E8400 VS Q9450 . dont know which is faster in pcsx2 and FFx

[Samhayne]

Just playing FFX with an E8400.

3.0GHz are the point to get it nicely playable.
Yet, I liked the performance boost in pcsx2 a "mild" overclock to 3.6GHz gave me VERY MUCH .

To keep that very safe and stable you just need to buy 800MHz DDR2 RAM instead of the else sufficient 666MHz DDR2 RAM.

After fresh install CPU und RAM run at 333MHz.
Set the FSB to 400MHz and make sure that the PCI(e) bus won't get overclocked by that measure.

So just the CPU is overclocked and no other component... and the E8400 can really, really bare that.

For CPU cooling I didn't install anything fancy.
Just a very cheap - but none the less good and quiet - 12€=19$ Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.


So running a E8400 @ 3.6GHz is veeeery safe and stable.
You don't even need to give the CPU more Volt or anything.

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( e8400 x2 3.0ghz 6 megs = q9450 x4 0c 3.0ghz 12 megs ??? )

DO NOT MULTIPLY THE CLOCK SPEED!!!
two cars running @ 30 miles per hour can carry two loads to passengers from a place to another, but it doesn't mean that the transportation is going 60 miles per hour!

if they are both 3 GHz, they they are exactly the same if they are using the same technology unless the program you use use 4 cores, then the quad can take more LOADS than the duo, but they still process each commands at the same speed, 3 GHz.

So yesh that is correct :]

Anyhoo,
8400 for PCSX2 and all other 2 cores only programs.
Quad for futre games