Quick question about q6600

[Artem]

Hey guys,

 

I just want to know if a q6600 at 3.0ghz will bottleneck a 660ti. I have a 660ti laying around and a q6600. My brother want to get into pc gaming and I thought this would be a good starting point.

[TheSLSAMG]

I would say so, but it would still constitute a decent first machine. Go for it!

[_ASSASSIN_]

I think the chipset also runs DDR2 which would also be a bottleneck
that and it's just slower, if you can, get an FX 6350, it would be better, but there is no harm with using that CPU, just that more CPU intensive games won't work too well, if you have the 660ti, just try it and see how it goes

[Artem]

Does the fact that he will probably mostly play league of legends matter? Lol

[Popadookie]

You'll be fine, Lol isn't very demanding game. Just try it out worth a shot.

[Ryan Leech]

A Q6600 @3.0Ghz is similar in performance to a sandy i3. I think it will work fine with a 660 Ti, even in games like Crysis. An overclocked Core 2 Quad is still a very strong cpu, contrary to popular belief.

[Ryan Leech]

Hey guys,

 

I just want to know if a q6600 at 3.0ghz will bottleneck a 660ti. I have a 660ti laying around and a q6600. My brother want to get into pc gaming and I thought this would be a good starting point.

What motherboard will you be using for that Q6600?

[ProKoN]

C2quad is still a competent  chip even by today standards. DDR2 also performs very well in comparison to DDR3.

 

your 660ti will perform about 10-15% faster in a sandy bridge or newer platform. so thats your bottleneck.

 

I still love C2quads and I agree with Ryan. still very strong cpus.

[Giggitygoebbels]

Hey guys,

 

I just want to know if a q6600 at 3.0ghz will bottleneck a 660ti. I have a 660ti laying around and a q6600. My brother want to get into pc gaming and I thought this would be a good starting point.

Get an i5 4430 and a Asus Vanguard B85.Q6600 should bottleneck as it is already an ancient CPU.

[Ryan Leech]

Get an i5 4430 and a Asus Vanguard B85.Q6600 should bottleneck as it is already an ancient CPU.

No point in shelling out all that money for a Haswell i5 when he already has an overclocked Q6600 which performs the same as an i3.

[Giggitygoebbels]

No point in shelling out all that money for a Haswell i5 when he already has an overclocked Q6600 which performs the same as an i3.

But an i3 bottlenecks,that is the main point.

[Ryan Leech]

But an i3 bottlenecks,that is the main point.

It doesn't bottleneck a 660 Ti much. Now if we were talking pairing that Q6600 with a 780 or R9 290X, then there would be a bottleneck.

[Linus_torvalds]

it will bottleneck. i had i3 540 clocked 4.0 ghz and it bottlenecked gtx 660 in many games. (660 ti is slitely faster then 660) also in benchmarks at 4.2 ghz botllnecked 660. i belive that i3 540 4.0/4.2 ghz is faster then q6600 3.0 ghz, and it has 2 cores that are used in every game i play. so you need at least i5 2300. or i5 750/760 oced to 3.8 ghz or faster processors

[Giddyguy]

I don't know how much it will bottleneck but honestly it would still make a very capable gaming computer. I currently have a C2D at 3.1ghz and i can play some newer games on low with decent fps (though not much longer with next-gen). LoL supposedly isn't as demanding so i think it will be fine.

[Artem]

What motherboard will you be using for that Q6600?

The only one I have laying around. An Asus p5ne-sli.

 

Thanks for the input guys. I will get back to you with results.

[KJaboski]

To put it into to context, I had a gtx 650 ti with q6600 at stock 2,4ghz, and it did bottleneck it big time after finding out I had 10+ fps more with i5 4670k in farcry 3

[Helly]

why would a bottleneck even matter? If it costs you no money at all to put the thing together... just do it, play the games you want.. if they run good enough for you, its a win. No money spend and you got yourself a gaming pc ur happy with...

 

bottlenecks don't matter as long as you get the results you want... but if you have to buy stuff for it, make sure you buy future proof stuff in case you want to play other games that it can't handle well. saves you money next time.

[LogicalDrm]

It will be bottleneck but not really serious one. I had Q6600 2 years along with 560Ti and I'd say those two are were pretty much even.

[A/C]

I would say so, but it would still constitute a decent first machine. Go for it!

 

-This.

It would bottleneck a bit, but not enough to justify getting a better CPU. You're good to go.