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Is my system good for games?
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arif1752002m4a1
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No. Sorry to say but you need to buy a new combo. Of processor motherboard and ram. Because they are too. Old.
I suggest to use i5 6600 minimum. With 16 go ram for best use of your gpu
I suggest to use i5 6600 minimum. With 16 go ram for best use of your gpu
guanyu210379
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GTX1080 paired with Q9550?
GTX1080 is excellent but Q9550 is junkyard ready.
You need to seriously plan to upgrade the proc, mobo and RAM! PSU too, if it is as old as your Q9550.
GTX1080 is excellent but Q9550 is junkyard ready.
You need to seriously plan to upgrade the proc, mobo and RAM! PSU too, if it is as old as your Q9550.
aswindamara
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Holy crap, that system. I Mean If you on budget, Lower your GPU and Buy a CPU that as good as your GPU. Nowdays, Intel Pentium G series are the Minimum System. Hope you Understand 
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prince_xaine
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To be less "critical" of your system than previous responses:
RAM: 8 GB is OK for most games. 16 GB is the optimum amount. RAM speeds don't make a huge difference in games, but you should get at least 1600 Mhz if you wish for good performance universally.
GPU: The 1080 can run most games at high settings and resolutions.
CPU: The Q9550 is very outdated. As everyone else said, you will face serious CPU bottlenecks in certain games. There is a way around this though. The higher you crank up the settings and resolution, more of the load is transferred to the GPU. For example, you would see more CPU usage at low settings at 720p than at high settings at 1080p. However, some games are just terribly optimized and eat the CPU. So it will differ from game to game.
The best CPU for your socket (LGA 775) is the Intel Core2 Extreme X9770 @ 3.20GHz. I should note that just as everyone else has said, it is not worth putting more money into this current system. You should buy a desktop with a newer socket processor, as your system is aged, and will begin to have compatibility issues with drivers and such, if it hasn't already.
RAM: 8 GB is OK for most games. 16 GB is the optimum amount. RAM speeds don't make a huge difference in games, but you should get at least 1600 Mhz if you wish for good performance universally.
GPU: The 1080 can run most games at high settings and resolutions.
CPU: The Q9550 is very outdated. As everyone else said, you will face serious CPU bottlenecks in certain games. There is a way around this though. The higher you crank up the settings and resolution, more of the load is transferred to the GPU. For example, you would see more CPU usage at low settings at 720p than at high settings at 1080p. However, some games are just terribly optimized and eat the CPU. So it will differ from game to game.
The best CPU for your socket (LGA 775) is the Intel Core2 Extreme X9770 @ 3.20GHz. I should note that just as everyone else has said, it is not worth putting more money into this current system. You should buy a desktop with a newer socket processor, as your system is aged, and will begin to have compatibility issues with drivers and such, if it hasn't already.
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