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i have a socket 775 system that i want to upgrade and i have 2 options, either put a core 2 quad or core 2 duo. in it or put a socket 1155 pentium in it.

 

the 775 system is running a 9800 GT akimbo, 6gb ram and a pentium. 

 

what option would give the best preformance upgrade in games.

 

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i have a socket 775 system that i want to upgrade and i have 2 options, either put a core 2 quad or core 2 duo. in it or put a socket 1155 pentium in it.

 

the 775 system is running a 9800 GT akimbo, 6gb ram and a pentium. 

 

what option would give the best preformance upgrade in games.

 

thanks.

What mobo u have? Make sure it supports core 2 duo/quads... and u cant put a socket 1155 CPU in a LGA775...

 

i would go with a core 2 quad 9550, q6600...

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What mobo u have? Make sure it supports core 2 duo/quads... and u cant put a socket 1155 CPU in a LGA775...

 

i would go with a core 2 quad 9550, q6600...

i know that the intel sockets are not backwards compatable, should i put more ram for 8gb or stay with 6 for gaming.

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Please check that your mobo can support either or both C2D or/and C2Q. Sometimes, all you'd need is a BIOS flash for support of such SPU's, assuming the mobo can support C2D/Q in the first place. Agree with poster above, if your mobo can support C2Q, go with either the Q6600 or Q9550, both are pretty good quads, still viable for gaming today.

 

I happen to have a C2Q X9650 @3.7ghz on an Asus mobo, and combined with my HD6990 + HD6970, it does many games easily enough @ 1080P/1200P.

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i know that the intel sockets are not backwards compatable, should i put more ram for 8gb or stay with 6 for gaming.

6gb is enough for any game, most important is checking the mobo CPU Support list.

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Please check that your mobo can support either or both C2D or/and C2Q. Sometimes, all you'd need is a BIOS flash for support of such SPU's, assuming the mobo can support C2D/Q in the first place. Agree with poster above, if your mobo can support C2Q, go with either the Q6600 or Q9550, both are pretty good quads, still viable for gaming today.

 

I happen to have a C2Q X9650 @3.7ghz on an Asus mobo, and combined with my HD6990 + HD6970, it does many games easily enough @ 1080P/this is

this is the mjotherboard in it http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5QLVM_EPU/#specifications

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Like they said, go for a q6600 or q9550. Although I don't know how much performance you will be gaining with a 9800 in there. Is it a pentium D or a pentium 4? I actually had a Pentium D that I upgraded to a core 2 duo e6750 (both were overclocked) and I guess I saw a pretty good difference and I had a 8800 GTS, but I was also on a 680i chipset which was pretty dope for gaming.

 

The only worry I have is, is the G43 chipset really good enough to leverage the CPU and GPU enough to warrant the upgrade? 

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Yep, stated very clearly on the first line of its specs-

Intel® Socket 775 Core™2 Quad/Core™2 Extreme/Core™2 Duo/Pentium® dual-core Support Intel® 45nm CPU

 

BTW, bear in mind that Core 2 Quad/Extreme CPU can be QX6700, as well as QX9650, check with Asus whether it support either or both, I'm kind of fuzzy about C2Q now, so best be sure. I have an Asus Maximus II Formula with my X9650 and it's been doing a bang up job at gaming, started with a HD6950, to HD6990 to my present HD6990 + HD6970 combo. Eats most GPU heavy games for lunch,...

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I would say go with the q9550 and maybe u can try to push it to 3+ Ghz with that G43, I had a q6600 2,4Ghz at 3,2Ghz but with and p45 chipset asus p5q pro, the difference of 800mhz u can feel it really...

 

PS: qx9650 and some other extreems are better but they are way more expansive, people whaNt way to much for them

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