@@MidnightGeek99 Just wanted to point out : Nvidia since driver 555.xx, now requires POPCNT instruction support. Which means ALL CPUs before LGA 1366 (for Intel), and ALL CPUs before Phenom series (a.k.a. K10) - may NOT work with newest Windows 10 and 11 drivers.
Core 2 Quad still alive and kicking but for sure nobody would go and buy one for the latest games. Keep up the amazing work my friend and stay nostalgic :)
I have my Q6600 on a MSI P35 NEO, paired with a 9800GTX+. One of my favourite machines of all times. It runs a retro XP gaming machine, which absolutely flies.
I never used my C2Q 6600 at the default speed. The bus was always 1333MHz and the resulting frequency 3.0GHz. From my LGA775 collection I still have an Asus Rampage Formula X48 and Evga Nforce 680i SLI, with various CPUs including the C2Q 9650 and the C2Q 6600.
@@braxtonbunner4990 Awesome! With a Scythe Ninja I kept mine at 4.15GHz for a few years, then putting a Corsair closed loop water cooler it sat at 4.2 - 4.3 for a while. I ran it continuously for about 5 years, then only ocasionally. RUclips won't let me post links, but you can find these 3DMark Firestrike results by their ID. With the C2Q 9400 and the GT 1030 (both stock), Graphics Score 3 477 Physics Score 4 483 Combined Score 1 169 - ID: 17319164 C2Q 6600 (3GHz - permanent tape mod on the pads) and GTX 760, Graphics Score 6 231 Physics Score 4 594 Combined Score 2 380 - ID: 11820498 C2Q 6600 (3GHz - permanent tape mod on the pads) and R9 390, Graphics Score 12 316 Physics Score 4 543 Combined Score 2 443 - ID: 11820041 Q2Q 9650 (4.15 GHz and 1066MHz DDR2) and HD 7970 (stock), Graphics Score 7 664 Physics Score 7 118 Combined Score 3 030 - ID: 153429 Q2Q 9650 (4.15 GHz and 1066MHz DDR2) and Crossfire 2 x HD 5830 (stock), Graphics Score 3 096 Physics Score 6 943 Combined Score 1 027 - ID: 154074 and now, for a 4.2 GHz result: Q2Q 9650 (1066MHz DDR2) and HD 5450 (old PCI, not PCIe) Graphics Score 260 Physics Score 7 471 Combined Score 89 - ID: 190179
Yes! And his SLACR is G0 stepping and should do at least 3.6. Very little reason to run any Q6600 at 2.4 as you can tape mod them to run at 3 GHz even in any OEM motherboard with 1333 FSB support.
@@MidnightGeek99 generally, voltage kills more than frequency so finding the highest frequency at recommended voltages should be safe enough without worrying about shortened lifespan
Sweet! I have a core 2 quad extreme that I tested briefly a few months back. Even with some overclock it seemed painfully slow. I hope to give it another shot sometime as I only played with it for a couple of hours.
I don't know the price differences, but I'd go for a Q9550 or Q9550S instead. They have 12 MB of L3 instead of 8MB, SSE4.1 instructions and 95W TDP instead of 103W ( the S variant of the Q9550 has 65W). I still have a Optiplex 755 with a Q9450 (exact same specs as the Q9550 but lower clock speed), 8GB of RAM and with a reasonably decent GPU and a SSD, it could still do modern tasks. I was running it with a 1TB SSHD before I upgraded to a new machine.
I think that the purpose is to have the first quad-core cpu for it's legendary status. On the LGA 775 the best is the Q2Q 9650Extreme; I only have the non-extreme variant, for vor nostalgic purposes, like Midnight Geek, sometimes I run the C2Q 6600 even at stock speed.
I've been using Linux exclusively for work (software engineering) in the past 17 years although I haven't tried it for gaming in the past 10 years or so. I'm pleasantly surprised by its ability to run Windows games with Proton. Perhaps you can explore retro gaming on Linux on a somewhat modern but budget system (e. g. a Ryzen 5 5600G-based system with integrated graphics).
Just wanted to point out that Nvidia since driver 555.xx requires POPCNT instruction support. Which means ALL CPUs before LGA 1366 (for Intel), and ALL CPUs before Phenom series (a.k.a. K10) - may NOT work with newest Windows 10 and 11 drivers.
I bought a q6600 with a GTX 8800 1gb (from Asus) and 8gb of ram in 2008. it was really top tier without going for an extreme processor. I used it with a Samsung T220 (22" 1680x1050 monitor)... but it couldn't run crysis in high detail 😅
Am still using C2Q Q6600 and enjoyed gaming on it in 2024. Here's my current budget gaming specs:- CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 GPU - Radeon RX 560 4GB RAM - 8GB DDR2 HDD - 500 GB PSU - 360 Watt OS - Win 11 Pro (Yes I managed to install Win 11 on this CPU, there's a trick to it) Games am playing:- CoD Modern Warfare [2007] - High Settings 1080p - 50+ fps CoD World At War [2008] - High Settings 1080p - 50+ fps CoD Modern Warfare 2 [2009] - High Settings 1080p - 50+ fps CoD Black Ops [2010] - High Settings 1080p - 40+ fps CoD Modern Warfare 3 - High Settings 1080p - 40 > 50+ fps Medal of Honor [2010] - High Settings 1080p - 50+ fps Medal of Honor Warfighter [2012] - Ultra Settings 1080p - 50+ fps Far Cry [2004] - Very High Settings 1080p - 190+ fps Far Cry 2 [2005] - Very High Settings 1080p - 130+ fps Need For Speed Most Wanted [2005] - High Settings - 70+ fps Marvel VS Capcom 3 [2012] - High Settings 1080p - 50+ fps Tomb Raider: Anniversary [2007] - High Settings 1080p - 170+ fps Tomb Raider: Underworld [2009] - High Settings 1080p - 70+ fps These old games are the real deal bro.... And these are just some that I played, there's still more not mentioned. I have fun with these games. Love em so much!!!! Pin this comment at the top :D
@@MidnightGeek99if you enable legacy direct play + legacy netframework, you will have no trouble running older games. I run the settlers 2, need for speed underground 1 on my w11 with a RTX 4060TI. The GPU dont even turn the fans on 😂😂😂 That being said, i had a lot of issues with AMD newer graphics, lacking millions DLLs.
I have a Q9550 with Windows 10 and it runs really smooth. I just use Winutil to clean up some processes Windows really does not need. When booted Windows 10 it is just using only 1,6GB of memory. Disable telemetrie is great :-)
I still have a Q6600 kicking around in an old Gateway from 2006 that I still use from time to time for repairing and flashing phones since it has about 12 years of software inside it that I'm too lazy to migrate to my newer computers. It is amazing how stable and usable still is despite being 18 year old even on Windows 10!
If you retry on windows gaming benchmark and use a mexwell card+, try install the 552.44 nvidia driver instead the latest, as isnt supported popcnt and thats why it makes blue screen of death error. Was even tried to use the latest on a core 2 duo (with a slighly newer generation) without knowing and had the same issue.
One of these days I'll get another board for my QX6850 (or Xeon E5450). Both were quite useable the last time I had them in a system, but the Xeon was more responsive under Windows 7 and 10. For that matter so was my C2D E8500 that I bought for $5 (and ran at 4GHz) - and both of my (unlocked) Pentium E6500K. Once Intel moved to 45nm for their Core2 series, that's when they went from good to fantastic. I stopped using them BTW as every single one of my LGA775 boards eventually died, or became highly unstable. My P5Q Deluxe ended up only posting with 2GB of RAM. And only at 800MHz (I was able to go nuts with the timings however).
That's interesting, have the same board and decided one day it won't take more than 4GB. Would never get beyond post and never figured it out. Overclocking/memory timings were still fully OK for me too.
@@braxtonbunner4990 I just think its a case of Intel's chipsets of the time just not being that durable. Though if I remember correctly, 1600MHz (what I ran all CPU with) was out of spec for the FSB - even though it was rock solid at stock NB voltages. As was DDR2 faster than 800MHz.
I have something against Asus mono's from the 775 era, it seems to me that they were not that reliable, and they had a lot of memory issues. All of my Gygabyte 775 motherboards work flawlessly, almost all my Asus 775 mobos have issues.
@@MidnightGeek99 All 3 of my Asus LGA775 motherboards ended up in the bin. Admitedly though the P5K-VM (free) was killed by overclocking the P4 630 it came with far beyond the capabilities of the VRM. Been the opposite experience with LGA1155 and LGA1150 boards however. Poor memory compatibility and just overall unstable. While my Asus boards were fantastic (ran my 4790K at 4.6Ghz on my H87-M Pro for a good while before getting a MKII Z97 Sabertooth).
@@MidnightGeek99 The tape OC is rather easy and safe I'd say. I made that myself and it was just tine. But I think I guess you need to win the silicon lottery. Also it was a DDR3 MOBO
@@MidnightGeek99 yeah the 280 came with the 630i when i bought it. needed a repaste and after i did it the gpu ran games around the low to mid 70s. have been struggling to do a vista (OS it came with) and xp dualboot though
I use my Samsung R560 (Core2Duo P9500 and Geforce 9600M 8GB RAM DDR3) for retro gaming. And it's still usable in web browsing (Supermium) on Windows XP
I snagged a Q6600 bundle from the Intel Retail Edge discount program when I worked at Circuit City. I still have the CPU kicking around in a drawer somewhere.
I don't know if it's applicable to Linux but GTA IV needs a Vulkan mod, it stops stuttering and improves the frames. Even on High End computers GTAIV stutters with DirectX 9
Good video my friend. Funny thing is I was just playing Hot Pursuit 2010 couple of weeks ago on my Q6600 retro PC. 😊 Picking up from where I left off from my 2012 saved files. Was surprised that the Autolog servers are still up even after nearly 14 years. But anyways Q6600 is great for games from the 2000s and maybe some early 2010s and it has pretty good power consumption and runs pretty cool.
The servers are still up? :O I did not know that, otherwise I would have tried some online...I will do that in the C2D E8600 video, thanks for the tip!
@@MidnightGeek99 Yes the Autolog servers are still up. I copied my saved files from a Hard Drive that I had on a previous PC and transferred to my retro PC wanted to get to level 20 for the Most Wanted Level and just wanted to have fun since haven’t played Hot Pursuit in nearly a decade. I logged into Autolog using my old password and bam all my race records and my friends race records from 12+ years ago are still there. EA did something right for once!
If you can get your hands on a socket 771 xeon you can get a little pin swapper pad online and use then in socket 775 boards. I've done this personally before as a cheap and better upgrade to the core 2 quad back when money was tight
I own a Xeon 5430 (2.6 ghz) I've bought a couple of years ago to give it extra juice to my 775 PC, with a Gigabyte P35-DS3L. Now it's stock but would run it at 3.2 ghz. Still dont know what videocard to upgrade it.
I have a Core 2 Extreme Q6800. And I have a Q6600 in MSI P35 Platinum. But I am eventually going to put my E8600 into the P35 Platinum board and use some more powerful gpu's. I only tested once with a Zotac gtx 460.
I had this one with a HD 6670 until 2020. It could run gta 5 but that was it. later upgraded to a hd 7950 and the core 2 quad Q6600 held up pretty well! Strong single core perfomance. I eventually replaced it with the i7 950 which was much better. Now i have i510600K and RTX 3070 and you become a total graphic hoe... always trying to get the high fps. back then i was happy with 30 fps and a playable game even if it looked like shite.
GTA 4 is way better than GTA V! The physics is so much better. It's really satisfying running over people in GTA 4! 😅 And just driving the cars around. Sure GTA V had a bigger map, but it just wasn't as good.
I did not play 4 and 5 a lot, but 4 is the game for me, and while GTA 5 is a nice sandbox, GTA 4 feels like an immersive and atmospheric game suited for me.
I have one , used for 11 years and havenr used since 6 years lol. Wanted it to to be secondary pc. 1-2 TB SSDs are good price biggest games at that rime were 20-30 GB wirh few exception
You should try and claim the purchase you made was better than the core 2 duo of the same era I made the magistrate thinking 4 cores was a better option for games back then.
sadly most LGA775 board can only support 4GB ram and DDR2 upgrade are expensive, otherwise they would be still soild for web browsing machine heck, I feels my i5 2500 still too young
He installed Mint. To be honest I never have issues like that on Arch. Rolling realease distros are far better for gaming due to how fast-paced changes with gaming on Linux are. The only issues with sound I have are due to using multichannel system. And he installed a Jack for his sound system (it's designed for sound technicians or other advanced sound setups), most folks who want to have seamless experience install Pulseaudio. But both would be replaced by Pipewire anyway. When it comes to games not opening in fullscreen usually all you have to do is to use a fullscreen keybind at the start of the game.
@@krazownik3139Yup can't go wrong with Arch based distro it runs snappy especially with a window manager, memory usage is just much lower than traditional windows, especially a window manager, also bleeding edge kernel and packages, pipe wire is just the successor same goes with wayland
Wasn't pipewire introduced in mint 22? Actually, the issue was with the output from my audio card, and I need jack to change where the sound card outputs the sound.
A lot modern games are starting to rely more on SSE4.2 and AVX instructions. Intel only has AVX on Sandy Bridge SKUs and you'd need Nehalem SKUs for SSE4.2.
It sucked at games so hard, oh my. For other tasks it was really nice. But games? Nah. I could not overclock it either so mine just ran stock. It sucked so muccchhhh!!!!
A long time ago I had a Q6600 in revision E0 with laps, it worked stably at 3.7 ghz on the ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA x39 chipset board, I don't remember what voltages and settings but it worked like that for about a year without a problem, it was cooled by Scythe Ninja 1st gen. ehhh beautiful times
Still have C2Q 9400 (dell optiplex). Very good for multimedia. Not for games. Boot time (kingston ssd 120GB) much shorter than on my i5-11400F with Samsung Evo - 850 and 32gb ram.
Legend indeed 😊 Though I like the E8600 more, especially for XP games.
Hehe, yeah, the E8600 is unbeatable for XP gaming, best of the best.
@@MidnightGeek99 Just wanted to point out : Nvidia since driver 555.xx, now requires POPCNT instruction support. Which means ALL CPUs before LGA 1366 (for Intel), and ALL CPUs before Phenom series (a.k.a. K10) - may NOT work with newest Windows 10 and 11 drivers.
I have Q6600 too but I prefer E7500 for my Win XP retro rig.
Core 2 Quad still alive and kicking but for sure nobody would go and buy one for the latest games. Keep up the amazing work my friend and stay nostalgic :)
用4核的cpu
插一張gtx660
使用win7系統玩2015年之前的遊戲還是很不錯的
@@alexchan9449 very outdated but if that what you can afford no one judges
Thank you :)
I want to have a lot of core 2 cpus, for using them in xp gaming, 30 years from now!
I have my Q6600 on a MSI P35 NEO, paired with a 9800GTX+. One of my favourite machines of all times. It runs a retro XP gaming machine, which absolutely flies.
Yeah, great system for xp gaming!
@@MidnightGeek99 Dear wich Eizo monitor model do you use in video?
@@tonymontana5814 Eizo S2100
I never used my C2Q 6600 at the default speed. The bus was always 1333MHz and the resulting frequency 3.0GHz. From my LGA775 collection I still have an Asus Rampage Formula X48 and Evga Nforce 680i SLI, with various CPUs including the C2Q 9650 and the C2Q 6600.
Currently typing this on my Q9650, @3.7 ghz, it does alright.
@@braxtonbunner4990 Awesome! With a Scythe Ninja I kept mine at 4.15GHz for a few years, then putting a Corsair closed loop water cooler it sat at 4.2 - 4.3 for a while. I ran it continuously for about 5 years, then only ocasionally. RUclips won't let me post links, but you can find these 3DMark Firestrike results by their ID.
With the C2Q 9400 and the GT 1030 (both stock), Graphics Score 3 477 Physics Score 4 483 Combined Score 1 169 - ID: 17319164
C2Q 6600 (3GHz - permanent tape mod on the pads) and GTX 760, Graphics Score 6 231 Physics Score 4 594 Combined Score 2 380 - ID: 11820498
C2Q 6600 (3GHz - permanent tape mod on the pads) and R9 390, Graphics Score 12 316 Physics Score 4 543 Combined Score 2 443 - ID: 11820041
Q2Q 9650 (4.15 GHz and 1066MHz DDR2) and HD 7970 (stock), Graphics Score 7 664 Physics Score 7 118 Combined Score 3 030 - ID: 153429
Q2Q 9650 (4.15 GHz and 1066MHz DDR2) and Crossfire 2 x HD 5830 (stock), Graphics Score 3 096 Physics Score 6 943 Combined Score 1 027 - ID: 154074
and now, for a 4.2 GHz result: Q2Q 9650 (1066MHz DDR2) and HD 5450 (old PCI, not PCIe) Graphics Score 260 Physics Score 7 471 Combined Score 89 - ID: 190179
Nice motherboards. I had an E6400 back then, and it always stayed at 2.9, until the system became unstable.
Voltage?
The Q6600 could also be overclocked very well, practically all of them run at 3000 mhz stock voltage.
Yes! And his SLACR is G0 stepping and should do at least 3.6. Very little reason to run any Q6600 at 2.4 as you can tape mod them to run at 3 GHz even in any OEM motherboard with 1333 FSB support.
Yes, but I wonder if using it a higher frequencies reduces its lifespan considerably.
In the next video :)
@@MidnightGeek99 generally, voltage kills more than frequency so finding the highest frequency at recommended voltages should be safe enough without worrying about shortened lifespan
@@MidnightGeek99 only high voltage and temperatures shorten the CPU lifespan, not the frequency.
Sweet! I have a core 2 quad extreme that I tested briefly a few months back. Even with some overclock it seemed painfully slow.
I hope to give it another shot sometime as I only played with it for a couple of hours.
Yeah, for modern tasks is slow, I did not have very high of expectations.
I'm watching this on a C2Q Q6600 B3 @3.2GHz on XP SP3 on an ASUS P5K Premium WIFI P35 :)
Hehe, so I take it that you are really using this system. Also, the motherboard is a must have for any 775 enthusiast.
@MidnightGeek99 yup. I got the board for 24$ and it's been my go to board for 775. Rock solid and overclocks really well
@@centigrams wow, a real bargain!
I don't know the price differences, but I'd go for a Q9550 or Q9550S instead. They have 12 MB of L3 instead of 8MB, SSE4.1 instructions and 95W TDP instead of 103W ( the S variant of the Q9550 has 65W). I still have a Optiplex 755 with a Q9450 (exact same specs as the Q9550 but lower clock speed), 8GB of RAM and with a reasonably decent GPU and a SSD, it could still do modern tasks. I was running it with a 1TB SSHD before I upgraded to a new machine.
I think that the purpose is to have the first quad-core cpu for it's legendary status. On the LGA 775 the best is the Q2Q 9650Extreme; I only have the non-extreme variant, for vor nostalgic purposes, like Midnight Geek, sometimes I run the C2Q 6600 even at stock speed.
Exactly, nostalgia / status does play a big role in this :)
Yeah, I'm still looking for some high-end Q9xxx CPUs, never had one.
I've been using Linux exclusively for work (software engineering) in the past 17 years although I haven't tried it for gaming in the past 10 years or so. I'm pleasantly surprised by its ability to run Windows games with Proton.
Perhaps you can explore retro gaming on Linux on a somewhat modern but budget system (e. g. a Ryzen 5 5600G-based system with integrated graphics).
Proton is a real lifesaver, running Mafia and Gothic 1 and all the classic games with just one press of a button is crazy.
I overclocked Q9650 to 3.8GHz. Crazy speed
Wow, amazing. I would give the cpu or motherboard 3 years of working at that frequency before it starts becoming unstable.
Seeing that P45 board makes me miss my P45 Platinum so much 😭😭😭😭
Back in 2007 my best Linux games was Frozen Bubbles, Sauerbraten some others and I couldn't even imagine the modern possibilities with Steam
Never heard of Frozen Bubbles...and yes, proton is a life saver!
Just wanted to point out that Nvidia since driver 555.xx requires POPCNT instruction support.
Which means ALL CPUs before LGA 1366 (for Intel), and ALL CPUs before Phenom series (a.k.a. K10) - may NOT work with newest Windows 10 and 11 drivers.
Yes, someone else pointed that, and it's interesting, I will redo some tests when doing the core 2 E8600 video
I bought a q6600 with a GTX 8800 1gb (from Asus) and 8gb of ram in 2008. it was really top tier without going for an extreme processor. I used it with a Samsung T220 (22" 1680x1050 monitor)... but it couldn't run crysis in high detail 😅
Am still using C2Q Q6600 and enjoyed gaming on it in 2024. Here's my current budget gaming specs:-
CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
GPU - Radeon RX 560 4GB
RAM - 8GB DDR2
HDD - 500 GB
PSU - 360 Watt
OS - Win 11 Pro (Yes I managed to install Win 11 on this CPU, there's a trick to it)
Games am playing:-
CoD Modern Warfare [2007] - High Settings 1080p - 50+ fps
CoD World At War [2008] - High Settings 1080p - 50+ fps
CoD Modern Warfare 2 [2009] - High Settings 1080p - 50+ fps
CoD Black Ops [2010] - High Settings 1080p - 40+ fps
CoD Modern Warfare 3 - High Settings 1080p - 40 > 50+ fps
Medal of Honor [2010] - High Settings 1080p - 50+ fps
Medal of Honor Warfighter [2012] - Ultra Settings 1080p - 50+ fps
Far Cry [2004] - Very High Settings 1080p - 190+ fps
Far Cry 2 [2005] - Very High Settings 1080p - 130+ fps
Need For Speed Most Wanted [2005] - High Settings - 70+ fps
Marvel VS Capcom 3 [2012] - High Settings 1080p - 50+ fps
Tomb Raider: Anniversary [2007] - High Settings 1080p - 170+ fps
Tomb Raider: Underworld [2009] - High Settings 1080p - 70+ fps
These old games are the real deal bro.... And these are just some that I played, there's still more not mentioned. I have fun with these games. Love em so much!!!! Pin this comment at the top :D
Nice, did you encounter any weird issues with the older games? The video card you are using is on the newer side.
@@MidnightGeek99if you enable legacy direct play + legacy netframework, you will have no trouble running older games. I run the settlers 2, need for speed underground 1 on my w11 with a RTX 4060TI.
The GPU dont even turn the fans on 😂😂😂
That being said, i had a lot of issues with AMD newer graphics, lacking millions DLLs.
that sse4.2 patch for the games require cpu having sse4.1 to work. Q9450 or Q9550 is recomended in this case (plays nicely doom eternal 👍)
I see, well...see you in the next video about this, with the C2D E8600.
I have a Q9550 with Windows 10 and it runs really smooth. I just use Winutil to clean up some processes Windows really does not need. When booted Windows 10 it is just using only 1,6GB of memory. Disable telemetrie is great :-)
Yes, I think that for the next video, with core 2 E8600 in windows 10, I will try to make the windows more lightweight.
The iconic q6600, one of the most popular quads at the time. I still have one ready for a nice XP setup. Nice vid!
10x! Yes, it's great for a lot of purposes, especially for benchmarking old video cards :D
I still have a Q6600 kicking around in an old Gateway from 2006 that I still use from time to time for repairing and flashing phones since it has about 12 years of software inside it that I'm too lazy to migrate to my newer computers. It is amazing how stable and usable still is despite being 18 year old even on Windows 10!
775 is a very stable platform.
If you retry on windows gaming benchmark and use a mexwell card+, try install the 552.44 nvidia driver instead the latest, as isnt supported popcnt and thats why it makes blue screen of death error.
Was even tried to use the latest on a core 2 duo (with a slighly newer generation) without knowing and had the same issue.
I did not know that, thanks a lot.
This will come in handy when doing the C2D E8600 video :)
One of these days I'll get another board for my QX6850 (or Xeon E5450). Both were quite useable the last time I had them in a system, but the Xeon was more responsive under Windows 7 and 10. For that matter so was my C2D E8500 that I bought for $5 (and ran at 4GHz) - and both of my (unlocked) Pentium E6500K. Once Intel moved to 45nm for their Core2 series, that's when they went from good to fantastic.
I stopped using them BTW as every single one of my LGA775 boards eventually died, or became highly unstable. My P5Q Deluxe ended up only posting with 2GB of RAM. And only at 800MHz (I was able to go nuts with the timings however).
That's interesting, have the same board and decided one day it won't take more than 4GB. Would never get beyond post and never figured it out. Overclocking/memory timings were still fully OK for me too.
@@braxtonbunner4990 I just think its a case of Intel's chipsets of the time just not being that durable.
Though if I remember correctly, 1600MHz (what I ran all CPU with) was out of spec for the FSB - even though it was rock solid at stock NB voltages. As was DDR2 faster than 800MHz.
I have something against Asus mono's from the 775 era, it seems to me that they were not that reliable, and they had a lot of memory issues.
All of my Gygabyte 775 motherboards work flawlessly, almost all my Asus 775 mobos have issues.
@@MidnightGeek99 All 3 of my Asus LGA775 motherboards ended up in the bin. Admitedly though the P5K-VM (free) was killed by overclocking the P4 630 it came with far beyond the capabilities of the VRM.
Been the opposite experience with LGA1155 and LGA1150 boards however. Poor memory compatibility and just overall unstable. While my Asus boards were fantastic (ran my 4790K at 4.6Ghz on my H87-M Pro for a good while before getting a MKII Z97 Sabertooth).
OC the hell out of this thing and is still usable. Of course it lacks modern security features and instructions but still.
Yeah, the lack of instructions is actually the biggest problem! I usually don't OC, because they will get bricked sooner
@@MidnightGeek99 The tape OC is rather easy and safe I'd say. I made that myself and it was just tine. But I think I guess you need to win the silicon lottery.
Also it was a DDR3 MOBO
i have the q9650 paired with a gtx 280 in my dell xps 630i. runs at 3.2 with a slight overclock. perfect for a late 2000s retro rig
Yes, the Q9650 is amazing, and the GTX 280, although hot and loud, is an excellent card for 2000s gaming.
@@MidnightGeek99 yeah the 280 came with the 630i when i bought it. needed a repaste and after i did it the gpu ran games around the low to mid 70s. have been struggling to do a vista (OS it came with) and xp dualboot though
I use my Samsung R560 (Core2Duo P9500 and Geforce 9600M 8GB RAM DDR3) for retro gaming. And it's still usable in web browsing (Supermium) on Windows XP
It's great for XP :)
i retired my q6600 long time ago but i found it recently again while cleaning the attic, made a keychain out of it in memory
Wow, very nice, respect!
Great chip, loved it!
Thanks.
I snagged a Q6600 bundle from the Intel Retail Edge discount program when I worked at Circuit City. I still have the CPU kicking around in a drawer somewhere.
Open the drawer and make yourself an xp gaming pc :)
@@MidnightGeek99 Not sure if it even works, and if I want to buy all the hardware to find out. Your video did have me considering it though.
Not what you wanted it to be, but still a good video! Old hardware in modern Linux is always good to watch.
Thanks a lot! Yes, Linux is interesting as it can run n anything, depending on what distro you are using.
Hot damn this is one awesome video! I was still using AMD back in 2007/08, paired with my 8800GT. This would have been amazing on my old rig
Thanks a lot! The 8800 GT was amazing, it would have deserved a Core 2 CPU :)
I take it that you had an Athlon 64?
@@MidnightGeek99 yup, but back then my only concern was to get a decent experience in WoW. Gosh those were some good time 🥹
watching this video in my intel Q6600 + GTX 750 ti, try the Metalstorm game, it runs very well.
I don't know if it's applicable to Linux but GTA IV needs a Vulkan mod, it stops stuttering and improves the frames. Even on High End computers GTAIV stutters with DirectX 9
Interesting, but I don't think that the Linux folks were interested in making gta 4 to run better :D
Good video my friend. Funny thing is I was just playing Hot Pursuit 2010 couple of weeks ago on my Q6600 retro PC. 😊 Picking up from where I left off from my
2012 saved files. Was surprised that the Autolog servers are still up even after nearly 14 years. But anyways Q6600 is great for games from the 2000s and maybe some early 2010s and it has pretty good power consumption and runs pretty cool.
The servers are still up? :O I did not know that, otherwise I would have tried some online...I will do that in the C2D E8600 video, thanks for the tip!
@@MidnightGeek99 Yes the Autolog servers are still up. I copied my saved files from a Hard Drive that I had on a previous PC and transferred to my retro PC wanted to get to level 20 for the Most Wanted Level and just wanted to have fun since haven’t played Hot Pursuit in nearly a decade. I logged into Autolog using my old password and bam all my race records and my friends race records from 12+ years ago are still there. EA did something right for once!
I have a couple boards with Q6600 with BSEL mod. Great CPU that’s still cheap and easy to get.
Yes, STILL cheap, I hope they stay like this!
If you can get your hands on a socket 771 xeon you can get a little pin swapper pad online and use then in socket 775 boards. I've done this personally before as a cheap and better upgrade to the core 2 quad back when money was tight
Hmm, I have a lot of 775 Xeon CPUs, maybe it's time to get them out of the closet.
I own a Xeon 5430 (2.6 ghz) I've bought a couple of years ago to give it extra juice to my 775 PC, with a Gigabyte P35-DS3L. Now it's stock but would run it at 3.2 ghz. Still dont know what videocard to upgrade it.
A 9800 GT or GTX 2xx series.
I have a Core 2 Extreme Q6800. And I have a Q6600 in MSI P35 Platinum. But I am eventually going to put my E8600 into the P35 Platinum board and use some more powerful gpu's. I only tested once with a Zotac gtx 460.
That MSI Platinum board is really nice, did you have any memory configuration issues with it? My P45 Neo2 is a little picky with the memory sticks.
@@MidnightGeek99 No problems with memory.
I had this one with a HD 6670 until 2020. It could run gta 5 but that was it. later upgraded to a hd 7950 and the core 2 quad Q6600 held up pretty well! Strong single core perfomance. I eventually replaced it with the i7 950 which was much better. Now i have i510600K and RTX 3070 and you become a total graphic hoe... always trying to get the high fps. back then i was happy with 30 fps and a playable game even if it looked like shite.
Those high modern fps, almost ruined retro gaming for me :))
OC the hell out of this thing and is still usable (oops I posted twice)
I'm afraid of doing oc, as it can damage the mobo or the cpu
GTA 4 is way better than GTA V! The physics is so much better. It's really satisfying running over people in GTA 4! 😅 And just driving the cars around. Sure GTA V had a bigger map, but it just wasn't as good.
I did not play 4 and 5 a lot, but 4 is the game for me, and while GTA 5 is a nice sandbox, GTA 4 feels like an immersive and atmospheric game suited for me.
dont beat yourself up, i really enjoyed this video for what its worth ❤
Thanks a lot :) I am a little disappointed, but no time for this, next video is around the corner :D
I still have my Q9550 @ 3.6GHz going strong, paired with a 1060 3GB, still capable.
Wow, crazy! Windows 10?
@@MidnightGeek99 yeah a lite iso by someone called ghostspectre or something like that. Runs very well. But I use it as a secundary PC
I have one , used for 11 years and havenr used since 6 years lol. Wanted it to to be secondary pc. 1-2 TB SSDs are good price biggest games at that rime were 20-30 GB wirh few exception
With a slight oc it might be a decent second PC, but you'd be better with a q9000 or early i7s
@@MidnightGeek99 good call ye late or mid Q's are great, early I7s are LGA775 too
IT'S A MEEEEE MARIOOOO
Ciao Mario!
9:05 There is an awesome program for windowed mode games called borderless gaming. It removes the borders so you can play full screen borderless.
Thanks! I think that there should be an option somewhere in steam or Nvidia settings?
You should try and claim the purchase you made was better than the core 2 duo of the same era I made the magistrate thinking 4 cores was a better option for games back then.
Mistake not magistrate
This when I'll be making the video about core 2 E8600
sadly most LGA775 board can only support 4GB ram and DDR2 upgrade are expensive, otherwise they would be still soild for web browsing machine
heck, I feels my i5 2500 still too young
Hmm, I have a few boards that support 8GB, although they are piky when it comes to memory configurations.
The core 2 quad processes roughly the same computes instructions as a 3rd gen i3.
Just get a 3rd gen i3 if you want 30fps gaming
Yeah but then it's not interesting anymore.
The GTX 1070 you are using appears to be the Dell OEM version, which is made by MSI.
:)))) yeah, you might be right :)
@@MidnightGeek99 Not being rude I promise, I just have the same exact card myself with the same exact cooler haha.
@@DeusSavage I bought the card from someone and it was kept inside an Asus 1070 box, hehe...it's OK, it's better to know what is real :)
GOD BLESS YOU
Ma bucur sa vad macheta aia cu dacia de militie :)
Da, arata bine :D
I have a Q9400 with 8GB DDR3,performs just like my i3 3240 system which is years newer
Bro, i'm writing this comment on q9300@3GHz with 8GB DDR2
The i3 is only single core, AFAIK, so having a quad core really helps.
Chad
@@MidnightGeek99 i3 3240 is dual core with 4 threads. Still,having quad core over it was still better
@@Mirra2003-f9s hyper threading is way slower than having 2 extra physical cores
Your GTA performance seems a bit low, it ran better on my Core2Duo E8500.
Hmm, maybe it's because of the frequency, yours has 3.4, mine 2.4
Linux fans: Bro, install linux bro, it just works bro!
Reality: 5:32
He installed Mint. To be honest I never have issues like that on Arch. Rolling realease distros are far better for gaming due to how fast-paced changes with gaming on Linux are. The only issues with sound I have are due to using multichannel system. And he installed a Jack for his sound system (it's designed for sound technicians or other advanced sound setups), most folks who want to have seamless experience install Pulseaudio. But both would be replaced by Pipewire anyway. When it comes to games not opening in fullscreen usually all you have to do is to use a fullscreen keybind at the start of the game.
@@krazownik3139Yup can't go wrong with Arch based distro it runs snappy especially with a window manager, memory usage is just much lower than traditional windows, especially a window manager, also bleeding edge kernel and packages, pipe wire is just the successor same goes with wayland
Hehe
Wasn't pipewire introduced in mint 22? Actually, the issue was with the output from my audio card, and I need jack to change where the sound card outputs the sound.
Q8200 and q9550 its good for game's till 2016 but for newer game's bad like Fortnite..issue is CPU not supported 😅
A lot modern games are starting to rely more on SSE4.2 and AVX instructions. Intel only has AVX on Sandy Bridge SKUs and you'd need Nehalem SKUs for SSE4.2.
Yeah, maybe they need those instructions to develop the awesome games that we have today, such as fortnite.
you are romanian right?
Yes! I have a Romanian channel also: www.youtube.com/@AtelierulRetro
It sucked at games so hard, oh my. For other tasks it was really nice. But games? Nah. I could not overclock it either so mine just ran stock. It sucked so muccchhhh!!!!
Q6600 was not bad for gaming, it was as fast as the E6600, which was an amazing gaming CPU.
Good morning
Morning :)
Ești cumva românul de la retro ?
De fapt romanul de la retro e asta de aici :))
Sign of a bad youtuber , they still useing quod 2 qxxxx in 2024 SAD
But true 👍
in Romania we still use the abacus as a modern way to compute
:))))))))
It's OK.
03:20 "AMD? Intel!"- yeah, especially 13&14th gen 💩💩💩
:))) I have intel 12th gen, and it's amazing :D
A long time ago I had a Q6600 in revision E0 with laps, it worked stably at 3.7 ghz on the ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA x39 chipset board, I don't remember what voltages and settings but it worked like that for about a year without a problem, it was cooled by Scythe Ninja 1st gen.
ehhh beautiful times
3.7 is a very nice oc, surely the nice motherboard and cooler helped :)
Misto Dacia rosie ++++:))))))
Da, e chiar frumoasa si eleganta :)
In romana,când mai faci ? 😂
Uof...buna intrebare :D
Com esse sotaque, você deve ser 🇷🇺 ou 🇩🇪
Close, Romania :)
linux mint 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Of course!
Dude, my ears are bleeding hearing this English accent. What's your main language, seriously, you made me curious.
Oh...
Still have C2Q 9400 (dell optiplex).
Very good for multimedia. Not for games. Boot time (kingston ssd 120GB) much shorter than on my i5-11400F with Samsung Evo - 850 and 32gb ram.
Yeah, modern gaming requires a more beefy CPU, because modern games need to have 1000 complex calculations!
gius tu da sipiu
Yes?
decât să te chinui să pronunți "corect" și să editezi până te ia capu' mai bine sa ai dicție