updating my processor

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Processor options are(ebay):
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650
INTEL CORE 2 EXTREME QX9650 QUAD CORE SOCKET 775 CPU ~ SLAN3
INTEL CORE 2 EXTREME QX9650 QUAD CORE SOCKET 775 CPU ~ SLAWN

And prices are between 200-250 USD for used processor. So i think prices are very
good for me. Power consumption is between 95-130W.

So I need help to chose right processor to my system/hardware. My hardware specs are:

OS Opensuse 12.2
Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-UD3LR socket 775

Graph card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX470 SOC 1200mb memory
Intel(R) Core™2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
RAM: 8gb ddr2 800mhz
Cooler Master GX 750W psu
Processor cooling is air,Noctua cooler.

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Depends on what you want. Your system looks to be more than decent already. If you have no plans on numbercrunching what’s the reason to replace the current quad core?

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3D modeling and heavy/large image processing-are main reasons to upgrade :O. And that price is more than good now. From last september-october prices are going down really fast 30-40% rotfl!.

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On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:56:02 +0000, blender63 wrote:

> Knurpht;2552171 Wrote:
>> Depends on what you want. Your system looks to be more than decent
>> already. If you have no plans on numbercrunching what’s the reason to
>> replace the current quad core?
>
> 3D modeling and heavy/large image processing-are main reasons to upgrade
> :O. And that price is more than good now. From last september-october
> prices are going down really fast 30-40% rotfl!.

If you’re doing 3D modeling with Blender, you might do better to invest
in an nVidia GPU and use that for rendering. That’ll give you far better
bang for the buck in that kind of work.

Jim

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Thank you,great idea. I have found good price/performance graph card:
MSI GeForce GTX 660 2GB PhysX CUDA

PCI-Express 3.0, “Twin Frozr III”

So do i have reinstall my nvidia driver (310.44) And how to overclock that graph card under opensuse??? :sarcastic:

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Hi
Shouldn’t have to if it’s already installed/working. Add the option (coolbits) to your xorg config, run nvidia-settings and set your over-clocking requirements…

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On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:16:03 +0000, blender63 wrote:

> Thank you,great idea. I have found good price/performance graph card:
> MSI GEFORCE GTX 660 2GB PHYSX CUDA PCI-Express 3.0, “Twin Frozr III”
>
> So do i have reinstall my nvidia driver (310.44) And how to overclock
> that graph card under opensuse???

I would probably reinstall the driver. Not sure how to overclock the
card, but you might try running without overclocking - the videos I’ve
seen of performance differences between CUDA and CPU rendering are pretty
staggering (when using cycles, which is the renderer that uses it IIRC),
and overclocking may well not be necessary at all.

Jim

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openSUSE Forums Administrator
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