Q9650-I7

[DarkWhisper]

Is there any comparison reviews on the performance differents on these two cpu's.
Wont to start looking into getting a I7 to replace my Q9650.

 

[jorzeh]

tomshardware.

 

[DarkWhisper]

niceone

 

[linktoinsanity]

With a Q9650 @ 4Ghz, unless you want something new to play with I'd wait until the i9 is out (6 core mainstream cpus) and then there may be a new cpu socket aswell. It may be a much more worthwhile upgrade.

It's up to you though.

 

[SinaiSound]

I moved from a QX9650 clocked to about 4.2Ghz to my i7 @ 4.0ghz setup which wasn't really worth moving

I did get a very good price for my QX chip though which paid for the i7 & motherboard

 

[///Rage]

I doubt you'd see any difference at all..

 

[jorzeh]

I would Skip i7 till I9 6core to be honest you won't see much improvement esp in game since you're CPU has such a nice overclock

It'll be afew years yet before Video cards can max that CPU out.

 

[psychas]

there was review here not long ago i7 and phenoms at same speeds and there was q9650 same speeds at games there was only 2 fps differences.

wait till bulldozer from amd or sandy bridge from intel

 

[pastymuncher]

I am completely skipping Intels i5/i7's. 1156 is EOL Q1 2011 and 1366 EOL Q3 2011 according to roadmaps. A Q9650 at 4Ghz will handle anything that's thrown at it for a good while yet.