Phenom X4 9500 2.2G or INTEL Core 2DuoE6750 2.66 for chess?

[Miki]

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[Albert Silver]

Depends only on whether the engine you plan to test with fully supports 4 CPUs or not. If not, the Core2Duo is clearly the better choice. BTW, have you considered the Core2Duo Q6600 (with G0 stepping)?

Albert

[Miki]

Depends only on whether the engine you plan to test with fully supports 4 CPUs or not. If not, the Core2Duo is clearly the better choice. BTW, have you considered the Core2Duo Q6600 (with G0 stepping)?

Albert

Core2Duo Q6600 or Core2Quad Q6600 ?
AMD Phenom X4 9500 2.2G overclock ?

Milorad

[hgm]

Q6600 is always Quad. The Duo is called E6600.

[Spock]

Yes



Phenom Quad or Intel Q6600 Quad ? Answer: choose the Intel Quad

Phenom Quad or Intel E6600 Dual Core ? Answer: choose the Phenom

that's what I would do

[Nid Hogge]

Take a look here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/05/ ... age24.html

Generally, you better go with the Intel Quad. Q6600 will give you the best performance per watt and per price.