Quad Q9550 to i7?

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Hey guys,

Any day now I am going to be swapping out my GeForce GTX 260 for a GTX 470 possibly a 480. My first question is whether or not I have enough processor power for either of those cards? I am currently running a Core 2 Quad Q9550 on 8GB's of DDR2 on Windows 7 Pro on a 850 Watt Antec PSU.

My second question is I am planning within the next 6 months to do a system overhaul, switch over to DDR3, an i7 processor and get an updated SLI capable motherboard. I know that Intel has been selling the i7 for about 3 years now, and I am just wondering if anyone has heard of a new chip line coming out in the near future? I don't want to make the same mistake as I did with this Q9550, buying it, only to find out the i7 had just been released and was vastly superior.
 
Hey guys,

Any day now I am going to be swapping out my GeForce GTX 260 for a GTX 470 possibly a 480. My first question is whether or not I have enough processor power for either of those cards? I am currently running a Core 2 Quad Q9550 on 8GB's of DDR2 on Windows 7 Pro on a 850 Watt Antec PSU.

My second question is I am planning within the next 6 months to do a system overhaul, switch over to DDR3, an i7 processor and get an updated SLI capable motherboard. I know that Intel has been selling the i7 for about 3 years now, and I am just wondering if anyone has heard of a new chip line coming out in the near future? I don't want to make the same mistake as I did with this Q9550, buying it, only to find out the i7 had just been released and was vastly superior.

Your CPU is great. Friend has one setup with 2 x GTX 295's and as far as I am aware it doesn't bottleneck it. I think new Intel CPU's come out next year, with a new socket too, Intel are always changing their sockets and are expensive, which Is why I prefer AMD.

You'd be best with 2 X GTX 460's I think, Cheaper and they trash the 480.
 
I disagree on getting 2 460. A single 480 runs every game on max settings and you have the option to get a second one later. If you buy 2 460 you'll be limiting yourself for future upgrades.
 
I disagree on getting 2 460. A single 480 runs every game on max settings and you have the option to get a second one later. If you buy 2 460 you'll be limiting yourself for future upgrades.

That's another way of looking at it yes, And as people say a single GPU setup is better than SLI, but the 480 Runs mighy HOT! and two of them babies = omg electric bill.... But then again I'm obsessed with Temperatures :)
 
Even if your cpu doesn't have enough power to push a GTX 470 or 480 to it's limits it will still see a major improvement with either card.
 
Your CPU is great. Friend has one setup with 2 x GTX 295's and as far as I am aware it doesn't bottleneck it. I think new Intel CPU's come out next year, with a new socket too, Intel are always changing their sockets and are expensive, which Is why I prefer AMD.

Do you know that AMD future processors needs AM3+ motherboard ? It doesn't work with the current motherboards.
 
Usually when you get a socket change, it isn't backwards/forwards compatible, AMD is the only one for the last few years that has had any compatibility on ANY of the AM socket designs.
 
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