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Fidelium Mortis
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Posted - 2011.12.21 19:46:00 -
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fuer0n wrote:overclock your cpu and buy a new gfx card. consider if your likley to go sli soonish. take that into consideration when choosing a card.
Agreed. The Q6600 will probably hit 3.2 GHz or so fairly easily if you have a mid-range motherboard and a low-end aftermarket CPU heatsink. Just check to see if your current motherboard, cooling and PSU are up for the job. If so, that's a huge savings that can be dumped into getting a better graphics card. A Q6600 at stock speeds will bottleneck the performance of most modern graphics cards in EVE. If you're running EVE at 1920x1200 or below the ATI 6770 is a pretty good starting point that will let you walk around the CQ with most settings maxed.
If you absolutely need a hardware upgrade the AMD Phenom II X4 or X3 black editions are pretty tough to beat from a value perspective. Clock for clock they aren't quite as powerful as most i5 and i7 processors but given a mild overclock (3.6ghz is a good target) there is little to no discernible difference in most games including EVE (other applications may differ). Keep in mind this is for most budget oriented gaming, not for multi-monitor setups running at high resolutions. Also, there's plenty of overclocking guides/forums on the net that serve as a quick/easy reference if needed.
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Fidelium Mortis
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Posted - 2011.12.21 19:59:00 -
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Oh and the windows performance test is garbage. Gaming benchmarks such as the Unigine Heaven and 3DMark Vantage will give you a much better idea of your system's gaming performance. It will also help you identify the biggest bottlenecks and prioritize the best parts to upgrade.
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Fidelium Mortis
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Posted - 2011.12.22 20:07:00 -
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As far as CPU performance goes here's a little benchmark I ran to take a look at CPU scaling in CQ.
EVE Online Incrana CPU scaling
The Q6600 can work, but the stock CPU speeds will be holding back a newer graphics card. On the plus side, overclocking the Q6600 narrows that gap considerably and will let you take better advantage of a new graphics card. Also keep in mind that the chip in the graph is an i7 which is more powerful clock for clock than the Core2Duo (Q6600).
There's no need up upgrade from Vista if budget is a concern. They worked out most of the kinks that were experienced during the first couple years of launch.
Professor Alphane wrote:Herping yourDerp wrote:Christopher AET wrote:If wanting to build I would say don't skimp on the MOBO or the case. As the other parts you can upgrade as you go but those 2 form the base for everything so you want to futureproof it to some degree
this, but i would say don't skip out on the PSU either go corsair, just do it.. MOBO yes, case/PSU meh they come and go.
NEVER skimp on a PSU! It doesn't have to be expensive, or pump out a crazy amount of wattage (550w is more than enough for a typical system with 1 video card). A poorly built PSU isn't able to provide consistent power to components, and can actually damage multiple components in your system.
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