[PB0_Mighty-8]

Hi !

I wondered which of these two processors worked best with IL2 to replace an intel E6850 CPU.

My computer : intel E6850 3GHz, 4 Go DDR2, Asus P5Q motherboard, Earthwatt 650W Antec power supply, Asus 9800GTX+, Antec 3700BQE box

Sorry if this question was already asked somewhere in the forum, I haven't a lot of time to dedicate for a search in the database.

Thanks a lot by advance

Regards

M8

[Guest]

The Core2Quad is hands down a better processor. Newer technology, more cores and faster clock. BUT either processor is an improvement over what you have, though you may not see any difference in playability in IL-2

[FZ]

I would say the 8600 (very easy to overclock) if it is cheaper, since IL2 doesn't take multi core processors into account ...

[Dogtag]

Always buy with the future in mind. Even though IL-2 doesn't recognise multi cores, SOW:BOB and anything new will, especially 2 or 3 years from now.

[Paulo Hirth]

E8600 be shure! I personal compare the Q6600 with E-6600 years ago and the E-600 was much better! I sugest you upgrade to i7 series.

[BigSilverHotdog]

I have a new tweak that forces IL2 to use multiple cores (though not very efficiently), it is coming in tweak guide 2.0

I wouldn't bother upgrading your CPU. Just buy an aftermarket heatsink and overclock it. You'll get at least 500-600mhz safely and your current CPU even not overclocked is excellent.

E8600 would barely be an upgrade, you would hardly see any improvement. Q9650 is nice but not a gigantic upgrade since you already have an excellent dual core. I'd wait.

[GF_Mastiff]

^^^^ yes what bighotdogsilver said; I would wait bigger newer is coming out this summer so wait...

better Nvidia, better Intell cpus, and better Mobos this summer..

[PB0_Mighty-8]

Ok,

Thanks for all your advices folks.

I think an E8600 will replace my E6850 soon.

It may help a bit my 9800GTX+ GPU while playing Rise of Flight and as i don't have any trustable technical details on the hardware needed for Oleg's BOB-SOW.... don't want to break the "pink pig" without some good reasons. :wink:

Hope to see you in flight.

Cheers !

M8

[GF_Mastiff]

Ok,

Thanks for all your advices folks.

I think an E8600 will replace my E6850 soon.

It may help a bit my 9800GTX+ GPU while playing Rise of Flight and as i don't have any trustable technical details on the hardware needed for Oleg's BOB-SOW.... don't want to break the "pink pig" without some good reasons. :wink:

Hope to see you in flight.

Cheers !

M8

Well as far as ROF goes it won't help that either. I get 100% CPU usage and look at my specs in sig I get a slid fest in the ROF game. With medium setting a quad core I hear works far better at handeling ROF.

[Fireskull]

Hi,

Same advice as written earlier, I would keep what you have and see what Oleg's " Storm of War " will need in a few months when it is released. I recommend saving your money for those coming upgrades.

Meanwhile, there are a bunch of optimizations that you can make until then-free of cost. Have you studied the multi core topics recently posted in this forum? Altogether, there are several very useful topics posted on the same ( most recent ) page of the registry.

So that you know what to expect, I run a measly dual core CPU and a dual core GPU. The Frames Per Second used to be about 12 to 35. Now my FPS is 20 - 100 FPS. Only the atomic bomb blast and many planes spawning at the same time causes a stutter.

Yes, you can get the one thread application called IL-2 to run in multi thread. Yes, you can get IL-2 to go from running in the first core to running in the core of your choosing, even all cores. Quad core guys should run IL-2 in a core by itself-no other programs in that core, say core #4, as an example. I have dual core and run IL-2 just fine in both cores.

All the information is at your favorite IL-2 website: All Aircraft Arcade.