Ah, how'd that install, no problems?
I'm still not sure about which one to get. OEM is so much cheaper, like you said. But it's tied to your mobo and if you ever upgrade it you'll have to buy a whole new copy, which kinda worries me. If my mobo should break, I'd be screwed.
I'll probably get the OEM one, too bad the real ones are so stupidly expensive.
Oh, it installed fine.
I bought the OEM edition that the store I got the computer from, but I didnt relize it was tied to the motherboard.
That kinda of sucks. Maybe, the version that the store got is different because my XP was installed on two different mobo's.
Hopefully thats not the case. Hopefully.
Well, that sucks.
But I rather think that OEM version is good to have because people are more inclined to go Vista route with the OEM at $120, than the retail version.
I bought Vista because of DX10, but if I bought a computer and didnt care, I would of stuck with XP for another couple of years.
It just sucks if the mobo breaks, I have to buy another Vista, but I think that will be covered under my warrenty, or I would make a huge stink about it.
I'm pretty satisfied.
On Crysis, I ran it at high at 1400x900 for half the game, and then put it down to medium because somehow the the last half of the game is resource heavy.
On World In Conflict, I rant everything as high as it goes at around 1200 resolution.
In COD4, everything at high as possible at the same resolution.
In STALKER, same thing.
In Company of Heroes, I'm running high as possible outside of the ultra texture settings at at 1200 something. There is a tad bit slowdown when artillary bombards the map and your moving tanks but it looks amazing (right now the second great looking game in the market)
Overall, I think its damn good. For the price of $270 and really good overclocking properties, its pretty damn good. Somewhere down the road, Intel will be releasing its replacement for the q6600, but I dont know when that is.
Personally, if you can find benchmarks for the processor you were planning on getting and maybe compare it to the q6600, see if its worthwhile to get it, especially if you cant find the first.
Yeah, I found some benchmarks comparing the two, and right now there isn't really much of a difference when playing at high resolutions.
I'm now leaning towards the Q6600 because it's probably more future proof. Like right now in games it's not much different from a dual core, but in a year, when more games will be optimized for the technology, it may be.
Still not totally sure, though.