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Anyone here grab one of those new AMD 6 core CPUs yet? The silicon on those badboys is supposed to be far superior to my C2 Phenom II X3
I looked at it and must admit to being tempted to switch to the red team after having been on the green team for the last several years, but some of the reviews/benchmarks, especially for gaming, were less than glowing.Anyone here grab one of those new AMD 6 core CPUs yet? The silicon on those badboys is supposed to be far superior to my C2 Phenom II X3
I looked at it and must admit to being tempted to switch to the red team after having been on the green team for the last several years, but some of the reviews/benchmarks, especially for gaming, were less than glowing.
Comparing it to the i7s is perfectly fair, because that's what it's competing against. Presumably the consumer will take into account that if they already have an AMD mobo, they can just keep that one. If you're already looking at a full mobo/CPU upgrade though, it doesn't really matter. What would you prefer they compare it against, if not its competition?That's because they cant help themselves but compare it to i7. It gets its ass handed to it because most games cant utilize more than 2 cores let alone 6.
Its absurdly unfair to compare it to the i7 i7 requires new mobo, expensive ram and chipsets that dont do SLI/crossfire well. PhII X6 requires only a bios upgrade on a majority of AM2 AM2+ and AM3 mobos. Giving extreme flexibility.
Tho I have to admit tho. These wont sell nearly as good as their X4 and X3 counterparts. The new silicon is expected to produce VERY fast quads.
Uh, that doesn't mean that they don't support SLI/CrossFire. Back when the i7 first came out, it was already supported well enough:Intel's latest chipsets which basically completely lockout Nvidia or other companies from building chipsets for the latest i3 i5 and i7 platforms.
Uh, that doesn't mean that they don't support SLI/CrossFire. Back when the i7 first came out, it was already supported well enough:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/core-i7-multigpu-sli-crossfire-game-performance-review/
Uh, what?That is not the P55 H55 mobos that that older socket that costs a fortune more than p55 mobos. Yes it did have crossfire and SLI but that was before the switch.
Uh, what?
The i7 only runs on the X58...
If you're running SLI with a subpar processor, you're spending money in the wrong places.Thats the "Main" i7 with an absurdly expensive NB the one I speak of is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115214 which pairs with less expensive but locked out P55 and H55 chipsets.
If you're running SLI with a subpar processor, you're spending money in the wrong places.
Good one.its superior silicon...
Good one.
Like I said, I considered the X6 for a couple hours, and then I did a little bit of research, and saw that even when overclocked to 4GHz it still barely outperforms the (stock) 2.66GHz i7 920...
There's no "superior silicon" here. AMD is behind in the processor wars, and they know it--that's why they bolted on two more cores to the X4 and are trying to pass it off as something new.