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[Dragon029]

Well I've decided to upgrade my CPU from the Q8300 (2.5ghz, 45nm, 1333mhz) to the Q9550, (2.83ghz, 45nm, 1333mhz), reason being that the Q8X00 series can't overclock... period.
(My Q8300 crashes at beyond 2.7ghz, the Q9550 on average overclocks to about 3.4ghz, some run it at 4ghz and beyond on water.)

[Ze-Tomb]

Originally Posted by Dragon029

Well I've decided to upgrade my CPU from the Q8300 (2.5ghz, 45nm, 1333mhz) to the Q9550, (2.83ghz, 45nm, 1333mhz), reason being that the Q8X00 series can't overclock... period.
(My Q8300 crashes at beyond 2.7ghz, the Q9550 on average overclocks to about 3.4ghz, some run it at 4ghz and beyond on water.)

Nice mate.
Just one thing, why do you need all that GHz?

[RAZER]

Originally Posted by TheOneOmega

Is there a place on Windows that detects all of your specicifications and allows for an easy copy/paste?

go to START - Run - type dxdiag and let it run

after it is finished you can save it to a txt file.

That should do the trick

[Dragon029]

Originally Posted by Ze-Tomb

Nice mate.
Just one thing, why do you need all that GHz?

My CPU is majorly holding back my graphics cards, I could be getting about 40fps instead of 27fps on Crysis for example.

[Ze-Tomb]

Originally Posted by Dragon029

My CPU is majorly holding back my graphics cards, I could be getting about 40fps instead of 27fps on Crysis for example.

Fair enough.
I should probably get more at that... and windows 7... and a 4580 or 9600GT.

[BlkRb0t]

Originally Posted by Ze-Tomb

Fair enough.
I should probably get more at that... and windows 7... and a 4580 or 9600GT.

Since you're mentioning Windows 7, why not wait for a DX11 card? ATI is supposed to announce that on Sept 10 and release it in Oct 1st week.

[Dragon029]

btw those 29fps and 40fps is for 1920x1200 on either High or Very High settings (I forgot).

[BlkRb0t]

Originally Posted by TheOneOmega

Is there a place on Windows that detects all of your specicifications and allows for an easy copy/paste?

You can go to run command and type dxdiag and get the required information.

Alternatively you can use the software CPU-Z.

CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system.

CPU

* Name and number.
* Core stepping and process.
* Package.
* Core voltage.
* Internal and external clocks, clock multiplier.
* Supported instructions sets.
* Cache information.

Mainboard

* Vendor, model and revision.
* BIOS model and date.
* Chipset (northbridge and southbridge) and sensor.
* Graphic interface.

Memory

* Frequency and timings.
* Module(s) specification using SPD (Serial Presence Detect) : vendor, serial number, timings table.

System

* Windows and DirectX version.

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php