4K Gaming On a Core 2 Duo

[@astrocslopes863]

This is the kind of content that we need.

[@Pepechan4561]

Appreciating old hardware is why we came here, hope he doesn't turn to budget builds official

[@ggsoloplayer]

why does malay stated on the CPU

[@Sigma14645]

Feeling with 400 likes

[@bestopinion9257]

Who plays modern games on that cpu?

[@CrimsonBansh]

i mean its still awesome that a 12 year old CPU can even run Windows 10 without issue. push it back a decade and imagine installing Windows 7 in 2010 on a CPU from 1998...yea good luck

[@TheJayson8899]

Very true. With that context in mind, that is fucking impressive.

[@Thelango99]

You can run windows 7 on the pentium 3 though just barely.

[@deniahmetaj]

It’s not awesome. Nor impressive. And I’m a poorer pc gamer than the next guy myself, but the only reason I say that is because the speed of tech growing and improving has gone way down since the late ‘90s. And that’s shit I’d say. Not awesome. If tech had kept up it’s pace we would have computers 100 times faster than that Core 2 Duo there today, not ~3-4 times for the same demographic it used to target in it’s day. That’s truly a tragic loss, you see it now?

[@juanmanuelcorrea7673]

@@deniahmetaj I mean you're comparing the evolution of a brand new technology (back then) with the evolution of what has become a standard nowadays. Today's technology has gone to more consumer-minded rather than just technological advancement. So why would Mr. Normal Individual need NASA computer for normal computing/tasks/gaming? So basically my point is that you're comparing two different worlds. And you're actually wrong too. Computing has seen major advancements in the last decade, it's just that it's not on the consumer level, and instead it's seen on the research sciences (and engineering too), and military. For you AI is probably Siri or Google Assistant lmao. If you wanna know where AI technology is right now, the information is there

[@shaneeslick]

@@deniahmetaj It seems you are comparing old games FPS on old hardware against new games FPS on new hardware, although not Hundreds of times faster are you saying a i9-9900K & GTX2080Ti is only 3-4 times faster than a Core2Quad9650 & GTX280, my R5 1400 & RX580 is massively better playing EuroTruckSim2 & SpinTyres & the best Quality setting than my Q9650 & GTX260SOC Also look at other performance like Rendering, compare the time it takes to render a HQ video or run CB20 on a i9/R9 to a Core2 CPU, also Manufactures are fighting the fact it is harder to double in size the bigger you get & harder to halve in size the smaller you get, Yet AMD is pushing ahead (I would add Intel but for the last few years not so much)

[@DrKrFfXx-0]

I remember when I bought an E6600 back when it released with the money I got on my first proper job. That shit flew* it was unreal.

[@TheJayson8899]

*flew

[@MrChriss000]

I paid £60 for a conroe E6600 from C.E.X. with a fruit machine jackpot. The last time I ever saw a one armed bandit pay up actually.

[@starlordyt6151]

I just got e6600 with $2 lul

[@BastiFOOD]

i had an e6300 in my first pc, i was playing oblivion with 20 fps back than, and it was awesome!

[@DualPerformance]

I had the same cpu back in the day, come from a Pentium 3 to C2D E6600, later upgraded to E8500 OC 3.8 and Q8400 OC 3.2.

[@ethangoldwyre]

3:58 “ as you can see it was a pretty satisfying result” *me focusing on the actual driving. NO IT IS NOT

[@flickarod8973]

Ethan Goldwyre HAHAHAHA

[@cokguzeladam]

LOL

[@ggsoloplayer]

why does malay is written on the cpu

[@KevinRawbay]

@@ggsoloplayer becayse the cpu is made from Malaysia. But then today, you will see "Made in" instead straight on a coubtry where the cpu was made

[@sulphurous2656]

Remember when every server room, classroom, or office would have PC's with Core 2 chips?

[@shaneeslick]

🤔 When I went to School there was 1 PC for students & the ladies in the office still preferred Typewriters, but then again I'm so old I remember in Black & White 😁

[@bat-amgalanbat-erdene2621]

Classrooms had pentium 2 or 3s when I was a kid lol

[@CommodoreFan64]

@@bat-amgalanbat-erdene2621 classrooms had Apple II IE/ II C, and Tandy TRS 80 computers when I was a young kid, and by the time I got out of high school the best we had where windows 98 Gateway/Dells running Intel Pentium II/III CPU's.

[@v3xman]

Bruh our schools only had Pentium 4s at best lol

[@francoisfritz198]

well im remember when my class go to another classroom to use an thomson m05/t07... our first individual school computers are 286/16 and 386 DX 33(overkill).

[@Minitomate]

2010: It's a very great processor. 2020: It's a legend. 2030: I haven't heard of this processor in years.

[@lars5838]

i still have E8400

[@ukrand9204]

School be like: you dare challenge me mere mortal

[@harrisonsmetana2506]

Jeez think one day you might find a 3090 in a school pc because they would be so old and cheap

[@saveeninternational7797]

@@lars5838 😍😍

[@satsumagt5284]

@@harrisonsmetana2506 You wouldn’t, their power consumption is not school friendly

[@oOignignoktOo1]

The E8400 was a beast processor for it's time. It was the process I used when I built my first PC back in 2008. We've come a long way since then but I'm oddly nostalgic for P35 chipset.

[@ZMASLO]

Well I've tried E8400 with RTX 2080 Ti. It works... 😂

[@kuba.3294]

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[@kuba.3294]

Też ci na głównej wyskoczyło

[@jokerace8227]

I'm actually amazed that works. That means my Q8400 will also work

[@u_DiND]

No bottleneck?

[@TheBoostedDoge]

Imagine the bottleneck

[@Renopus]

Seeing how still competent an C2D E8400 can be with recent titles at low settings is extraordinary impressive for such an old chip running on two cores. Mine is doing well for games i play and PS1/PS2 emulation.

[@EdselAmbience]

im currently using that cpu!!

[@Zinul]

why have both of you not upgraded yet. tf

[@WookieWarriorz]

It's because gaming for the most part especially at lower frame rates doesn't have much to do with the cpu. Going from 240p to 4k requires 0 extra cpu power, in fact its more likely to require less cpu power due to the frame rate likely being lower, it's why for 4k gaming or any 60fps sandybridge is still perfectly viable especially when overclocked.

[@EdselAmbience]

@@Zinul im getting a upgrade coming up.

[@Zinul]

@@WookieWarriorz But its choppy af, 1% lows are terrible. Only reason i commented is cuz i used to have a c2d e4300 on a dell dimension.

[@whssy]

Upgraded one of these to a Q6600 quad and was still gaming with it and an HD7850 till 3 years ago. Amazing what they could do once you installed an SSD, which means I ran that processor for about a decade. Was still using it till recently for streaming music.

[@fantherailsbc]

8:56 Windows XP wallpaper with Windows 10? Wait, that's illegal.

[@mrk2938]

I do that too

[@MCMonsterbuilder]

I have done that now

[@WorldJustice5]

lol same

[@chocwah]

IO Gamer doesn’t matter if your doing it in your pc. And yeah I have it the same thing.

[@eren0bulut]

i am using too

[@truejash4686]

*Launches Red Dead Redemption 2* Core 2 : _i fear no software but, that thing! It scares me._

[@shaneeslick]

at least Core 2 tried & gave his best effort, my Grandpa used to always tell me "better to try & fail than never try at all, you will still learn something" 😁

[@truejash4686]

Very wholesome

[@gunner75171]

@@shaneeslick So... Speculative execution?

[@shaneeslick]

@@gunner75171 Many times I have learnt I'm good at Failing 😁

[@Generationalwealth94]

Yeah if Core 2 Duo fears RDR2 then it fears just about anything else to be honest.

[@tommyrockstar100]

It was a E8600 and a HD7950 that got me into pc gaming along time ago and loved it, still have both of them today and working

[@nitendo67]

I ran an E7500 for around 4 years, It was a massive upgrade over my Athlon X2 4000+ despite still being a dual core. Shiny new 1st gen i7s and i5s were too rich for my blood at the time. Paired the E7500 with a GTX 460 as my first proper gaming rig, it was life changing back in the day

[@theshield2004]

Can we all take a second to appreciate the into? No BS. No distracting music/slogan, just a quick “Hello everyone and welcome to another video”. Quality of the videos has been improving over the few months I’ve been watching too. Another reason I subbed (you should too). Keep up the good work!!

[@EspHack]

back when I had this cpu the whole concept of a "multicore" cpu was considered overkill

[@freundlichermensch7540]

that was the CPU i had in my first own PC, interesting to see what you could do/ or not with it today.

[@dzilecs]

same.. my first love :D

[@Tudorgeable]

I jumped from a dual Pentium 3 1GHZ to a Core2Duo E7300 2.66GHz as my second computer, i was left dumbstruck how much faster it was.

[@chedidkamal837]

Duh, I was gaming on that CPU until 8 months ago.. ..and I don’t regret any second I spent with it..I mean who the heck doesn’t enjoy the N64 emulator ?!

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

I had to upgrade back when fortnite released because obviously a core 2 duo wouldn't cut it lol.

[@PortuguesDC]

Playing CS:GO at 4K is like driving your car in city streets on 5th or 6th gear

[@JorgeAraujo97]

This E8400 was amazing for PCSX2 back in the day when overclocked.

[@harrisonsmetana2506]

Otherwise your pc would become an ice cube and you would have to warm it up because that stuff was a breeze for the E8400 you got to get the oc to warm it up

[@JMProd-III]

That processor (Core 2 Duo E8400) was used in my old desktop computer. I used that computer from November 11, 2016 to February 21, 2020 for editing videos until I upgraded to a newer system.

[@FerralVideo]

I still have one of these. This exact processor to be precise. Love that system...

[@Mmmm_tea]

8:58 tricking me into thinking it was xp but you can't fully disguise microsoft evil!

[@alkoyyy]

0:30 I want that as my desktop background.

[@Chilled_Wombat]

Well.. now you know how to get it. 🤣

[@gollovonimmhof8417]

this is going to be interesting, i really like LGA775

[@Crashoverride1234]

Gollo Von Immhof Is there two LGA775s? I have one but it looks different to everyone else’s. Mine only had two ram slots.

[@anamayarawa514]

@@Crashoverride1234 LGA775 is the socket model, not the motherboard model. The socket on the motherboard determines what kind of CPU you can use. RAM varies from motherboard to motherboard. That's why yours has less than everyone elses.

[@Crashoverride1234]

Anamayarawa Thank you! Now it all makes sense. Mine is an older motherboard with a E5400. Thanks so much for the reply 🤙

[@djaybeetoo]

hi, you are being super productive this week, good one dude

[@CougarCat21]

I'm still using this CPU on my 2nd pc paired with a GTX 560 1GB & Windows 7 Ultimate, playing older games like Far Cry, Need for Speed Underground, Underground 2, NFS Most wanted, Race Driver Grid and runs very well from 60 to over 100 FPS!!

[@JosueeOriginal]

When i know what to expect but still watch the video.... Yeah im a fan of your channel now

[@rogue_4tw763]

6:23 a man of culture

[@thunderpony1445]

I'm gonna say, a Q9650 paired with GTX 1050 is the best 775soc budget build! Still holding up to this day. But Core 2 Duos aren't a choice anyway. Two cores hold REALLY badly these days, no matter what.

[@zayk1235]

I already know it's gonna be a disaster because of those 2 cores

[@oofig]

cores aren't everything but yes

[@zayk1235]

@@oofig yeah I know but they still matter

[@Tom2404]

@@oofig of course not. But combine having only 2 Cores with having slow cores makes for a bad CPU

[@towsif_8_128]

2 core with low ipc and no HT can gonna be a disaster.

[@DeViLzzz2006]

Still would have liked to see the cpu get a proper OC to 3.6 and higher as many went over 4. Already made my own main post here hoping for follow up videos. Also would be interesting to see the cpu on mobo that supports DDR3 which yes was a thing.

[@malikshibly9990]

IDK how I was not subscribed to you. I swear I watch your videos all the time.

[@FanOWater]

The E8x00's were beasts in their day. I had an E8600 and it oc'd to 4.55 Ghz - but I think I was more limited by the mobo than the cpu. Cheers

[@Petermaler66]

I remember I pushed my E8400 back in the days to 4,4Ghz ! Helped by an Noctua NH-U12P. It was a really worthy CPU at his time

[@brendonlaucheekeong636]

I am still using Window 7 64bit, 2 x 4gb DDR3 1066mhz dual channel ram with Intel C2D E8500 3.16ghz (Gaming Beast)-LIKE A LEGEND LIKE PLAYSTATION 2 and I play old Pc Games once completed the last mission quit playing and play DOTA 2 online, watch youtube 1080p, charging 2 devices everyday using the USB 2 , (Handphone, powerbank, portable fan, AA/AAA charger for my shaver). LGA 775 AFOX motherboard cheapest at SGD $89 only but cannot overclock the CPU.

[@mrpartridge8765]

if your gonna get a core 2 duo spend an extra 2 dollars more for an e8600. its amazing how they still hold up today. they may not be great for heavy gaming but for a facebook youtube or emulation machine they are perfect.

[@lixfee001]

Wow; thank you for that, kind of loving your videos

[@uremybae8788]

Following you since 50k subs and enjoying every damn video, you are such a humble and genuine guy! Keep up the good work

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thanks man, who’d have thought me messing around with old hardware would be entertaining haha

[@uremybae8788]

@@RandomGaminginHD What matters is you enjoying making this type of content, also targeting people like us wanting to make the most out of our components. Wish you x10 time the subscribers!

[@thenoob8182]

I feel like a Core2 Quad, something like a q6600, would be much more relevant. I think the core count is much more to blame here than the age of the processor

[@MeDicen_Rocha]

Back in 2015 it was impressive how this and the Core 2 Quad could run AAA games for absurdly cheap. In 2017 finally Duo was done and the Quad barely held on for gaming. 2018, the Quad was done too. However for work/study computers they still work just fine

[@GameFrostYT]

*"Tactical Slideshow Incoming!!!!*"

[@SanHydronoid]

Still rocking a second PC with an E7400. Served us fantastically for 10+ years

[@austingrace1]

I had this in an HP 7900 from 2008 that I bought second hand in 2014. The power supply fried on the computer in 2018 and I did not want to replace it so I recycled it at the same shop I bought it from and got the optiplex 790. Love the vids!!!!

[@Blueberry_Train]

Interesting content you have, subscribed yesterday and enjoyn your vids, the way how you calmly talking is comfortably cognitive. With love. (2020 - running on intel i3 3220, gtx660 2gb zotac, 8gb ram)

[@Casponian]

this makes me feel better about my quadcore

[@framekixrr]

Brilliant video as always:)

[@elfedorausado]

Great video. I still have a few of those CPUs for sale. Your video helps me market them with better understanding

[@elijahthegawd1901]

you, uploading videos give me joy

[@NeoClip]

It kinda shocked me at first but this is the exact setup I have now, (I don't have a lot of money ok) Core 2 Duo E8400 CPU Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Thermaltake 650W PSU Dell Optiplex 960 OEM Case/Motherboard 4 Sticks Of DDR2 Ram Equaling 8GB and running at 667Mhz

[@SSC3034]

Get a Core 2 Quad, the Q6600 costs next to nothing and can easily be brought up to 3ghz using the BSEL tape mod

[@robthegobbler]

You should seriously show gameplay and stats like 7:37 from now on, it is very unique and really makes it feel like I’m actually observing you play the game like a good friend of yours and gives the video a friendly feel, seeing the pc actually running the game is a really cool addition too, especially the graphics card fans spinning

[@sgcs]

I remember GHGtv doing a vid on this topic. Great to have a newer version!

[@ilnabboditurno1433]

The main problem it's the platform, it doesn't come with usb3, nor sata 3 or pcie 3. The 775 could work for something like office pc or with an entry level gpu like the gt 1030 for an HTPC, but it's no more suited for gaming. If you want something to play well, the 1155 or 1150 platform is now well cheap, an i5 2400 could run without issue gpus like gtx 1650 super or rx 570.

[@happyd6145]

I still use my lenovo laptop bought in 2008 having 2gb ram, 320 gb hdd and core 2 duo 1.83 ghz....still runs word processors, browser,videos,games within 1-1.5 gb....few emulators etc....with 10 mins battery backup !!!

[@FrozenIce]

i literally have the same chip as shown in the video, the E8400 good to see it at its limit since everything else is bottle-necking it in my old dell system

[@ilarionispas5104]

I asked you to review this CPU 3 years ago. Thank you!

[@andresbravo2003]

Good old days of Intel... I really remember that possessor for A true 64 bit Computing.

[@CoolDudeClem]

This allmost makes my Ryzen 7 build look like a toy! (the ancient graphics card I have is the real bottleneck)

[@bombaxdier1800]

then take out the trash graphics card and use the vega 8/11 you got with your ryzen 7, and it will be faster

[@Gato-1998]

Core 2 Quad next? :) Btw for "competitive" settings with that cpu on csgo you should literally go on 800x600 for 45-60 fps average, talking by experience :D

[@MyNameIsBucket]

In my experience, my Q6600 can just barely manage GTA5. Anything more and you'll melt it.

[@DeViLzzz2006]

It should have been overclocked to high hell too.

[@arencorparencorp2189]

@@MyNameIsBucket wich is fairly good for something that old

[@MyNameIsBucket]

I bet if I paired the Q6600 with a GT1030 and 8GB of DDR2 it would be a competent eSports machine. I'd expect satisfactory FPS in games like Rocket League and Fortnite at 720p.

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

@@MyNameIsBucket oh no please don't try and play Fortnite on a Q6600 I had one 2 years ago and it stuttered so much. Today it definitely would barely be playable. Unfortunately something like an i5 2400 is the absolute minimum

[@SekilasIT]

hello, what series motherboard did you use for this test? :)

[@qussayme8933]

I think its g41

[@SekilasIT]

Is that a pcie configuration used? Pcie 1.1 or pcie 2.0?

[@qussayme8933]

@@SekilasIT www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-G41MT-S2P-rev-13#ov

[@SekilasIT]

I saw it on asus' video but I don't know what series to use?

[@Athy_P]

A g41, G31 and a g33 motherboard will work. The socket is LGA 775

[@elmonte5lim]

Great chip at the time. I used one, paired with a 4850, for a build for a mate in 2007. It seemed to underline the end of AMD's dominance, put my Opteron/Athlon64 rig to shame and left me feeling quite envious. Last I heard - a year ago or so - it was still running fine. Were he to want to sell it, I'd take his arm with it.

[@fubukisan50]

your content is great dude. :D Keep going

[@fubukisan50]

btw can i use a gtx 1650 on a fujitsu B65 motherboard (esprimo p500 e85+) ?

[@jonchapman6821]

Had an E8400 powering my HTPC until just over a year ago and to be honest, it’s still a very capable and stable platform. Modern games (for me) are just not as interesting as those from pre-2012 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mohammadsayam8840]

I am still using this cpu and I love this cpu. On 720p monitor I played minimum 25 single player , open word games Including Far cry 3 and 4 . I also palyed fortnight around 2 year.

[@GhostyGu]

Nice little cpu that. My current project involves an even earlier Celeron 2.60ghz/128/400

[@chincemagnet]

I always somehow managed to be surprised when CPUs that used to be considered epic can't even handle running a modern game at all

[@TheSpotify95]

Nice video :) Knew the 2 cores would be a substantial limitation... oh and why do you have the bliss Windows XP desktop paper on your PC lol :p

[@sampanyofella5832]

Great video as always!! Can you make a video on the decade old i5 2400?, For some reason, loads of pre builds on places like eBay have them in, can you figure out why?, At least a 4th gen processor would not cost too much more, and a large performance boost... Just a topic I think you would enjoy investigating. :)

[@resneptacle]

4th gen is a newer socket so you need newer motherboards which will cost more

[@rakeshthottathil9577]

my decade old core 2 duo runs win10 with 4gb ram smoothly. while my lap with i3 and ssd and 2gb grafix is struggling 😂😂

[@Bog8686]

Core 2 quad user here. Q9550 overclock to 3.8ghz and 8gb ddr2 1066mhz ram. Video card 1050ti. Twin monitor setup. Dedicated sound card. Win 7 ultimate 64bit. I can run pub g, farcry, etc on mid high settings 1080p 60fps. I don't have 4k monitor or TV so can't give 4k results. I live in Canada and see no point in upgrading any time soon to a new platform as I have a top 3 xenon cpu ready to be dropped in and clocked over 4ghz. These platforms are still very much viable, just caution with performance parts such as mobos as they aren't plentiful.

[@Bendak-ttv]

I like how Red Dead Redemption legit told you where that cpu belongs at 😂😂😂

[@garchamp9844]

Who else is still daily driving a Core 2 Duo? My 2009 MacBook Pro is still crushing spreadsheets like the day i bought it.

[@RichardiOS275]

This guy when from RandomGaminginHD to RandomGaminginUHD

[@showmustgoon929]

Core 2 duo, 2.2 ghz, integrated Intel graphics was all I had I ran GTA 4 on my first laptop back in 2011. That traumatized laptop is still running.

[@GeFeldz]

I installed Ubuntu on an old i7 950 machine a couple of days ago, i quickly overclocked it from 3.06 GHz to 4 GHz and put the triple-channel DDR3 at its rated 1600 MHz aaand.... It performed about as well as a single core of my 8600k... In multicore measurements. The i7 950 was a high-end cpu when new, with quad cores and hyperthreading, giving it 4 cores and 8 threads. It's made for the X58 Intel platform, which was the premium platform of the day in 2009. I was shocked by how slow it actually felt just at the desktop, browsing the internet and just doing everyday stuff. It has a 120 gb sata SSD but it still isn't "snappy". Oh and it does only have 6 gb of memory, but i checked when it was struggling and it wasn't because of the memory running out. I was actually expecting it to feel very modern in day-to-day tasks, but... I almost bought 6 more gigs of ram to spice it up a bit before i tried it out.

[@albertabdul-barrwang3494]

Great video as always!

[@WouterVerbruggen]

Ah the legend that is the E8400, the go-to. CPU for most back in the day. I regularly recycle old PCs, both office and gaming, and I think I've had more than a hundred of these bad boys coming over my desk. And to be frank, It'll still hold up in basic desktop use! Especially when OC'd to 3,6 GHz (400FSB), which is easy af to do on most motherboards, often without any voltage increase or anything. About the latter, my experience is totally opposite to yours. Every few 100 MHz extra makes a huge difference, even if 'just' on the desktop.

[@harrison00xXx]

the E8400 was my first proper Intel CPU. i loved it these days, it was THE FASTEST gaming CPU when overclocked. I even remember as i overclocked it to 5GHz, damn awesome

[@nathanddrews]

People always forget older games when talking about 4K - I played a lot of Halo PC (2003) at 4K on my OC Q6600/GTX970 machine before upgrading. I think it used to get like 300fps or something. Now my i5/1080 Ti build is literally off the charts. LOL

[@rogue_4tw763]

7:18 you got soo addicted to the game that you played it all the way to trolley combat

[@jcfb1470]

Nice! Appeared just a minute after the upload!

[@randomgamesin720p2]

U suck as processor sorry

[@MeFlam]

So my CPU can handle something even nowadays. Good to know. Shame that I'm stuck with GeForce 9800gt on a board tho. Could run some directx 11 games >_>

[@spicemarine98]

"In some cases, well, you might be surprised " *punches pedestrian* "Thank you very much for watching" *kicks him*

[@jocerv43]

I don't know much about Socket 775 but I think you're limited to PCIE 2.0. The AMD card might need more bandwidth, apart from the great driver support.

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

Limited to pci-e 2.0at best, a lot of boards did only 1.1 pci-e.

[@gordonfreeman320]

The potholes joke had me rolling. Cheers!

[@joeyhillers9460]

First PC had an e8400. Used it as a basic server up until October of last year. Still would use it for daily work.

[@exxor9108]

Not only is the CPU behind in terms of physical cores, its behind when it comes to the actual lithography process and technology architecture.

[@laz7354]

I wonder how a Core 2 Quad would do. I had one for almost 10 years as my main PC

[@Schmoblet]

I used the e8400 up until 2016, it was a good cpu

[@MustaphaCM]

the last time i used this beast cpu is 6 months ago with an msi board this is moment of farewell

[@Twingotwongi]

I still have an E8400 with 4GB of RAM,paired with GTX 750. The CPU is stabilized at 4,45GHz and the single core performance is close to an i7 3770 in Cinebench r15. Its not a bad CPU today for daily tasks, watching movies and play with light new games or older highend games.

[@roklaca3138]

Wolfdale chips rocked....had mine e8400 running at 4.2ghz stable without much hassle

[@TheEnhas]

Even old but solid 4-core/4-thread processors like the Sandy or Ivy Bridge i5 series have problems keeping up nowadays with some of the latest games if you're hoping to hit 60 FPS, so it's not just dual-cores with problems. I have to lock Red Dead Redemption 2 to 30 FPS on my Ivy Bridge i5 to get a decent experience and even then I get rare drops or freezes, because (in this case) it was a game originally designed for consoles that have 8-thread processors and works best with CPUs that have at least that. I expect I'll have to do the same with upcoming games like Resident Evil 3 or Cyberpunk 2077 as well.

[@wyterabitt2149]

The card is more than capable of 4k gaming I would say. It can do Metro at low and medium settings in 4k with good fps, and pretty much any game really with at least low settings with 40-60fps. Slightly older games and you can do high/ultra at 4k. It won't be at the level of well above 60fps in any game at ultra as the next class of cards from 2070 and above are. But right now I would say it is a 4k capable card, and 1440p card without question.

[@johnbrentford5513]

If you paired it with a Q9550.

[@GameFrostYT]

Imagine 2 cores but 6 or 8 threads

[@MrConor159]

Xenon phi chips can have 4 threads per core.

[@Tudorgeable]

Zen 3 presumably will have that too (4 threads per core)

[@tomstech4390]

Xeon X7460

[@andreiarg]

I mean I remember the times when core 2 quads were actually so popular among budget builds. Today they're just not as potent though.

[@shaneeslick]

Yeah Sadly 😯, I am thinking of upgrading my XP PC to a Core i7-2700K (have one as my used parts test bench) & SSD, I keep expecting my C2Q Q9650 with spinning drive to be as snappy as my Ryzen R5 1400 & M.2 gaming PC, I still use XP for converting Cassettes & Records to Digital, I can just set the PC to record & Game on my other PC or test components I have bought while it is copying at 1:1 speed 😁

[@corneliusantonius3108]

I love that CPU , It gave me Gaming back in the day. The perfect match is a GTX 460 786 mb GDDR5 VRAM and 4GB Mushkin Ram with a windows 7 OS, And not forget a 2005 CRS 400 Watt Powersupplu with 2 Molex to Pcie Express adaptor cables. I could play Far Cry (1) for the first time in my life. It was GLORIOUS !!! 💕💕💕🦄🦄🦄

[@Chickenjump]

You should pair it with a GT 730. (The Zotac one that's passively cooled.)

[@alexk1480]

my main takeaway from this is that a dual core cpu handles 4k better than i expected

[@sttrnsskn5417]

If E8400 can do this, I am really interested about Core 2 Quad series. in example Q6600 or Q9550 or Xeon modded from 711 to 755 socket.

[@shaneeslick]

I've gotta get around to testing my Q9650 with modern low end GPUs, I have a RX550, RX460, RX570, I would like a GTX1050/1060 also but they are still really expensive here in Australia, I'm not willing to pay $150-200AUD for a GTX1050 just to have one for playing around with on my test bench when I paid RX550-$50, RX460-$70 & RX570-$90, people still want $75-100AUD for a GTX750

[@warrax111]

Radek prazak , je to socket 771 na 775. Xeon E5450 ide dost dobre taktovat, alebo X5450, vacsinou sa da dostat na 4-4,1 Ghz s mierne zdvihnutym napatim. Ale na nove hry to aj tak nestaci. Do r 2015 to este stacilo, ale potom to uz chce aspon Core 1st gen, alebo Sandy bridge na 4,5 Ghz.

[@sttrnsskn5417]

@@warrax111 Jo, promiň, uklikl jsem se s jedním číslem. Co vím, tak na nové hry to nestačí, to je pravda, ale že by to třeba mohlo byt porovnáno s E8400 o kolik to je lepší. Popravdě jsem překvapen kolik toho E8400 zvládl.

[@sttrnsskn5417]

@@shaneeslick I want to see results.

[@Tudorgeable]

@@shaneeslick 1060 is slower than 570 now, why would you get a 1050 they were bad value then, horrible value now. (I did own a 1050 when the mining craze hit)