Another Dual- v Quad- core thread... *sigh*

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
It's been quite interesting to see how this thread has evolved...

well it has got me curious to explore it further

i may end up getting a q9550 just to test it out

when i see them routinely hitting 4 Ghz

in the meantime, i got some benchmarking to do and i am dying to see how high i can get my e8600 to OC in my current MB

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: apoppin
my e8600 did arrive today and it IS a e0 stepping

That's a good thing, apoppin, since that's the only stepping it comes in.

i am benching 5 GPUs on 2 platforms this weekend
.. all weekend

Great. I look forward to the results, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.[/quote]

 

[Sylvanas]

That LegionHardware review is complete BS, there is no way that a QC is twice as fast as a dual/Phenom X4- sorry it's not. We would have known that by now if it was, every other respectable review (AT, Xbit) has not shown anywhere near what they are claiming so there is something seriously flawed with that review. In regard to the Quad vs Dual debate, I'd say with prices the way they are- you might aswell go Quad as it can't really hurt that much and room for improvement is always there.