Finally have by build planned out, final thoughts?

[Smartazz]

I might wait until core duo 2 comes out, what's the realease date and how do these thing overclock?

 

[Smartazz]

Just in, I can wait for conroe, thanks, it seems as though c2d is going to be a lot faster than amd's chips.

 

[alpha88]

Yeah, I think Conroe will be sweet, though I think it won't be quiet as good as some expectations.

I'm guessing something around 10% faster clock for clock compared to an Opteron/FX (dual core), just at a much lower cost, and available at faster base speeds. It appears to have lots of headroom too.

Just a warnng though - since this is your first built, I would not be surprised if you encounter some difficulties, new tech always has bugs and while this shouldn't prevent you from buying it, just be forewarned.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: alpha88
Yeah, I think Conroe will be sweet, though I think it won't be quiet as good as some expectations.

I'm guessing something around 10% faster clock for clock compared to an Opteron/FX (dual core), just at a much lower cost, and available at faster base speeds. It appears to have lots of headroom too.

Just a warnng though - since this is your first built, I would not be surprised if you encounter some difficulties, new tech always has bugs and while this shouldn't prevent you from buying it, just be forewarned.

I really am having a tough decision whether or not to wait, I read on another site that Intel's benchmarks were very unfair, is this true?
edit: I might go with an opteron instead because there is no reason I need the speed conroe will deliver, sure the price is nice, but price really isn't detering me a lot, I got the computer under the budget of $1200 and I'm happy about that, is this good thinking?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: alpha88
Yeah, I think Conroe will be sweet, though I think it won't be quiet as good as some expectations.

I'm guessing something around 10% faster clock for clock compared to an Opteron/FX (dual core), just at a much lower cost, and available at faster base speeds. It appears to have lots of headroom too.

Just a warnng though - since this is your first built, I would not be surprised if you encounter some difficulties, new tech always has bugs and while this shouldn't prevent you from buying it, just be forewarned.

I really am having a tough decision whether or not to wait, I read on another site that Intel's benchmarks were very unfair, is this true?

I doubt they were rigged, if that's what you mean. However, Conroe only exhibits superior performance in CPU-bound applications, meaning the performance difference will be negligible at higher gaming resolutions.

I'm happy about that

This is all you have to worry about.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: alpha88
Yeah, I think Conroe will be sweet, though I think it won't be quiet as good as some expectations.

I'm guessing something around 10% faster clock for clock compared to an Opteron/FX (dual core), just at a much lower cost, and available at faster base speeds. It appears to have lots of headroom too.

Just a warnng though - since this is your first built, I would not be surprised if you encounter some difficulties, new tech always has bugs and while this shouldn't prevent you from buying it, just be forewarned.

I really am having a tough decision whether or not to wait, I read on another site that Intel's benchmarks were very unfair, is this true?

I doubt they were rigged, if that's what you mean. However, Conroe only exhibits superior performance in CPU-bound applications, meaning the performance difference will be negligible at higher gaming resolutions.

I'm happy about that

This is all you have to worry about.

No, they said the tests were on a computer that had windows xp optimized just for intel and they were tests that intel usually would have the upper hand in, again I heard this on a forum, and would a cpu make a huge diffrence when I have the resolution at 1280 by 1024?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: alpha88
Yeah, I think Conroe will be sweet, though I think it won't be quiet as good as some expectations.

I'm guessing something around 10% faster clock for clock compared to an Opteron/FX (dual core), just at a much lower cost, and available at faster base speeds. It appears to have lots of headroom too.

Just a warnng though - since this is your first built, I would not be surprised if you encounter some difficulties, new tech always has bugs and while this shouldn't prevent you from buying it, just be forewarned.

I really am having a tough decision whether or not to wait, I read on another site that Intel's benchmarks were very unfair, is this true?

I doubt they were rigged, if that's what you mean. However, Conroe only exhibits superior performance in CPU-bound applications, meaning the performance difference will be negligible at higher gaming resolutions.

I'm happy about that

This is all you have to worry about.

No, they said the tests were on a computer that had windows xp optimized just for intel and they were tests that intel usually would have the upper hand in, again I heard this on a forum

Which one?

would a cpu make a huge diffrence when I have the resolution at 1280 by 1024?

Not with a 7900GT, I think.