Q6600 to 3.0GHZ difference?

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mitch0508 Trainee
Joined: Jan 09, 2007 Posts: 58
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Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:55 pm

Hi

I have a Q6600 quad cpu at 2.4 GHZ! Would i notice a difference if i upgraded the motherboard so that i could overclock the cpu to 3.0GHZ?

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RadarMan Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17934 Location: U.S.A
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Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:36 pm

Since FSX does best with a high CPU it should run much better whenever you get a bigger chip.
The video card of course counts for much but not nearly as much as a powerful CPU.
If you have the money to spend, go for it but have at least 4gigs of ram also.

Radar

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Bob (Traches) First Officer
Joined: Jan 31, 2008 Posts: 412 Location: Louisville, KY, USA
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Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:03 am

Hate to break it to you, but I seriously doubt you're going to get 3.0 ghz out of a 2.4 ghz chip. Not without some serious heat-management related modifications and hand selecting all your components with overclocking in mind.

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