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Building a new *** computer and want some input.

The Core 2 duo E6750 is about 30% cheeper than the E6850.
Is the extra money worth it?

I looked at this chart but cant make up my mind.

http://www.yqcomputer.com/

Im buying this in Sweden so dont come with any great
bargains from newegg or somthing like that OK?


Rig so far

Msi P6N SLI Platinum
2x1024 Corsair PC6400
BFG GeForce 8800GT OC2 Dual-DVI 512MB
Cooler Master Real Power 620W

and some other assorted stuff

On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:23:45 GMT, Peter Moller



Would you notice 5-10 FPS in most games (less at higher resolutions)?
If so there may be your answer.

i don't think so. only if you care about benchmarking.

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"(HL2) Ep2 is non linear .... multiple ways to achieve the same goals"
-Walter Mitty

On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:53:28 -0000, i own a yacht < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >




Isn't benchmarking game performance? 7 FPS in a Crysis benmark is 7
FPS in the game (arbitrary number, but just saying).

i would say get whatever CPU is cheaper because all that really
matters is the GPU anyway.

I built 2 *** rigs around the E6420. I overclocked this chip it to
run at 3.2ghz on stock cooling. I also had the Evga 8800 GTS 640 and
at the time (summer '07) could play all the latest games max
resolution and all that , of course that was on my 1440x900 19" lcd.

Psalm Nuclei < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > writes:



I ended up buying the cheeper one and bought 2 more gigs of ram instead.
Dang, ram is cheep nowdays...
>> I built 2 *** rigs around the E6420. I overclocked this chip it to >> run at 3.2ghz on stock cooling. I also had the Evga 8800 GTS 640 and >> at the time (summer '07) could play all the latest games max >> resolution and all that , of course that was on my 1440x900 19" lcd.

not really. there comes a point where cost outweighs the practical
benefits.

for example, at tomshardware -

supreme commander - e6750 46.6 fps, e6850 50.3 fps
prey - 117.7, 121.7

not the best examples, although supreme commander is pretty demanding. i
don't think anyone's going to notice the difference unless they run a
benchmarking program or leave "show fps" on.

--
"(HL2) Ep2 is non linear .... multiple ways to achieve the same goals"
-Walter Mitty