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conroe cpu and new video cards

jack bauer

Senior member
A friend of mine is building a computer, he wants to know two things:

1. Buy the intel conroe cpu or get amd opteron or x2 series

2. when do the next gen video cards come out for nvidia and ati?
 
Originally posted by: jack bauer
A friend of mine is building a computer, he wants to know two things:

1. Buy the intel conroe cpu or get amd opteron or x2 series

2. when do the next gen video cards come out for nvidia and ati?

1. I would advise him to get a conroe. An E6600 would be the best choice for the $ if he can get it.

An E6300 will usually match an X2 4800+ in perfomance, the E6400 is comparable to an FX-62, and the E6600 will be even faster than that.

2. Probably late this year or early 2007.
 
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