Evening Reading

by Steve Gibson, Sep 24, 2008 6:00pm PDT

I got around to checking out Google Chrome

a bit more today and I was pretty impressed. The migrate of settings/passwords/etc worked

quite well and I was right at home. Of course the lack of downloadthemall and firebug

makes it a no-go for me, but if I didnt actually work on websites all day and just browsed

them, it would be great.

It pays
href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=5868121&page=1">to be
sexist

Texting
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/23/tech/cnettechnews/main4471183.shtml">is
hot

Got any good
ideas?

Hulu is hot

As for the the videogame news around these parts:

Motorstorm 2 screenshots

Spore players threatened with
forum banning

Interplay MMO gets a new developer

The Last Remnant screenshots

Spore DRM prompts class action
lawsuit

Grand Theft Auto DS features drug
dealing

Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie XBLA
plans

Advertising challenges creativity

Gears of War 2 trailer

Xbox 360 dashboard in November

Video game legislation sucks

EA declares Spore a hit

Peggle XBLA and multiplayer priced

Tenchu 4 trailer and screenshots

GameTap sells out

EA loves Spore DRM

Lastly, we'll hopefully be seeing a fairly significant change around here in the next

few weeks as we are going to begin integrating Shacker polling info in to individual news

items via a cute little shack

nugget. This is the first step in a broader plan to start a deeper integration of what

you guys think about games in to what we publish here. Everyone hold your breath!

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I've been thinking about doing a CPU upgrade. I'm currently running this:

Gigabyte EP35-DS3R
Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.2Ghz
4GB DDR2-800
Nvidia 8800GT

Was thinking about grabbing an E8500, what could I expect overclocking this chip? Also would it really be noticeable at all moving from a E6600?

Sep 25, 2008 5:47am PDT

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I've been thinking about doing a CPU upgrade. I'm currently running this: Gigabyte EP35-DS3R Core2D : Shadowdane
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- You don't need a CPU upgrade. If you upgrade anything, it should be the video card, but you probably don... : pyrogen
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  Yeah, the CPU is fantastic and will be for another couple of years. The 9800 or 4850 would be a good vide... : Chepito.
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    I thought the 9800 was just a slight bump plus the PhysX shit? : node
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      8800 does the PhysX as well. : zerog83
      
      Yeah but it takes a hit, whereas the 9800 has some dedicated hardware part. Or some shit. : node
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  Seriously? Why? I'm thinking of buying that exact setup new. What would you upgrade to? : Hiro
  - Mainly Crysis Wars... that game is fun as hell and I would love a good FPS boost. I was trying to find... : Shadowdane
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  Changing your processor won't change much unless you do a lot of developer stuff. Try to grab at 9800G... : changejar419
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    The 9800GT & 8800GT are the same damn card. Specs are identical. http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards... : Shadowdane
    - You know I never looked at that. Interesting. : changejar419
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  Upgrade the CPU and GPU and then sell the old ones to me. : Horn
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    I'd consider that actually... :) : Shadowdane
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      I built my PC two years ago and it's getting a little long in the tooth.
      
      E6400 (2.13 Ghz) & 7900 GTO
      
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      I built my PC two years ago and it's getting a little long in the tooth. E6400 (2.13 Ghz) & 7900 GTO : Horn
      
      You should be able to get that E6400 to 3.2Ghz without much problem... 400Mhz FSB x 8 Multiplier = 3.2... : Shadowdane
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  Flash your bios ( http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2743 ) Get a ... : skankcore
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    Already on the F3 BIOS and I can't get the damn thing to post above 3.4Ghz and running at 3.4Ghz it just ... : Shadowdane
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      Shitty =\. I'm on an 8400, EP35-DS3L and I got it to 3.88 stable out of the box, Zalman 9500 HSF. Mayb... : skankcore
      
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      It might be the mobo version, my friend has an 8400 but the DS3R, and he can't get his above 3.2 without ... : skankcore
      
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      I don't have a E8400... I'm running an E6600 those are 2.4Ghz stock, I haven't seen many people getting ... : Shadowdane
      
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      They aren't trying hard enough! :P But yeah, I realize that, you'd still be better off with a new GPU. : skankcore
      
      lol... the 45nm Wolfdale chips are a bit different than the 65nm Conroe chips. I did get it to run ... : Shadowdane
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  i just moved from a q6600 to an e8400, and yeah it's noticably faster in games, particularly tf2 since so... : nem00
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    Did you have your Q6600 overclocked or at stock? : Shadowdane
    - I ran it at 3 ghz most of the time, it took a ton of volts to get it past 3.2. It was noticeably smoothe... : nem00
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  You should upgrade the GPU instead. : SlamDunk
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    Yah I'm actually leaning more toward the GTX260 Refresh with 216 Shader Processors. Trying to decide if... : Shadowdane
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      I'm thinking of replacing my 8800GTX with that card as well. : pancake humper
      
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      yah seems the GTX260(216) is the best bet... especially if you overclock it. : Shadowdane
      
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      There is one on Newegg for under $300 now I believe. : pancake humper
      
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      yah I think I'm gonna sit on my E6600 for a bit longer.... GTX260 seems to be the way to go. : Shadowdane
      
      Yeah you are already running your 6600 at 3.2 and you would be moving down to dual core. I realize that ... : kodt

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