Intel Q6660 Bottleneck?

[hypnodog]

core clock too different to measure per core performance really

I checked on CPUBoss. http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core2-Quad-Q6600-vs-AMD-FX-8120

Sorry for going a bit OT lol

[harrynowl]

I checked on CPUBoss. http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core2-Quad-Q6600-vs-AMD-FX-8120

Sorry for going a bit OT lol

cpu boss

 

yuck

[Columbo]

I have a Q6600 as a backup computer running at 3.3ghz. The 270x is a pretty bad card but I think it would bottleneck it. I think the Q6600 tops out at a GTX 460 for performance and that card is long since past it's prime. I have mine on an old 8800GT. 

[zappian]

I have a Q6600 as a backup computer running at 3.3ghz. The 270x is a pretty bad card but I think it would bottleneck it. I think the Q6600 tops out at a GTX 460 for performance and that card is long since past it's prime. I have mine on an old 8800GT. 

 

The 270x is a pretty bad card.

 

Whats a good card for you? titan Z?

 

Thats funny considering a msi 270x is faster than your 7950 you own.

 

I have one and it hasn't failed to run a single game decently.

[Dabombinable]

Same man , im studying for finals ATM.

 

I had a TX 650 a few years ago and it died , same thing happened to a friend of mine.

 

Corsair psus die very young.

 

Man makes me sad that tx 650 was a beast but died after two years.

I can attest to that with my 650w Corsair VS, the damn thing struggles to power the GTX 970 with a 130MHz OC.

[zappian]

I can attest to that with my 650w Corsair VS, the damn thing struggles to power the GTX 970 with a 130MHz OC.

 

Average lifetime of corsair cpus is 2 years from my experience , how old is yours btw?

[Dabombinable]

Average lifetime of corsair cpus is 2 years from my experience , how old is yours btw?

Its just under 3 months old. And its never even had a heavy load since I bought it to hit the efficiency sweet spot (and for the PCIe power connectors).

Edit: I know its the PSU as ghettoing my 500w PSU's 6 pin PCIe connector lets the 970 hit 170MHz.

[Columbo]

The 270x is a pretty bad card.

 

Whats a good card for you? titan Z?

 

Thats funny considering a msi 270x is faster than your 7950 you own.

 

I have one and it hasn't failed to run a single game decently.

Like I said, it's a pretty bad card. How did you earn that statement above your name and avatar? A good card is a GTX 970 or R9 290X. My 7950 is going to be replaced as soon as AMD comes out with their new 380x and 390x series of cards. I am not sure if I will get a GTX 970. I want a 512bit bus or at least a 384bit bus like the 780Ti.

 

For a really good card, not the Titan but the R9 295X2 which is a dual card solution that can be had for $650. I myself will stick in the $300-$350 price range. 

[Columbo]

I can attest to that with my 650w Corsair VS, the damn thing struggles to power the GTX 970 with a 130MHz OC.

It's just an opinion but for higher end graphics cards I would go with 700w or more for a power supply. Especially if you OC your CPU and have a ton of hard drives like me and a couple optical storage drives that I don't list in my signature. For SLI or crossfire, I would say 850w. 

[zappian]

Like I said, it's a pretty bad card. How did you earn that statement above your name and avatar? A good card is a GTX 970 or R9 290X. My 7950 is going to be replaced as soon as AMD comes out with their new 380x and 390x series of cards. I am not sure if I will get a GTX 970. I want a 512bit bus or at least a 384bit bus like the 780Ti.

 

For a really good card, not the Titan but the R9 295X2 which is a dual card solution that can be had for $650. I myself will stick in the $300-$350 price range. 

 

AMD hierarchy according to you.

 

270x- pretty bad

280 - kinda bad

280x - bad

290 - okish card

290x - okay card nothing special

295x2 - Good.

 

If you think that the 270x is pretty bad by extrapolation of you first post this should be accurate.

 

Look fella i know im an asshole but at least im and honest asshole , i dont bullshit anyone in these forums.

 

Im sure most people here would agree that the 270x inst a bad card , its an average card , kinda good in some situations

but you dont pay 150 bucks for a pretty bad card.

The actual hierarchy IMO

 

270x- Average

280 - Good

280x - Very decent

290 - Great card

290x - Very good card.

295x2 - Enthusiast card.

 

What i found funny is that you called your own card pretty bad, since the higher clocked 270x( mine is at 1160 mhz for example) beat the 7950

[Columbo]

AMD hierarchy according to you.

 

270x- pretty bad

280 - kinda bad

280x - bad

290 - okish card

290x - okay card nothing special

295x2 - Good.

 

If you think that the 270x is pretty bad by extrapolation of you first post this should be accurate.

 

Look fella i know im an asshole but at least im and honest asshole , i dont bullshit anyone in these forums.

 

Im sure most people here would agree that the 270x inst a bad card , its an average card , kinda good in some situations

but you dont pay 150 bucks for a pretty bad card.

The actual hierarchy IMO

 

270x- Average

280 - Good

280x - Very decent

290 - Great card

290x - Very good card.

295x2 - Enthusiast card.

 

What i found funny is that you called your own card pretty bad, since the higher clocked 270x( mine is at 1160 mhz for example) beat the 7950

The 280 is a rebadged 7950. Your definition says my card is good. Your card cannot beat a 7950 at 1150mhz and 1575mhz on memory. Besides, look at the gaming benchmarks of the stock 7950 boost. It beats the 270x in everything. 

 

I cannot find any benchmark where your card beats my outdated 7950. It's a 2012 model, it's outdated and about to be put out to pasture. 

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2015-vga-charts/16-Battlefield-4-1080p,3679.html

[zappian]

The 280 is a rebadged 7950. Your definition says my card is good. Your card cannot beat a 7950 at 1150mhz and 1575mhz on memory. Besides, look at the gaming benchmarks of the stock 7950 boost. It beats the 270x in everything. 

 

I cannot find any benchmark where your card beats my outdated 7950. It's a 2012 model, it's outdated and about to be put out to pasture. 

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2015-vga-charts/16-Battlefield-4-1080p,3679.html

 

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/R9_270X_Gaming/9.html

 

1080p resolution see the result.

 

Dude if you think the 270x is bad i will post a poll to see who agrees with you , i will retract what i said if i lose.

[i_build_nanosuits]

i had ah HD7950 paired with a 3.6ghz Q6600 and at 1080p honestly they where not that bad of match...some games saw the CPU being the limiting factor but in most cases the GPU was limiting the performance.

[david cassar]

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/R9_270X_Gaming/9.html

 

1080p resolution see the result.

 

Dude if you think the 270x is bad i will post a poll to see who agrees with you , i will retract what i said if i lose.

http://tpucdn.com/reviews/MSI/R9_270X_Gaming/images/perfrel_1920.gif

An r9 270x is basically a rebadged HD 7870. A heavily ocd HD 7870(basically an r9 270x) can match an HD 7950 @stock. Not a surprise then again a stock 7950 is clocked at around 850mhz while a 270x is clocked at 1.1 GHz+. So clock for clock 7950 wins.

Anyways for him calling the 270x a bad card well everyone has a different opinion on what is good or bad. For example for me a bad card would be an r7 240 and a good card would be an r7 265. For you it could be different.

[Columbo]

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/R9_270X_Gaming/9.html

 

1080p resolution see the result.

 

Dude if you think the 270x is bad i will post a poll to see who agrees with you , i will retract what i said if i lose.

You should probably run your 270x in crossfire for better performance. That would settle the argument. 

[zappian]

http://tpucdn.com/reviews/MSI/R9_270X_Gaming/images/perfrel_1920.gif

An r9 270x is basically a rebadged HD 7870. A heavily ocd HD 7870(basically an r9 270x) can match an HD 7950 @stock. Not a surprise then again a stock 7950 is clocked at around 850mhz while a 270x is clocked at 1.1 GHz+. So clock for clock 7950 wins.

Anyways for him calling the 270x a bad card well everyone has a different opinion on what is good or bad. For example for me a bad card would be an r7 240 and a good card would be an r7 265. For you it could be different.

Like i said if the 270x is quite bad the hierarch is as follows:

 

270x- pretty bad

280 - kinda bad

280x - bad

290 - okish card

290x - okay card nothing special

295x2 - Good.

Doenst make much sense.

 

Yeah i mentioned that on the original post , a heavily cloccked version the 270x will beat a stock 7950.

[zappian]

You should probably run your 270x in crossfire for better performance. That would settle the argument. 

 

Im gonna buy a 280x soon dont worry.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Im gonna buy a 280x soon dont worry.

not worth it over a 270x...swing for a R9 290X or GTX 970 instead.

The big gap in performance is between the R9 280X and R9 290 on AMD's line up.

 

Just look...the R9 290 in itself is a worthy upgrade to even the R9 280X:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1041?vs=1068

 

...so if you go for example from a R9 270X to an R9 290X you almost double your performance:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1043?vs=1059

That's...a...worthy upgrade.

 

 

This is not a worthy upgrade:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1043?vs=1041

[zappian]

not worth it over a 270x...swing for a R9 290X or GTX 970 instead.

The big gap in performance is between the R9 280X and R9 290 on AMD's line up.

 

Dude its like 40 to 50% increased performance from my 270x.

 

And i can get it at 160 bucks used.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Dude its like 40 to 50% increased performance from my 270x.

 

And i can get it at 160 bucks used.

no it's not...not even close...re-read my previous post has been edited after you quoted it.

The R9 280X is only around 29% faster overall...not worth it.

[david cassar]

Dude its like 40 to 50% increased performance from my 270x.

And i can get it at 160 bucks used.

http://tpucdn.com/reviews/MSI/R9_270X_Gaming/images/perfrel_1920.gif

More like 30%. As nanosuit said an r9 290 would be the best upgrade and currently they cost almost as much as the 280x.

[zappian]

http://tpucdn.com/reviews/MSI/R9_270X_Gaming/images/perfrel_1920.gif

More like 30%. As nanosuit said an r9 290 would be the best upgrade and currently they cost almost as much as the 280x.

 

Fuck so the only decent upgrade path i have is a 290?

[david cassar]

Fuck so the only decent upgrade path i have is a 290?

Its not the only one. But its the most logical. An r9 290 is 50% faster than your 270x. Once over clocked it will be 70% better. It just makes much more sense to get the 290 over the 280x.

[zappian]

Its not the only one. But its the most logical. An r9 290 is 50% faster than your 270x. Once over clocked it will be 70% better. It just makes much more sense to get the 290 over the 280x.

For now it works fine , i dont game at 1080p anyways.

 

I will probably get a 370x or something like that later.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Fuck so the only decent upgrade path i have is a 290?

basicaly yes, at least an R9 290 or GTX 780...if possible R9 290X or GTX 970 would be even better.