I've got a 3000+ Winnie that OCs to 2300 rock solid but the Venices with their high OC performance is really tempting me. Problem is I do a lot of video encoding and the X2 seems to have a big edge in that department. Of course, the price of the X2 is gonna be over $500 and thats a problem. What should I do?
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Get a Venice or wait for the X2 to come out
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I say wait, at least a few months..
Your 64@ 2300 should hold you over for a bit.. But then again, a venice @ 2.6-2.8 would be nice as well..
X2's will be pricey for a bit..
n7 you should have probably stayed with your newcastle.. But you never know on the overclock as well! (Venice)
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You could have gotten 2.9ghz..
Your 64@ 2300 should hold you over for a bit.. But then again, a venice @ 2.6-2.8 would be nice as well..
X2's will be pricey for a bit..
n7 you should have probably stayed with your newcastle.. But you never know on the overclock as well! (Venice)
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You could have gotten 2.9ghz..
Zebo
Elite Member
You Buy an X2 you will have no regrets for at least two years. It's that kinda chip. Groundbreaking.
Like the northwoods were but even more so. Unmatched when they first came out and still strong today in the right hands.
X2 will be my last CPU until quad cores.. I have 754 NC, 939 Winny, skipped Venice
well you'll see soon enough when I bench @ 2.8-3.0 for y'all.. 😀
Like the northwoods were but even more so. Unmatched when they first came out and still strong today in the right hands.
X2 will be my last CPU until quad cores.. I have 754 NC, 939 Winny, skipped Venice
well you'll see soon enough when I bench @ 2.8-3.0 for y'all.. 😀
BlingBlingArsch
Golden Member
those who know bout Moores Law are not that euphoric.
Zebo is right on. This is the first chip to offer this kind of performance jump in a current generation of other hardware (motherboard/memory stay the same and you just buy a CPU). I am still using a Northwood because of the great chip it has proven to be. I only came out of hiding to buy a Venice in preparation for the X2. I NEED it. I will have it. It is only a matter of time and $$. If I have a windfall, expect the X2 in my rig immediately. I would imagine that an X2 system is about as future-proof as anything you can buy this year could get.
ya wait... the venice is nothing special if you already have something similar. most people are hitting 2.6ghz max... i bet amd intentionally picked the good ones to go for reveiew and that is why everyone is talking about them... I fell for it but it was still worth it because i came from an a-socket 🙂
BlindBartimaeus
Golden Member
Making the switch to the 939 isn't all bad N7. This way you can afford to hold out for a while till hopefully the prices come down pretty good on the X2's and the Venice SHOULD hold its relative resale for some time. Look at the Newcastle 3000+...they have been 150...for about forever.
redhatlinux
Senior member
1. Laws NEVER Die !!
2. Benchmarks arte WORTHLESS.... I can make thew results whatever I want. If all you do with your rig is run BM's ALL DAY SURE GO FOR IT
3. Dually AMD's are Sweet but high $
4. Dually Intel's are EL Cheapo.
If 'somebody' developed a special BIOS for the AMD Dually that allowed some flavor of Linux in One Side,
handling all the Special Devices that Winblows can't, the 'hyper-BIOS' could determine that a 'special Device', could be attached to the Windows core by making the special look like something supported by WIN.
2. Benchmarks arte WORTHLESS.... I can make thew results whatever I want. If all you do with your rig is run BM's ALL DAY SURE GO FOR IT
3. Dually AMD's are Sweet but high $
4. Dually Intel's are EL Cheapo.
If 'somebody' developed a special BIOS for the AMD Dually that allowed some flavor of Linux in One Side,
handling all the Special Devices that Winblows can't, the 'hyper-BIOS' could determine that a 'special Device', could be attached to the Windows core by making the special look like something supported by WIN.
IamTHEsnake
Senior member
How do you figure Zebo?
....Oh nm your right. I was looking for proof that you were wrong but I foudn that you are right haha. Here's a graph that proves it.
Moore's Law
....Oh nm your right. I was looking for proof that you were wrong but I foudn that you are right haha. Here's a graph that proves it.
Moore's Law
Assuming that X2's will come out "really soon now" and not in two or three months, then it will only be a matter of weeks (or however long it is until they're available plus shipping time) until I have one. 😛
My only concern is BIOS flashing; I'll need to put an X2 straight into a previously-unbooted motherboard - will it work?
My only concern is BIOS flashing; I'll need to put an X2 straight into a previously-unbooted motherboard - will it work?
Capt Caveman
Lifer
I know with Asus's mobos, you can start-up a bios update program(ezFlash) upon bios boot-up and flash your mobo then.
Promethply
Golden Member
Since you're already using the Winchester, you'll get more noticeable performance increase by getting the X2 later on.
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