I7 and a 3.33ghz core duo

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IBMer

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Which would be the better option for just gaming right now?

I am not concered about mother board price but strickly performance right now.
 
So sorry for some reason I had it in my head that the review only covered the 3.2 ghz one. Thank you.

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Actually in looking at that review it does not have the 3.33 ghz Core Duo, do you know of any reviews that do?
 
the preformance diff between a 3.2Ghz and a 3.33 Ghz C2D arent gonna be much at all, 5 or so FPS in a benchmark maybe.
 
When I close my eyes and try to come up with a zenlike decision as to what you should do, I say. Core duo now.

If your choice is between those two processors, the deciding factor in game performance is your GPU, not the cpu.

I'm ignoring money considerations.
 
Originally posted by: IBMer
So sorry for some reason I had it in my head that the review only covered the 3.2 ghz one. Thank you.

Edit:

Actually in looking at that review it does not have the 3.33 ghz Core Duo, do you know of any reviews that do?
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I haven't seen that comparison. Probably since the i7 is a quad core processor, and the E8600 is a dual core processor. Either way, it is only a 4% increase in clock speed over the 3.2GHz Quad core, so at maximum it could only have a 4% increase in performance.
 
I would get an i7 only if:

1) I am very rich and I want to have the latest and the greatest hardware possible (not that is something wrong with this );

2) I am gaming with a tri SLI GTX 280 or a quad cross fire with 2X4870x2 and I want to squeeze every last drop of performance out of them;

Except these two, I can't find other reason to buy the Nehalem platform. For the moment, with a single card configuration, an E8600 overclocked or not, is the smartest way to go. Games will eventually start using four cores at some moment, but for a couple of titles that are doing this now, it doesn't worth paying a premium for an i7 or even getting a C2Q.
 
Well, here's a question, are you overclocking? If so then the i7 after 3Ghz would be better. I say this because a quad is better IMO than a dual. games are starting to use multicore, and other stuff you do can benefit from multicore CPUs as well.
 
Originally posted by: error8
I would get an i7 only if:

1) I am very rich and I want to have the latest and the greatest hardware possible (not that is something wrong with this );

2) I am gaming with a tri SLI GTX 280 or a quad cross fire with 2X4870x2 and I want to squeeze every last drop of performance out of them;

Except these two, I can't find other reason to buy the Nehalem platform. For the moment, with a single card configuration, an E8600 overclocked or not, is the smartest way to go. Games will eventually start using four cores at some moment, but for a couple of titles that are doing this now, it doesn't worth paying a premium for an i7 or even getting a C2Q.
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3) You only upgrade every few years and want to futureproof.
 
Originally posted by: error8
I would get an i7 only if:

1) I am very rich and I want to have the latest and the greatest hardware possible (not that is something wrong with this );

2) I am gaming with a tri SLI GTX 280 or a quad cross fire with 2X4870x2 and I want to squeeze every last drop of performance out of them;

Except these two, I can't find other reason to buy the Nehalem platform. For the moment, with a single card configuration, an E8600 overclocked or not, is the smartest way to go. Games will eventually start using four cores at some moment, but for a couple of titles that are doing this now, it doesn't worth paying a premium for an i7 or even getting a C2Q.
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Or you are trying to rip and encode (with x264) your collection of 350 DVDs 😉.

What difference does it make when it comes to gaming? If you are playing at high quality and high resolution settings you probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the two. I would rather have the CPU that is also very fast at completing other tasks and other tasks simultaneously as long as cost was not a factor.
 
Originally posted by: jaredpace
3.16ghz dual core vs. 3.2ghz core i7:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...?p=3366380&postcount=1

For single graphics cards, the wolfdale setup will perform the same, or faster than the corei7, plus it overclocks higher - giving even more. If you're using SLI, you will see bigger gains from X58, NV200, and Corei7.
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LOL..

jared theres a hugh cost difference between the two tho. 😛
 
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