X3440 vs Q9450

artantaaa · 01-02-2014, 04:51 PM #1

I've been running Dolphin on an X3440 at 3.8GHz for a while now and I'm satisfied with the performance. Most of the games I want to play run at full speed. I just got a computer with a Q9450 in it and I'm wondering how it will measure up against the X3440. Both of these processors are plugged into overclockable boards, so I'm referring mostly to clock for clock performance. I think that the slightly newer X3440 would have the advantage, but I'm not sure if the difference between the two would be enough to notice. The X3440 could probably go to 4GHz with some tuning, but maybe the Q9450 will easily clock higher than that. I know i could just try it out and and see, but I'd like to hear the opinions of some Dolphin enthusiasts before I spend a few hours moving computer parts around and configuring things.