Should I just wait for a new socket to come out? Or upgrade my Q9550.

[happy medium]

I'm a gamer mostly. Is there a new Intel socket on the horizon? I read something about a 2011 pin socket comming next year.

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/02/05/intels-next-socket-nearly-doubles-pin-counts/

or possibly a 1155 socket for Sandybridge?

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/di...ors_New_Infrastructure_in_Q1_2011_Source.html

Do you think my current system will allow me to skip the whole 1336/1156 sockets?
I plan on a video upgrade in the next 2 months.

I was tinkering with a i5 750 upgrade. I don't want to upgrade to a dead end socket.
Should I just wait?

Thanks.

 

[Axon]

What games do you play? It's unlikely you'll see a huge performance boost from your current rig, but an i7 920 or 860 could do you good.

 

[happy medium]

All modern fps and racing games.

 

[Insomniator]

I don't think you'll see any improvement in gaming with a new CPU and that same video card.

A Q9550 at 3.6 is pretty much not going to be a limiting factor in... any game. Selling it and upgrading to an 1156 platform would be fun and might make sense if you can get enough $$ for your current parts but you probably wouldn't notice a real difference.

 

[adlep]

I don't think you'll see any improvement in gaming with a new CPU and that same video card.

A Q9550 at 3.6 is pretty much not going to be a limiting factor in... any game. Selling it and upgrading to an 1156 platform would be fun and might make sense if you can get enough $$ for your current parts but you probably wouldn't notice a real difference.

DITTO...
I would wait for Intel to finally make up its mind about S775 replacement...
Personally I am tired of this Socket 1156/1336 shit...
Just give me one socket that will be on a market for a while, rather than pulling AMD on me with Socket 754/939 bullshit all over again...
I hate that.

 

[happy medium]

I don't think you'll see any improvement in gaming with a new CPU and that same video card.A Q9550 at 3.6 is pretty much not going to be a limiting factor in... any game. Selling it and upgrading to an 1156 platform would be fun and might make sense if you can get enough $$ for your current parts but you probably wouldn't notice a real difference.

Just waiting for the gtx 470 to release and bring some price drops for the 5850 before I buy.

I suppose this cpu will be fine for another year or until a new socket is released.
Just getting bored with this setup.

 

[Dark Shroud]

I would suggest at least waiting until the i9 (Octo-core) comes out.

 

[biostud]

no need to upgrade CPU, as you can see in these benchmarks the 5850 is the limiting factor, and since your videocard is "slower" then your GPU is definately the limitng factor. My advise is to upgrade only if/when the games you play don't run smoothly.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i3-gaming,2588.html

 

[Axon]

Just getting bored with this setup.

Yeah, you strike me as the kind of dude who, like myself, is always itching for that new tech at least once a year - if not more. I jumped into i7 land last July and it was a bit too early then to go from the E8500 to the 920. At this point, having played BFBC2 on my E8500, I would have been looking to kick it to the curb.

You can make some cash back reselling the 775 setup, but they're getting undervalued these days for the level of performance they offer. Like right now, I'm sitting on a 4890, which does everything I need it to do...but that sexy 5850 is out there, calling my name, maybe a Crossfire setup....sweet...No! Must...pay...rent....

See? Kind of a lose lose if you decide to scratch that itch.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Get an i7. Computer gaming is a pretty cheap hobby to have. If you enjoy it why not have a nice rig?

 

[MagickMan]

Ride out the C2Q and wait for "tock".

 

[Rich3077]

My kids machine is a q9550 and its better than my system.
My system will play any game..

So its really a matter of.. how badly the upgrade bug bites you.

 

[Arkaign]

That'd be a total waste for gaming, even moving to a $1000 i7-980X wouldn't make any difference. You're already sitting on a setup that rivals the absolute top-end chips at stock and even decently overclocked. It would take a ~3.33ghz i7-9xx or a 3.8ghz PhII X4 Black Edition to be in the same performance range, and any of the above will be GPU limited in 99.9% of gaming situations.

Better stuff will come soon, I'd wait for cheap 32nm Quads/Hexes, as you're more than golden for at least 6-12 months as a premier top-level gaming CPU status. If you absolutely must spend $ on better gaming performance, look at dual 5770/5850's and a better PSU.

 

[tweakboy]

I agree totally with some posts. Your CPU is not a problem why get rid of it.

I can tell you its never been @ 100 percent usage. Crysis engine takes 30 to 75 percent. UT3 engine or MW2 around 30 to 60 percent. This is on a non overclocked quad like yours. Soo upgrading CPU is pointless that is not going to change your FPS, what you need is a video card, your bottlenecking there. Get a 5870 or Fermi 470 , which I bet can be OCed to 480 numbers... thx

 

[qazwsxokmijn]

Get an i7. Computer gaming is a pretty cheap hobby to have.

Those two sentences don't really belong together I'd say.

 

[MisterDonut]

Those two sentences don't really belong together I'd say.

Three things in that sentence, imo. i7, gaming, cheap

 

[happy medium]

Thanks guys, Guess I'm gonna ride it out another year.

 

[EnzoLT]

good choice. q9550 is plenty for gaming..if anything upgrade that 5750

 

[RussianSensation]

good choice. q9550 is plenty for gaming..if anything upgrade that 5750

He even has a 3.6ghz overclocked Q9550! That 5750 is the bottleneck. I wouldn't consider upgrading the CPU if you are on a budget. Get a faster GPU instead.

 

[nyker96]

I think your q9xxx running 3,6 is pretty much enough for almost anything you'll do but if you got the cash an i7 probably net you 15-20% more performance across the board. To be honest, I'd just wait til newer stuff to come out and do an upgrade, 20% more performance don't really justify the time/money costs for the upgrade.

I see your vid card is little weak, save up the cash and get a 5850 and you'll notice some real difference in gaming.

 

[zerocool84]

I've been pondering the same thing but came to the conclusion that it's not worth it if you want a noticeable difference in games. I've checked out numerous benches and it's just not big enough.

 

[MagickMan]

I guess I'll be keeping my C2Q for a lot longer too, last week I performed an awesome "dumpster rescue". My father does contract repair work for an insurance company and they were tossing out a few systems that were smoky due to a house fire. Usually when this happens the machines are old, crappy, and damaged by the fire or by water. One of these machines, however, was pretty sweet. I knew something was up when I saw the kinda-battered Antec 300 case. Then I popped it open and was greeted with the sight of a TRUE staring back at me, and a wicked S775 board. So, I stripped it. Nice goods, plus I have another 4GB of DDR2 now and a Q6600 that's going into my second gaming rig, replacing my E7200. But my favorite prize was the Gigabyte X48-DS5, now I can go 5850 CF without going i7.

 

[soulfoolish]

i jumped from q9550 to i5 750 and the performance improvement is basically nill.

i would wait. u already have a great quad core. just put that money on a graphics card. wish i did.

 

[mv2devnull]

Those two sentences don't really belong together I'd say.

Comparison. We know the price of the hobby: "computing". To call it "cheap" implies a comparison to some alternative hobby that is "not cheap" (or just comparing to income/wealth that we don't have at our disposal).


I tend to play a game that is CPU-bound and single-threaded. E8500 does that reasonably well (I have not-so-high standards). Last Fall I did consider a C2Q, but concluded that I would actually lose some performance for the money (same architecture, lesser clock to boot). And changing socket would mean new board and ram too. A large investment (on my scale). So, for me a wait must suit.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Comparison. We know the price of the hobby: "computing". To call it "cheap" implies a comparison to some alternative hobby that is "not cheap" (or just comparing to income/wealth that we don't have at our disposal).


I tend to play a game that is CPU-bound and single-threaded. E8500 does that reasonably well (I have not-so-high standards). Last Fall I did consider a C2Q, but concluded that I would actually lose some performance for the money (same architecture, lesser clock to boot). And changing socket would mean new board and ram too. A large investment (on my scale). So, for me a wait must suit.

I'm comparing computer as a hobby to my other hobby which is motorcycle riding. A computer you spend $1500 and have a high end rig and you're done. $1500 on a motorcycle is a good exhaust and a new set of tires. Doesn't include cost of bike, maintenance, insurance, gas, etc.. So to me computers are a cheap hobby. If you can't afford it that's understandable.