I'm getting the Q9650 :)

I'm happy to be telling you all that tomorrow I'll be getting the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 E0 stepping 3.0 GHz 1333 MHz FSB... bla bla bla.

You guys should know what it is. or most of you do. I was originally wanting to get the Q9550. but I'm not going to wait for the E0 stepping on that. I'm just going to snag the Q9650 thats for sure E0 and be happy. it costs a little more. but my friend works there so I get a little discount.

Although the Q9550 E0's were supposed to have already shipped out to retailers everywhere. yet we are still not seeing them. I did hear that some people ordered some from Australia and they got Q9550's with E0 stepping from AU..not sure why they'd have it before the U.S. but whatever.

This is my plan. I'm going to a supersize electronics store in the states called Fry's. they have over 200 Q9000 series CPU's in a locked room. I'm going to throw the employee a $20 dollar bill to dive in and search through the boxes for a Q9550 with the SLV8B sSpec. and thats the E0 stepping. if he can't find one, then I'll just eat it and get the Q9650 instead.

So ya. I'm hoping to reach 4.0 Ghz decently on Air, and start really really enjoying my system and games .

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I'm very exited!

Since you clearly have coin to toss... I'll pm you my addy... the wife and I would like a lobster dinner. However, much like you, we don't want a lobster dinner like last week's lobster dinner; oh no, that won't do. Instead of last week's four 2lbs lobsters, this week, we want four 2.5lbs lobsters....

hahaha.

ya ya yayayayayaya. I never got the Addy.. let me know and I'll send her over.
and well. I dont' really have tons of Coin to Toss. I will say that for only being 22 and making around $180-250 Daily plus an additional $5.85 an hour is pretty decent. thats cuz I'm a server inside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and I serve at a really nice place. then I have a second job that I work at nites about 2 or 3 times a week.. rather not get into detail. but lets just say that one for how little I work actually pays me very, VERY well.. and no it's not a hooker or anything like that. lol.

Also I did get the QX6850 for a very good deal. and ended up selling it on Ebay for almost double I paid. not to mention that I got a great deal on the Q9650. it's usually like $539.00 or more here in the states. Lets just say I paid around $400 for it and that wasn't to hard because I got more than that from my QX6850 I sold.. plus I'll be placing my Q6700 in some other machine and getting a return on that. so all in all. it's actually not that bad. and will be a good upgrade.

don't tell me it wont.. I know it's not that extreme and all. Just don't ruin my parade here mkay. I'm exited.

Let me know when you want that Four for each. 3.00 LBS Lobster dinner. and I'll have it sent over!

BOOYA.. 3 LBS each baby! thats how i roll. HAHA

*puts away rain clouds*

good stuff... now about my lobsters!!!

btw, next time the wife and I roll through Vegas... or better yet, the next time the fellas and I roll through Vegas, we gotta hook up.

yes yes... put the clouds away.

and ya. I'm down for that. I'll show you a good time.. If your with the Wife we can find a nice place to get some dinner maybe. and if your with the fella's it might have to be a bar/strip club.. hehe jk jk. don't let ur wife read that. or your not giong to be able to come to vegas.

Ya I enjoy it here so far. how often you come through here.

Well.. my Q9650 will be here in about an hour.. waiting on driver to deliver. I just checked it.

I'm exited to see how this bad boy runs. but will have fun completely taking apart my system.. pullin Mobo out and reapplying my Heatsink.

Question. whats the best way to run a software to compare the two. other than 3DMark..? I know I wont have that much better of results. But I still wanna do it.

Any suggestions let me know. thanks!

run SuperPI....its a quick & easy way to test OC improvement
& H/W comparisons

SK

xguntherc said:

... Question. whats the best way to run a software to compare the two. other than 3DMark..? I know I wont have that much better of results. But I still wanna do it.

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Record the fps of the games you play. Get fraps while you're waiting for you new core to arrive and run through a few games. Then do the same thing after you install the new chip. You'll know if the upgrade was worth it if you see fps increase in the apps you actually use.

Well I actually do a decent ammount of video incoding and burning and what not also.. but thats not like all that extremely demanding I know. Maybe I'll try a DVD encode.. then try it again with the Q9650. and also do the game and fraps idea. Not bad idea sir.

I've never used SuperPI. but many people have those on there screenies. Is it all that good.?

Encoding and decoding would be a good test as it's heavily cpu dependent. SuperPi is another synthetic bench that allows you to quickly see cpu strength by calculating Pi. It's not good or bad, it just is. The screens you see are the 1MB test; get sub 10's and you're smoking. Coolaler @ 5.26GHz Sub 10 second SuperPi_1M!!! - XtremeSystems Forums

But again, the best indicator is using what you use. So by all means, encode/decode something and run your games.

Coool.

Well.. It just arrived. I am looking at it now. I have a good batch number and hoping the VID is good also.

I'm going to run those some tests. then start on taking my Mobo out so I can put this baby in.

Also by competely removing my Mobo. and installing a new CPU, I don't need to worry about it booting my old CPU settings right. it will run at default on it's own right sir?

I'm exited!

Simply removing the board from the case does not clear cmos, which you'll want to do. Before you remove the old cpu, load the fail safe defaults, otherwise, it will boot up with your same settings.

If you've already taken the board out, then just pull the battery for a few seconds... this will also clear cmos.

Load the Fail safe Defaults.. Thats right below the Save and Exit option.. I've not started yet. I was waiting and running a Crysis Benchmark for CPU.

What about if I just hit the Reset Cmos botton. My Mobo has one of those cool little things.. for overclockers.. will that do it. I always hit that if I did a to high Oc and I can't get to BIOS. Should I just do that. and then start to remove it. Or load the Fail safe defaults.. I've never loaded those before. Thats all

The fail safe defaults should be either above or below the 'load optimized defaults' option. It's not like you're unfamiliar with fail safe defaults... it's how all boards arrive at your door.

Going on the premise that there's more than 1 way to skin a cat... anyway you clear cmos is fine, just get it done before you boot up with the new chip.

All Good.

Thanks Sir. I just hit the Cmos reset button before I powered down. and when I was done it booted up all good. This thing is nice so far. We'll see how it does.
It idles at 32c at stock speed of 3.0 GHz. So hopefully I can crank her up a ways. lol I'll post results later.

Thanks!

Another good test is to download the demo of something like Cinema 4D and do some test renderings. The quad core CPU's kill dual core cpu's in rendering, and the more MHz you have, the faster it renders.

oh ya.. Hm. good idea. I already have it in my system so I can't compare. but I could see at least how good it does.

@xguntherc Now you've done it. Every day I ask the postman where my GUNTHERCERIZED computer is. He's taken a restraining order out against me. Is it lost? Did you insure it, or, "shudder", haven't you sent it. I told you I wanted it.

lol what, My current system? or my old CPU.

I'm lost.

I don't want your cast off stuff - the new one.