Gaming on the FIRST 4 Core CPU from 2008...

I DISTINCTLY remember this being just about the craziest shit ever. This era was a good time for gaming.

I ran Q6600 at 3.6Ghz for 5 years. Even tortured it to 3.9Ghz~ with high voltages and temps to run benches. It never let me down and I gracefully retired it. Today, I still keep it on display on my desk. Godly piece of engineering it was.

Tech YES City: Today we're testing the first ever quad core CPU from 2008, the Q9400. Q6600: Am I a joke to you?

When I switched up to a Ryzen system I re-cased my old i7 4790k motherboard, added an RX 580 and gave it to my brother. All these years later and he is still gaming the crap out of the old girl.

The old core2quads were great, but what was even better was jumping from one to a sandy bridge chip, the difference was like night and day. I went from an OEM Q6600 that really, really didn't like to overclock (Wouldn't even hit 3Ghz with a decent Arctic air cooler), to a 4Ghz 2500K myself, the uplift was truly astonishing.

POPCNT error... I absolutely died. Why would you do that to us? Lmao 🤣

Had the little brother, the Core 2 duo. Was a trusty workhorse for a long time!

Always up for a trip down good old silicone lane. Loving this.

My first Quad Core was a Q6600 running at 3.2ghz. Later I upgraded to a Q9550 and at stock speeds (2.83ghz) it could outperform the older Q6600 @ 3.2ghz. Probably due to the newer IPC and 12mb of Cache on the Q9550. The Q6600 had only 8mb cache. Still the Q6600 was a legendary cpu in it's day.

2008 was a such great year for me though, got my very first IT job back after graduating, i can't believe it was like 15 years ago, man times really flies...

Funny how you mention this now.. I'm posting from my daily driver Intel Core 2 Extreme CPU X9650 @ 3.00GHz. Still got the grunt for daily internet use. For gaming I run a dual 10 core Xeon rig (HP z860)

First Quad Core CPU was Core 2 Extreme QX6700(Month later they released Q6600)

My first gaming pc ( got as a gift ) Had an intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 8GB DDR3 Ram 4 sticks Rare Corsair DHX3 2GB tall and grey ASUS striker ii Extreme nvidia 790i motherboard it had a chipset that had watercooling named Fusion on it. A GTX 280 blower cooler A 200GB 7200rpm hdd All in an Antec Twelve Hundred case

Q9650 user over here in the UK, running XP, 8.1 & Zorin OS 17.1. Nice with a Gigabyte EP35-DS3R, 8GB G.Skill DDR2 1000, a 2GB EVGA GTX 750 Ti, and a SB 0090 PCI audio card. Old games are still sooo good.

The socket 775 platform was very generous to me and catered to my daily work and gaming needs for nearly 8 years. I had a Pentium Dual Core E2160 or E2180 (can't remember which one) that run on 3.0 GHz from default 1.8 GHz only by changing FSB clock from 133 MHz to 200 MHz or whatever. After a P35 motherboard died on me, I upgraded to a P45 board and kept the CPU and RAM. Much later, I replaced the E2160 with a very cheap second hand Q9550 off Ebay, and prolonged the life of that PC by another 12-18 months before I did a proper upgrade to a then-modern system based on a Xeon E3-1241v3 (the equivalent of a i7-4770).

3:24 Maybe you can use the tape trick? I remember overlocking my q6600 to 3ghz with this trick. But after a year my motherboard fried

Our family computer growing up was a 2008 hp pavilion with a core 2 quad. My mom used it with windows 7 until 2021 when I gave her my old gaming pc.

Higher Settings tend to Lean heavy on the GPU rather the CPU, Lower Settings Lean more on the CPU. So if your CPU is your weakest link than you want a mixture of Medium & High settings (mostly High).

I would’ve opted for the Core 2 QUAD Q9400, given its standout performance among its contemporaries. If feasible, I’d pair it with a DDR3-compatible motherboard to harness its full potential during that computing era. As it approaches its twilight years, a robust overclock—supported by a non-stock air cooler, assuming affordable parts—are available, would be ideal for a retro build. This setup would ensure that games compatible with the Q9400’s instruction sets are experienced to their fullest, fostering a deeper appreciation for this classic CPU. Thanks for the nostalgia trip, @TechYESCity! ✌Peace out. :hand-purple-blue-peace:

7:07 Pudge: " had no idea " lmao 😅