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I have this Q6600 and wondered if it will be enough for upcoming games in the future?

I know it's slower than what is on the market now but still I'm asking since it's a QuadCore.

Is it suitable for Battlefield 3, COD Black Ops and other games like that? Will it work well for future games as long as I have a good videocard?

Thank you!

I have an old athlon x2 that my little brother-in-law had. Threw in an old 8800 ultra I had laying around, and it runs counterstrike GO at max settings, among other newer games, also pretty close to max settings.

Short answer: You need to replace that 8600GT.

Long answer: budget for a newer system. In the meantime listen to what the others said, clock it to 3.0 for a day. If you get no crashes, take it to 3.2.
 
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I have 2 5750s I could let go for $60 a piece. Equivalent to a 6750 I believe.
 
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What stepping? If you have a "G0" then overclocking 3ghz to 3.2ghz should not be a problem. Like everyone has stated.. I would upgrade the 8600gt before the Q6600. :toast: Oh and like Solaris17 said it wasn't a bad card in it's day and I had a couple at one time as well. :toast:
 
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What stepping? If you have a "G0" then overclocking 3ghz to 3.2ghz should not be a problem. Like everyone has stated.. I would upgrade the 8600gt before the Q6600. :toast: Oh and like Solaris17 said it wasn't a bad card in it's day and I had a couple at one time as well. :toast:

The shame is even if it IS a G0 he can't overclock it on the Acer OEM board he has it in. I was running a G0 Q6600 before I moved to this i7 rig. Yeah 3.2 was easy I could even run Speed Step without issues. Was a great CPU and I got it for "nothing" I built an HTPC for a buddy using it and he never used the PC at all so I asked him if I could swap it out for my E6600. Was a great upgrade.
 
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I havent read through the whole thread but when I upgraded from a Q6600 @ 3.6ghz with 8gb DDR2 ram to an i7 2600k, the difference in gaming was very evident! Even a game like BF2 ran much smoother on multiplayer servers and I couldnt imagine trying to run BF3 smoothly on that old processor. I diddnt upgrade my graphics card at the same time so the improvement i was seeing was totally the processor itself.
 

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I havent read through the whole thread but when I upgraded from a Q6600 @ 3.6ghz with 8gb DDR2 ram to an i7 2600k, the difference in gaming was very evident! Even a game like BF2 ran much smoother on multiplayer servers and I couldnt imagine trying to run BF3 smoothly on that old processor. I diddnt upgrade my graphics card at the same time so the improvement i was seeing was totally the processor itself.

Exactly the same experience.
 
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I havent read through the whole thread but when I upgraded from a Q6600 @ 3.6ghz with 8gb DDR2 ram to an i7 2600k, the difference in gaming was very evident! Even a game like BF2 ran much smoother on multiplayer servers and I couldnt imagine trying to run BF3 smoothly on that old processor. I diddnt upgrade my graphics card at the same time so the improvement i was seeing was totally the processor itself.

Q6600 @ 3.6GHz is plenty. My Athlon II X4 @ 3.6Ghz runs BF3 at very high settings, friend has an I5 @ 4.2GHz running the same video card as me and his frame rate minimum is the same as mine, maximum frame rate is only slightly better than mine.

Also bought Max Payne 3 recently. Plays at high settings, frame rate is good. If you've got a beefy video card like the ATI 5850 CF you can get away with a mediocre processor.

Saying that I am looking to upgrade my CPU soon. Late December, early January 2013. I would recommend the OP eventually upgrade his CPU (2.6GHz) soon too as he can't OC to compensate, but the video card is the first priority at will net him atleast a playable frame rate at medium.
 
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Q6600 @ 3.6GHz is plenty. My Athlon II X4 @ 3.6Ghz runs BF3 at very high settings, friend has an I5 @ 4.2GHz running the same video card as me and his frame rate minimum is the same as mine, maximum frame rate is only slightly better than mine.

Also bought Max Payne 3 recently. Plays at high settings, frame rate is good. If you've got a beefy video card like the ATI 5850 CF you can get away with a mediocre processor.

Saying that I am looking to upgrade my CPU soon. Late December, early January 2013. I would recommend the OP eventually upgrade his CPU (2.6GHz) soon too as he can't OC to compensate, but the video card is the first priority at will net him atleast a playable frame rate at medium.

Like i said, only once i upgraded to an i7 2600k did i notice how much smoother the gameplay was in BF2 / BF3, specially on large multiplayer maps.
Perhaps this wouldve been different if my q6600 was on a DDR3 board, i dont know
 

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Bullshit. It was terrible in comparsion to what was available at the time.

Post #42 http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2706513&postcount=42

Bullshit is your response.. I said it was not a bad card.. I did not say it was a great card... That's why I said I would upgrade the Graphics card before the CPU.. The 8600 wasn't a bad card in it's day, but it wasn't the greatest or near the greatest card either. In all fairness Nvidia should have named it 8600 GS and not 8600 GT. They did get it wrong with the name.

The shame is even if it IS a G0 he can't overclock it on the Acer OEM board he has it in. I was running a G0 Q6600 before I moved to this i7 rig. Yeah 3.2 was easy I could even run Speed Step without issues. Was a great CPU and I got it for "nothing" I built an HTPC for a buddy using it and he never used the PC at all so I asked him if I could swap it out for my E6600. Was a great upgrade.

Yea, he's not going to be able to do anything with that OEM board. :toast: I still have a G0 Q6600 crunching 24/7 @ 3.0ghz. It was a great chip, but nothing compared to an i7, but a Q6600 paired with a good gaming card should squeeze a little life out of his machine. :toast:
 
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Agreed, need new gpu first and foremost...lol..
 
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Upgrade GPU first, but the stock Q6600 and DDR2 memory isn't really sufficient, especially for DX11 games that need lots of memory bandwidth.
 

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Yea, he's not going to be able to do anything with that OEM board. :toast: I still have a G0 Q6600 crunching 24/7 @ 3.0ghz. It was a great chip, but nothing compared to an i7, but a Q6600 paired with a good gaming card should squeeze a little life out of his machine. :toast:

Agreed. I would probably still be running mine. I just happened to have a lump of cash to upgrade so I did. :toast:
 

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Agreed. I would probably still be running mine. I just happened to have a lump of cash to upgrade so I did. :toast:

I had an Old guy ask me years ago, “When should I upgrade?” I told him when the tasks you do on your pc feel slow. Example: Soon after that he wanted me to upgrade his computer. The next day after I upgraded his machine he calls me and says, “On my old pc when I got up in the morning I could go over to it, and start it up. Then go use the bathroom, go to the kitchen fix a cup of coffee, and grab a snack. When I got back to my pc the desktop would be coming up and when I sat down it was ready…. Now when I press the power button and before I walk away from the pc.. I’m at my desktop ready to go…”. I responded to this with, “That’s great so what’s the problem?”… He said, “But now, when am I suppose to use the bathroom, and get coffee and a snack?”... lol :roll: :roll:
 
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I had an Old guy ask me years ago, “When should I upgrade?” I told him when the tasks you do on your pc feel slow. Example: Soon after that he wanted me to upgrade his computer. The next day after I upgraded his machine he calls me and says, “On my old pc when I got up in the morning I could go over to it, and start it up. Then go use the bathroom, go to the kitchen fix a cup of coffee, and grab a snack. When I got back to my pc the desktop would be coming up and when I sat down it was ready…. Now when I press the power button and before I walk away from the pc.. I’m at my desktop ready to go…”. I responded to this with, “That’s great so what’s the problem?”… He said, “But now, when am I suppose to use the bathroom, and get coffee and a snack?”... lol :roll: :roll:

LMAO! :roll::roll:

That was kinda the same thing that happened to me when I got the i7. When I download mkv TV shows I convert them with MKV2VOB so I can stream them to my PS3. I used to start it and go back to the livingroom while I "waited" I had barely gotten up and turned around to leave and it was done...:laugh:
 

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he could try setfsb. iv been doing some laptop clocking and the program actually works well. if you know your PLL chip have $11 and know the author he adds it to the program.
 
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