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    About to buy - X6 1090T vs i7 870 - Pls help

    Firstly let me thank all of you who have made an effort to throw light on the various aspect of this purchase decision. I do not think any fan boy approach is made here. I was trying to find an objective decision and I have no affinity for either Intel or AMD. On desktop processors at least...
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    About to buy - X6 1090T vs i7 870 - Pls help

    Thanks for all the comments and help. Epsilon is right in that I am not in US and where I live the 1090T sells for more because AMD is not hot cake anymore. That makes a clock for clock comparison more relevant. Sorry for not saying this explicitly. Anyway, I am decided on the i7 870...
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    About to buy - X6 1090T vs i7 870 - Pls help

    Just wondering, so if equally clocked, the i7 870 will match the X6 cores of 1090T on Adobe Premier pro? That would then settle it in favour of the Intel.
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    About to buy - X6 1090T vs i7 870 - Pls help

    As far I remember, Bulldozer processor will not work on AM3 board, but AM3 processor will work on Bulldozer boards. That's one way future proofing, at least. Yes I know 1156 is a dead end, but isn't it the same with 1336 because Sandy Bridge will require 1155 socket? Correct me. Since I cannot...
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    About to buy - X6 1090T vs i7 870 - Pls help

    Thanks. Yes, OC is certainly on the card. Leaning the intel way now.
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    About to buy - X6 1090T vs i7 870 - Pls help

    These were the tests that Phenom won. Rest were all Intel's. x264 HD Encoding 1st pass 8.38% x264 HD Encoding 2nd pass 1.79% Cinebench R10 Multi thread 7.43% POV Ray 3.7 - SMP Benchmark 4.33% x264 HD Benchmark - 2nd pass 1.00%
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    About to buy - X6 1090T vs i7 870 - Pls help

    Hi I am about to pull trigger the trigger on either of this for a primarily video editing system. Gaming is not very important. Of course I am not going to do 24/7 video editing, these are mainly hobbyist family stuff involving Adobe CS5, and a Palit GTX 460 1 Gb RAM Sonic Overclocked...
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    CPU Recommendation for Video Editing / Adobe CS5 work

    Thank you for all those who have posted with the comments. Hmm.. I am leaning towards the X6 1055T and OC it to something like 3.6-3.8. I can spend the savings on a memory module. I believe i7 920 is being phased out, so that may not be an option. CUDA is important to me, from what I...
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    CPU Recommendation for Video Editing / Adobe CS5 work

    Thanks beginner99. I do not think I can wait 4 months to get Sandy Bridge and then few more months before the prices cool down. It would make sense if it was something which will be available in a month or so.
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    CPU Recommendation for Video Editing / Adobe CS5 work

    Ok between AMD Phenom II X6 1055T & AMD Phenom II X6 1090T, the 1090T leads by an average 10%, which goes up to 13-14% in video creation tests. So for about 35% less price, the 1055T is a better value on stock speeds.
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    CPU Recommendation for Video Editing / Adobe CS5 work

    Thanks PlasmaBomb for pointing out me to the comparison link. So between i7 870 and Phenom II X6 1090T, the only parameters the Phenom wins are x264 HD Encoding 1st pass 8.38% x264 HD Encoding 2nd pass 1.79% Cinebench R10 Multi thread 7.43% POV Ray 3.7 - SMP Benchmark 4.33% x264 HD...
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    CPU Recommendation for Video Editing / Adobe CS5 work

    BTW, it will be one month more before I will do the purchase. So if an immediate new release that will change the current situation is due, please enlighten me on that as well. Thank you.
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    CPU Recommendation for Video Editing / Adobe CS5 work

    Hi I am currently trying to build a system that would primarily be used for video editing, content creation etc. Gaming is not at all important, I know the system can play games reasonably if at all I need. I intend to enable the Mercury Engine by adding a GTX 460. I am currently...
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    Connection two home computers..Wireless way

    Hi I have at home a desktop running Windows XP Pro Sp2. This computer is connected to ADSL gateway (Linksys WAG300N) using wired connection. I have a laptop computer running Windows XP Home edition which can connect to the above gateway, wireless. So far accessing internet from both...