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Intel's Core 2 Quad Q6600 is one of the best quad cores ever made. Popularized by its overclocking potential and cheap price, it's a must grab for enthusiasts, overclockers, and PC builders, but with it being on EOL (End of Life), will the new Intel Core 2 Quad (Q8200) able to replace the quad everyone loved so much?

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Sup3R C3r34L · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject:

I was expecting this to be great and overclock like a bitch, seems Intel kinda took a step backwards with the Q8200 just to be "green"

Humper · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject:

Yes the new Q8300 is bullshit.
Buy the Q6600 when you can.

Also If you play games go for dualcore.

Regards Humper

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject:

The low multiplier was a bad move.

At 400fsb, I'll be at 3000mhz on this compared to 3600mhz on a Q6600

kls85 · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject:

With the benchmarking results mixed between the Q6600 and the Q8200 it depends on what you really want to use it for.

The Q6600 is indeed a excellent overclocker and price is cheap.
The Q8200 uses the 45nm process, High-K, and SSE4.1 to improve encoding like in the newest version of Divx.

Comparison between the Q6600 and Q8200

Q6600:
-2.40GHz
-1066FSB
-8MB L2 cache
-9x Multiplier
-65nm process
-Supports: EM64T, NX Disable bit, EIST, VT, and C1E

Q8200
-2.33GHz
-1333FSB
-4MB L2
-7x Multipler
-45nm process
-Supports: EM64T, NX Disable bit, EIST, and C1E

Both lack Intel TXT

indiana · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 29 Aug 2008 Posts: 24

Intel core i7 should be out very soon. 4 cores - 8 threads, 3-channel DDR3.

So if you're looking for your christmas upgrade, better wait.