Realistically I'm looking at waiting a little bit for the new quads or jumping on the tasty looking e8400 when it comes out.
but I'm trying to really look at a fair cross of pro's / con's to which to get.
I mainly game and do some music creation (not so much any more...
) and I do use my processor(s) for Distributed computing (go TeAm SoB)
Most of the reviews of I've seen around are showing as 4ghz is "generally" obtainable with a E8xxx processor with *most* of the Q9xxx (minus the qx) capping at well under 4ghz
I know these numbers are all basically smoke and mirrors created with ES chip spins but don't really sound insane IMO
so here goes the main question - is a higher clocking dual core more likely to benefit me or is quadcore really worth the extra cash (mainly looking at the higher priced Q9450 as it has 12megs of cache)
- another side note is that I am worried about my mother board being compatible with OC'ing quads (running the P5N-e SLI in my sig which should run it fine at stock)
but I'm trying to really look at a fair cross of pro's / con's to which to get.
I mainly game and do some music creation (not so much any more...
) and I do use my processor(s) for Distributed computing (go TeAm SoB) Most of the reviews of I've seen around are showing as 4ghz is "generally" obtainable with a E8xxx processor with *most* of the Q9xxx (minus the qx) capping at well under 4ghz
I know these numbers are all basically smoke and mirrors created with ES chip spins but don't really sound insane IMO
so here goes the main question - is a higher clocking dual core more likely to benefit me or is quadcore really worth the extra cash (mainly looking at the higher priced Q9450 as it has 12megs of cache)
- another side note is that I am worried about my mother board being compatible with OC'ing quads (running the P5N-e SLI in my sig which should run it fine at stock)
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