Questions about performance difference Between C2D and C2Q

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Ok without re-covering too much ground, I have a dimension 9200 with an E6400 C2D , from reading the info on this site I understand the best quad I can put on the LGA775 socket is a Q6600... Now the reason for upgrading is for gaming, will an upgrade to this C2Q give me the performance boost to run say battlefield 3 on medium settings? Or am I wasting my money? (I don't have the funds to build a new system but have upgraded the Graphics card to a GT440 and put in 4gb of DDR ram.) Also upgrading to quad would my 370w power supply be sufficient? Thanks in advance Rich

speedstep · Answer

No No and No Quads require bigger power supply when paired with 150W and Higher GPUs. Unless its almost Free its a waste.

Kelbear1 · Answer

Your mistake was upgrading to a GT 440.  This is not the video card you want to play Battlefield 3.  This system has a 375 watt power supply.  What you should do is sell your GT 440 and buy an HD 7770 and then see how the game plays before doing anything else.

speedstep · Answer

System requirements Minimum Recommended Operating system Windows Vista (Service Pack 2) 32-bit Windows 7 64-bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz Intel or AMD quad-core Memory 2 GB RAM 4 GB RAM Hard drive space 20 GB for disc version or 25 GB for online distributed version + 100MB for Origin Platform Installation Graphics hardware NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or ATi Radeon HD 3870 with pixel shader 5.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or AMD Radeon HD 6950 Sound hardware DirectX compliant Sound card Network 1 Mbit/s broadband internet connection for Online play and Online registration and Activation

Rich1976 · Answer

So basically it's not worth me upgrading anything and I have the wrong graphics card for gaming.... Is there anything else I can do to improve the performance? I am guessing there are no other mobo/processors that fit the dell case? Can I overclock the C2D?

	Minimum	Recommended

Operating system	Windows Vista (Service Pack 2) 32-bit	Windows 7 64-bit
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz	Intel or AMD quad-core
Memory	2 GB RAM	4 GB RAM
Hard drive space	20 GB for disc version or 25 GB for online distributed version + 100MB for Origin Platform Installation
Graphics hardware	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or ATi Radeon HD 3870 with pixel shader 5.0	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or AMD Radeon HD 6950
Sound hardware	DirectX compliant Sound card
Network	1 Mbit/s broadband internet connection for Online play and Online registration and Activation

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