Conroe postponed by 5 days

[Gary Key]

Originally posted by: nippyjun
Are there any good reviews that show high resolution (1900x1220, 2650x1600) gaming benchmarks with conroe vs athlon fx? I've just seen lower resolution comparisons.

There will be in a couple of weeks.

 

[nippyjun]

I understand why low res benches are used to show true cpu power, but i think we need real world benches (at higher res) to truely see if the power of the conroe will actually give a big overall performance increase at resolutions that we actually game at.

 

[zsdersw]

You know the saying.. if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

I still placed a pre-order for one, though. Their real-time stock thing says ETA of July 5th (yeah right).. but they say they have 3,040 of them on their way (plausible). The price was reasonable, though: $343. (E6600)

www.shopblt.com

 

[avi85]

Originally posted by: zsdersw
You know the saying.. if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

I still placed a pre-order for one, though. Their real-time stock thing says ETA of July 5th (yeah right).. but they say they have 3,040 of them on their way (plausible). The price was reasonable, though: $343. (E6600)

www.shopblt.com

that means they ordered 3040 there is no way they'll get 3040 right away

 

[zsdersw]

I doubt you (or anyone else here) is in a position to say that something is a "no way" scenario.

At this time, they have a total of 79 advance orders (of which mine is one). I don't know how likely it is they'll get 3,040 of them, but I would say it's pretty likely they'll get at least 79 of them.

 

[classy]

Originally posted by: PC Surgeon

Originally posted by: ScottFern
I still think there is a possibility they will be released on July 5th.

I believe Conroe will ship on the 5th if July, just after independance day


3 weeks of ownage over AMD and before price cuts....seems like a good strategy...also the new mobo's are starting to show up at e-tailers all over.

Where are the boards all over? I think a couple places are selling Intel rev 304 975x but thats about it.

 

[zsdersw]

Where are the boards all over?

965 mobo's should be available in time for the launch later this month. Other boards based on other chipsets should be available around that time too.

 

[bob661]

Right on more like Aug 5th and then get ready for gouging by screwegg....reasonably priced conroes may not happen until Sept...

It won't be just Newegg. There's gonna be short supply so the prices will be high everywhere.

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: bob661

Right on more like Aug 5th and then get ready for gouging by screwegg....reasonably priced conroes may not happen until Sept...

It won't be just Newegg. There's gonna be short supply so the prices will be high everywhere.

I know that....they are just the first that comes to mind aroud here....

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
hmm, i remember seeing that buy.com had the E6600 for around $350. it was quickly sold out though.

meh, stupid core 2 duo, get released NOW!!

http://www.tankguys.biz/intel-core-e660...sCsid=9b177b50484e913e2660c40b2f25fb7d

There's an actual honorable store who's asking $340 USD for E6600 pre-orders.
They've also got some great deals on some nice Team Group DDR2 RAM.

 

[Brahmzy]

I want to pre-order from TankGuys, and probably will. It just frustrates me that I have no phone number to call them. Especially when pre-ordering something like a Conroe.

Anybody got a phone # for these guys?

 

[TankGuys]

Originally posted by: Brahmzy
I want to pre-order from TankGuys, and probably will. It just frustrates me that I have no phone number to call them. Especially when pre-ordering something like a Conroe.

Anybody got a phone # for these guys?

we've got a phone line, but it's mainly for voicemail. If you need something, PM me, or e-mail us - you'll be surprised how quick we respond

 

[nyker96]

NOOOOO what shall we all do for that idle 5 days!! God help us all without conroe ...

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: nyker96
NOOOOO what shall we all do for that idle 5 days!! God help us all without conroe ...

read my thread titled "core 2 duo gets pushed AHEAD for us americans". apparently, conroe comes out on july 13th...

 

[phaxmohdem]

July 28th == my birthday! Maybe Intel will send me a free 2.93EE