However, there are an increasing number of applications that really show off some decent performance improvements as a result of moving to quad-core.
Gaming isn’t an area where the higher-clocked dual-core processor really makes a telling difference because gaming performance in today’s games is ultimately limited by the graphics card installed in the system. Although the higher clocked Core 2 Duo E6850 is available for around the same price, it’s pretty hard to ignore the lure of quad-core and the potential benefits that come with it. Since Intel’s July 22nd price cuts should have now come into effect, you will find many retailers selling the Core 2 Quad Q6600 for somewhere south of £190 (inc. Introduction:When we looked at Intel’s refreshed line of Core 2 processors last week, we came to the decision that Intel’s Core 2 Quad Q6600 offered the best value for money out of all of Intel’s range of processors.ĭue to an overwhelming demand from not only members of the bit-tech community but also from many other readers via email, we are here today to extend our investigations into Intel’s Core 2 Quad Q6600 with a bit of overclocking on two motherboards based on Intel’s P35 and also Nvidia’s nForce 680i SLI chipsets.
