eclipse245
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Hey guys,
I am a rather hardcore gamer...and like my graphics at the max. And currently I have Vista Ultimate 32 bit...with 3558MB of RAM...an eVGA 8800GT..slightly overclocked. And of course the AMD 6400+ X2 at 3.28 GHz.
Now I play Flight Simulator X. I don't know if you ever heard of this game or not. But it is extremely demanding. I play with good graphics...but my FPS can be really annoying when its down around 10-15, when flying over a city.
Now there are many members on a flight sim forum I'm on..that have almost the exact specs as me, but instead they have the quad core Q6600, also overclocked to about 3.0 GHz, and they get about 37-45 FPS!
So now....my first question IS...I have an AM2 motherboard..This one to be specific: Asus M2N32-SLI. Now it is a AM2 motherboard...and I was wondering...since the Phenom requires an "AM2+" motherboard, is that ANY different from my AM2 socket motherboard? Will the Phenom's performance be unleashed using my Motherboard?
Also is this comparable to the Q6600? Or does it exceed Q6600's performance. Also i read that the Phenom X4 9850 has the Cool n' Quiet technology, so will it be easy to overclock, so they don't overheat? Also will I get a nice FPS increase to about 30 FPS? And good Crysis FPS as well? Also I am planning to go SLI sooner or later as well.
Please tell me whether it's worth it, and whether or not my Motherboard will support AM2+ socket CPUs.
Thank in Advance,
Peter
I am a rather hardcore gamer...and like my graphics at the max. And currently I have Vista Ultimate 32 bit...with 3558MB of RAM...an eVGA 8800GT..slightly overclocked. And of course the AMD 6400+ X2 at 3.28 GHz.
Now I play Flight Simulator X. I don't know if you ever heard of this game or not. But it is extremely demanding. I play with good graphics...but my FPS can be really annoying when its down around 10-15, when flying over a city.
Now there are many members on a flight sim forum I'm on..that have almost the exact specs as me, but instead they have the quad core Q6600, also overclocked to about 3.0 GHz, and they get about 37-45 FPS!
So now....my first question IS...I have an AM2 motherboard..This one to be specific: Asus M2N32-SLI. Now it is a AM2 motherboard...and I was wondering...since the Phenom requires an "AM2+" motherboard, is that ANY different from my AM2 socket motherboard? Will the Phenom's performance be unleashed using my Motherboard?
Also is this comparable to the Q6600? Or does it exceed Q6600's performance. Also i read that the Phenom X4 9850 has the Cool n' Quiet technology, so will it be easy to overclock, so they don't overheat? Also will I get a nice FPS increase to about 30 FPS? And good Crysis FPS as well? Also I am planning to go SLI sooner or later as well.
Please tell me whether it's worth it, and whether or not my Motherboard will support AM2+ socket CPUs.
Thank in Advance,
Peter