I'm a few weeks away from buying a new computer and I've already chosen most of my computer parts. The only part I am not too sure about is the CPU. At the moment my future computer consists of a p5q mainboard and a Q9550 processor. Videocard will be bought a little later on.
At first I wanted to build a computer that was just capable of playing full HD movies and playing some games but I decided to build a future proof computer. This means that the CPU must be a quad core because I think that in the future more cores will come in handy.
I chose for the Q9550 because it "felt" like a high end quad core (i7 isn't making much sense to me right now.) and also performs like one. I started fishing trough reviews to see what the Q9550 performs like and I accidently found a review that compared the 9550 with a phenom II 940.
I thought, whatever, the 940 wont perform even close to the 9550 untill I noticed that it did. Next I checked the price at my local shop and at an online retailer not too far away.
Online:
940: 229 euro's
9550: 279 euro's
Local:
940: 265 euro's
9550: 323 euro's -> noticed the price rose, in times of competition? (was 310 euro's yesterday, I'm sure.)
The question I have is,
Should I go with the 940 or the 9550. Since I'm not planning on starting a flame war or intel/AMD fan boys I just want benchmark based answers.
Believe me I have been searching for benchmarks for hours and haven't found more then 2 so I'd like some more.
In the ones I have seen the 940 performs equal, a little less, a little better in games. Where the 940 will get 100 fps in UT3 the 9550 will get 98 or 102 for example. This difference, since it is spread over the type of benchmarks, isn't enough for me to be able to make up my mind, therefore I realy need some opinions.
So, 940 or 9550 for gaming and converting movies?
Your input please.
At first I wanted to build a computer that was just capable of playing full HD movies and playing some games but I decided to build a future proof computer. This means that the CPU must be a quad core because I think that in the future more cores will come in handy.
I chose for the Q9550 because it "felt" like a high end quad core (i7 isn't making much sense to me right now.) and also performs like one. I started fishing trough reviews to see what the Q9550 performs like and I accidently found a review that compared the 9550 with a phenom II 940.
I thought, whatever, the 940 wont perform even close to the 9550 untill I noticed that it did. Next I checked the price at my local shop and at an online retailer not too far away.
Online:
940: 229 euro's
9550: 279 euro's
Local:
940: 265 euro's
9550: 323 euro's -> noticed the price rose, in times of competition? (was 310 euro's yesterday, I'm sure.)
The question I have is,
Should I go with the 940 or the 9550. Since I'm not planning on starting a flame war or intel/AMD fan boys I just want benchmark based answers.
Believe me I have been searching for benchmarks for hours and haven't found more then 2 so I'd like some more.
In the ones I have seen the 940 performs equal, a little less, a little better in games. Where the 940 will get 100 fps in UT3 the 9550 will get 98 or 102 for example. This difference, since it is spread over the type of benchmarks, isn't enough for me to be able to make up my mind, therefore I realy need some opinions.
So, 940 or 9550 for gaming and converting movies?
Your input please.