Ranking the Q6600 processor

[Havelcek]

Assuming that one wants to try to run all 5 accounts on one PC, is the Q6600 still the processor of choice? The price difference between these and the QX chips is substantial and I'd rather use that money for other stuff. I'm on a 4-year PC replacement cycle so I'd like to have some extendability without breaking the bank.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

The Q6600 is "enough" CPU such that if you DO have issues, it is not that CPU that is the problem. More is better but that is enough.

[Sarduci]

I can get 10 running on my Q6600 without any issue. 1 on core 0, 3 on each of the remaining cores. Tiny, tiny screen sizes... [img]../forum/images/smilies/tongue.png[/img]

[opt]

It will be sufficent, having them all run with seperate monitors will probably stress it however so you will probably want to consider a 2 monitor setup.

[Freddie]

I can get 10 running on my Q6600 without any issue. 1 on core 0, 3 on each of the remaining cores. Tiny, tiny screen sizes... [img]../forum/images/smilies/tongue.png[/img]

I take it this means you're setting CPU affinities. What happens it you don't and you just let Windows schedule them however it wants?

[Khazrael]

I can get 10 running on my Q6600 without any issue. 1 on core 0, 3 on each of the remaining cores. Tiny, tiny screen sizes...

I take it this means you're setting CPU affinities. What happens it you don't and you just let Windows schedule them however it wants?

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...78017311&sid=1

If you read a couple of the posts from the blizzard poster, he states that wow will only utilize the first two available processors. So if you have a quad core, it sounds like only cores 1 and 2 will be used. He also mentions something about dual core HT cores might see processor 1 as the actual physical processor, and processor 2 as one of the hyper-threaded ones, thus he suggests it may be better to set it to use processor slots 1 and 3, which would be the actual two physical cores.

They give a map in there too about how to properly set the affinity. Good stuff, I'm using it on my quad core setup. I use junctioning so that I can have 5 separate installations primarily so that I can specify which cores I want each instance to run off of.

[Edit]Forgot my URL tags[/Edit]

[Havelcek]

Thanks everyone...

[jdpatt]

I've had no problem running 6 accounts on that CPU, with 3G of ram. I think it's plenty, as the CPU hardly ever goes past 20% on the task manager (it usually hovers between 10 and 15%).

[Sarduci]

I can get 10 running on my Q6600 without any issue. 1 on core 0, 3 on each of the remaining cores. Tiny, tiny screen sizes... [img]../forum/images/smilies/tongue.png[/img]

I take it this means you're setting CPU affinities. What happens it you don't and you just let Windows schedule them however it wants?

*opens up task manager*
*watches core 0 and 1 pegged at 100%*
Don't try to run that many on ANY system without setting CPU affinity. [img]../forum/images/smilies/thumbsup.png[/img]

[Memn]

I'll vouch for the Q6600 also. With affinities properly set, and adequate ram, this processor serves 5 instances very nicely.