Q6600 motherboard support

[bradsctt]

hi. my friend has an Intel D946GZIS, with a Pentium Dual core E6700. he has been unable to launch BF4, and thinks that it may be a issue with his dual core. he has found a Q6600 that he can purchase nearby, but he is unsure if the board will support the cpu. can anyone help me give him correct advice? i havnt managed to find any information on google.

 

[daswilhelm]

i doubt his cpu is preventing him from being able to launch a game.

 

[bradsctt]

i doubt his cpu is preventing him from being able to launch a game.

thats what i said, but he wants to get a quad core anyway aparrently, and cant afford a brand new cpu

 

[daswilhelm]

the difference between a e6700 and a q6600 is minimal these days. both are old, i wouldnt waste my money on it. he'd be better of getting a new motherboard/ram and a cheap dual core pentium this way he has a decent platform to upgrade from.

 

[bradsctt]

the difference between a e6700 and a q6600 is minimal these days. both are old, i wouldnt waste my money on it. he'd be better of getting a new motherboard/ram and a cheap dual core pentium this way he has a decent platform to upgrade from.

ok, i will try and suggest this to him instead

 

[Memnarchon]

Hello.
I am sorry but I will be a bringer of bad news.
Intel Home > Compatibility Tool Home >
Found 23 Compatible Processor(s) for Board "D946GZIS"
As you can see he can't use a Core2Quad CPU.

 

[Memnarchon]

i doubt his cpu is preventing him from being able to launch a game.

I am sorry I will be a bringer of bad news here too.
Battlefield 4 cannot run on dual core CPUs at least without HT.
There are already two sites that can confirm this:
PCLAB and Pcgameshardware.
Now this is Beta and maybe they will fix this with a patch.

 

[bradsctt]

i doubt his cpu is preventing him from being able to launch a game.

I am sorry I will be a bringer of bad news here too.
Battlefield 4 cannot run on dual core CPUs at least without HT.
There are already two sites that can confirm this:
PCLAB and Pcgameshardware.
Now this is Beta and maybe they will fix this with a patch.

ok, thanks

 

[bradsctt]

i doubt his cpu is preventing him from being able to launch a game.

I am sorry I will be a bringer of bad news here too.
Battlefield 4 cannot run on dual core CPUs at least without HT.
There are already two sites that can confirm this:
PCLAB and Pcgameshardware.
Now this is Beta and maybe they will fix this with a patch.

ok, thanks
also, the minimum specs is a core 2 duo, so they have to fix it for final release, or change the minimum specs

 

[bradsctt]

since he hasnt got much money, what would you suggest as an upgrade?
FX 4300? i3 4130?

 

[Memnarchon]

since he hasnt got much money, what would you suggest as an upgrade?
FX 4300? i3 4130?

Well you can tell us the budget and we will see what kind of CPU he can buy for best experience at games (especially in BF4).

 

[bradsctt]

since he hasnt got much money, what would you suggest as an upgrade?
FX 4300? i3 4130?

Well you can tell us the budget and we will see what kind of CPU he can buy for best experience at games (especially in BF4).

we live in new zealand.

he already has a good psu, and a gtx 560 ti.
so just mobo and CPU.

he has about $250 - $300 NZD, and can borrow a 4GB DDR3 card from me

-his internet is down, so he cant post himself.

 

[Memnarchon]

since he hasnt got much money, what would you suggest as an upgrade?
FX 4300? i3 4130?

Well you can tell us the budget and we will see what kind of CPU he can buy for best experience at games (especially in BF4).

we live in new zealand.

he already has a good psu, and a gtx 560 ti.
so just mobo and CPU.

he has about $250 - $300 NZD, and can borrow a 4GB DDR3 card from me

-his internet is down, so he cant post himself.

Its ok.
Well the numbers I get from PCLAB, as you can see an entry Intel Core i5-4430 + mobo would be great but it would cost around 340NZD (checked at pcpartpicker fo New Zeland ). Otherwise for 300NZD there is an option for Intel Core i3-4330 + mobo, or AMD FX-4350/AMD FX-6350 + mobo (FX-6350 behaved a little strange in some tests that I saw but I think EA will fix this).

 

[bradsctt]

ok, thanks for the help. i will find out what he wants to do and post what the result is

 

[cmi86]

ok, thanks for the help. i will find out what he wants to do and post what the result is

Just remember that BF4 likes cores so if your buddy wants to play this game at any kind of decent settings I would avoid any dual core like the plague lol. I think I saw benchmarks somewhere with BF4 on ultra the i3 could only muster FPS in the low 20's. For the same price he could get an FX-6300 which was posting fps in the high 40's with same settings.

 

[Memnarchon]

Just remember that BF4 likes cores so if your buddy wants to play this game at any kind of decent settings I would avoid any dual core like the plague lol. I think I saw benchmarks somewhere with BF4 on ultra the i3 could only muster FPS in the low 20's. For the same price he could get an FX-6300 which was posting fps in the high 40's with same settings.

Well I would recommend FX6300 too but I saw some very strange results so till the beta will become v1.0 I wouldn't recommend it.
Battlefield 4 Beta 1920 x 1080, Medium Settings, AMD Radeon 7970 GHz Edition

 

[bradsctt]

Just remember that BF4 likes cores so if your buddy wants to play this game at any kind of decent settings I would avoid any dual core like the plague lol. I think I saw benchmarks somewhere with BF4 on ultra the i3 could only muster FPS in the low 20's. For the same price he could get an FX-6300 which was posting fps in the high 40's with same settings.

Well I would recommend FX6300 too but I saw some very strange results so till the beta will become v1.0 I wouldn't recommend it.
Battlefield 4 Beta 1920 x 1080, Medium Settings, AMD Radeon 7970 GHz Edition

ok thanks. seems kinda ironic that components from the hardware partner for BF4 get such bad results, considering how AMD is pushing for people to go all AMD for BF4