Q9550 vs i7 920 for future games

[Hamir]

hi,
I know that this time there were no substantive differences between them about their performance in games. Even in games that exploit 4 cores are equivalent.but Which one is best?Any recommendations and suggestions are appreciated.

[MattyBoy]

hi,
i7, more so for multi gpu setups...when you start talking about tri/quad sli/cf i7 has a nice boost over core 2 quad. mainly because i7 is on the low side 16.7% faster per clock... since 90% of the time your only going to be using 2 cores.

[Russell]

Additional games to be little between Q9550 and i7 ...... and was not due to more processing power ...... but in the immediate RESPONSE.

[Sebastian.j]

hi,
If you spend all your money now on a great graphics card, in a few years you'll want an i7 with all the required things that go with that.

And a 9800GT IMO is great for gaming right now. Stuff like 4870x2 is more for futureproofing, which you wouldn't be doing if you went with the Q9550.