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juniormafia27

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Quad Core Question Q6600 vs. Q9650?????????
« on: March 10, 2010, 11:39:50 pm »
Hi guys.  I have a question.  I am running a Q6600 2.4ghz chipset and looking to upgade to a Q9650 3.0ghz, in order to run FSX a lot better.  I am building an i7 computer on the side.  But I want to upgrade the one I have now in the meantime.  I want to know if anyone else has made the jump and how it is performing compared to the Q6600.  My computer specs are listed in the signiture.  Thanks in advance.
ASUS Hero Motherboard
Windows 11 64Bit
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz   3.60 GHz
64.0 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Ram
Corsair 1200 Watt
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NVIDIA RTX-3090TI
Samsung 49 inch Curved Monitor

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Re: Quad Core Question Q6600 vs. Q9650?????????
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2010, 08:39:59 pm »
I went from a Q6700 to a Q9650 and couldnt be happier.  The Q6700 is a great chip, but the Q9650 really put FSX into orbit for me.  Better, sharper looking scenery and great FPS all around, even in Blueprint's KMEM.  Be sure to put a decent vid card in it though, or it wont matter worth a crap.

Read around though.  I have seen plenty of write-ups to back up the fact that FSX doesnt run all that much better on an i7 rig as opposed to a Q9650.
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Re: Quad Core Question Q6600 vs. Q9650?????????
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2010, 10:36:25 pm »
Thank you sir for your input!! :)
ASUS Hero Motherboard
Windows 11 64Bit
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz   3.60 GHz
64.0 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Ram
Corsair 1200 Watt
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NVIDIA RTX-3090TI
Samsung 49 inch Curved Monitor

 FS9, FSX, P3D, MSFS 2020

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Re: Quad Core Question Q6600 vs. Q9650?????????
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2010, 08:19:40 am »
Hello Gents,

Yes, i agree with B6679, the most important is a "super" video card, buy the best on today's market, or try to OC the I7 to 4.0Ghz...that's make a difference.
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FSXA/Vista64/Core2Duo2.66/Radeon4870/Samsung24'/etc..

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Re: Quad Core Question Q6600 vs. Q9650?????????
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2010, 04:37:07 pm »
Hello Gents,

Yes, i agree with B6679, the most important is a "super" video card, buy the best on today's market, or try to OC the I7 to 4.0Ghz...that's make a difference.
Cheers,

I have a EVGA 295 CO OP and a 250.  But I was advised to roll with a 285 for the purpose of FSX...Good enough?
ASUS Hero Motherboard
Windows 11 64Bit
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz   3.60 GHz
64.0 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Ram
Corsair 1200 Watt
 Corsair H115i-Water Cooler
NVIDIA RTX-3090TI
Samsung 49 inch Curved Monitor

 FS9, FSX, P3D, MSFS 2020