Will upgrading Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 To A Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 Help reduce bottle necking?

[silas400]

I am mostly using my current pc to play games like Overwatch and Counterstrike. It always says the frames are like 60-100., but there are those slightly moments it sees to kinda get stuck just for like half a second... I was wondering how much this would reduce the bottle necking if I upgraded. My GPU I think is Nividia Geforce GTX 750, and I am not entirely sure if I spelled that right. My system memory says its DDR2.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

Please list the rest of your system specs. What is your GPU?

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

I can't say for sure if the Q9650 will get rid of any bottleneck you may have, but I can say that a 2nd-gen Core i5 will get rid of any bottleneck.

Q8200 vs Q9650 http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core2-Quad-Q8200-vs-Intel-Core2-Quad-Q9650/m3754vsm1706

Q8200 vs i5-2500 http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core2-Quad-Q8200-vs-Intel-Core-i5-2500/m3754vsm517

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Q9650 Ebay - http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=q9650&_sop=15&LH_ItemCondition=3000&LH_BIN=1&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xq9650+SLB8W.TRS1&_nkw=q9650+SLB8W&_sacat=0

i5-2500 Ebay - http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&LH_BIN=1&_nkw=i5-2500+SR00T&_sop=15

It really depends on your budget with what you should do. With the Core i5 you would have to get a new motherboard + DDR3 memory.

The Q9650 might be the cheapest way to improve performance in the short run, but in the long run you may want a newer platform.