I've seen product hype...

[bluemax]

3DFX Voodoo2
nVidia GeForce
AMD Athlon....

I've seen a lot of hardware hype over the years - and people clamoring to buy them... but NOTHING compares to the Conroe madness I'm seeing now.

...well... Voodoo2 is awfully close.

 

[dexvx]

Athlon64
Nvidia TNT
Radeon 9700 series

 

[ku]

of course! It's Intel's comeback!

 

[InlineFour]

Because Intel has finally come out with something better than AMD.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: InlineFour
Because Intel has finally come out with something better than AMD.

Northwood was better than Thoroughbred and Barton.
P3 was better K6-3.
P-M is better than Turion.

 

[OvErHeAtInG]

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: InlineFour
Because Intel has finally come out with something better than AMD.

Northwood was better than Thoroughbred and Barton.
P3 was better K6-3.
P-M is better than Turion.

Agreed.

It's a little over the top

 

[neutralizer]

Athlon64 was definitely overhyped though. AMD claimed that we'd be better off with 64-bit computing. Lot of good that did. How awesome is Windows XP 64-bit? Not to mention Intel released the EE editions to counter it. The P-D was also cheaper than the X2 in terms of dual core offering.

 

[InlineFour]

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: InlineFour
Because Intel has finally come out with something better than AMD.

Northwood was better than Thoroughbred and Barton.
P3 was better K6-3.
P-M is better than Turion.

I should have been more specific, within the last 2-3 years or whenever they stopped producing Northwood chips and began producing Prescott chips.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: InlineFour

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: InlineFour
Because Intel has finally come out with something better than AMD.

Northwood was better than Thoroughbred and Barton.
P3 was better K6-3.
P-M is better than Turion.

I should have been more specific, within the last 2-3 years or whenever they stopped producing Northwood chips and began producing Prescott chips.

Except the thing that historically it's always a race. AMD pulls ahead with Athlon, Intel pulls ahead with Williamette, AMD pulls ahead with AthlonXP, Intel pulls ahead with Northwood, AMD pulls ahead with Athlon64, Intel now pulls ahead with Conroe. Nothing special about it.

 

[w00t]

Take one look at the benchmarks and your sold

 

[Aluvus]

Originally posted by: neutralizer
The P-D was also cheaper than the X2 in terms of dual core offering.

Yes, and paint thinner is cheaper than wine.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: bluemax
I've seen a lot of hardware hype over the years - and people clamoring to buy them... but NOTHING compares to the Conroe madness I'm seeing now.

I thought that the Voodoo 5's were pretty close with their dual GPU's.

 

[ForumMaster]

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: InlineFour
Because Intel has finally come out with something better than AMD.

Northwood was better than Thoroughbred and Barton.
P3 was better K6-3.
P-M is better than Turion.

wasn't Northwood a generation ahead of T-bred and Barton?
P3 was much better then K6 but K7 was pretty good.
Turion is ok, but P-M is better you're right.

it's just that Intel has now come up with the fastest CPU in everything. and it won't cost an arm and a leg to get one.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

It is proving to be one of the best viral marketing campaigns in a long time. The best spread themselves with very little help, because the product is just that good.

It is like when a restaurant with excellent food opens in your area. How long does it take before someone turns you on to it? Conroe is like that restaurant

 

[orangat]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
It is proving to be one of the best viral marketing campaigns in a long time. The best spread themselves with very little help, because the product is just that good.

It is like when a restaurant with excellent food opens in your area. How long does it take before someone turns you on to it? Conroe is like that restaurant

Viral marketing?
C'mon, the Conroe is an excellent cpu which is deserving of the hype. It simply sweeps AMD across the board in benchmarks and is still a good buy even after the price cuts.

The A64 was still slower in encoding (until the x2) and only marginally faster in some benchmarks but the conroe is significantly better in almost all benchmarks.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: orangat

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
It is proving to be one of the best viral marketing campaigns in a long time. The best spread themselves with very little help, because the product is just that good.

It is like when a restaurant with excellent food opens in your area. How long does it take before someone turns you on to it? Conroe is like that restaurant

Viral marketing?
C'mon, the Conroe is an excellent cpu which is deserving of the hype. It simply sweeps AMD across the board in benchmarks and is still a good buy even after the price cuts.

The A64 was still slower in encoding (until the x2) and only marginally faster in some benchmarks but the conroe is significantly better in almost all benchmarks.

See what that nvidia fiasco did? It made you immediately attach negative connotations with the term.

definition of viral marketing

It does NOT require "plants" or other underhanded tactics. When you tell a friend about the great food at the new restaurant, you are viral marketing

 

[jlbenedict]

This is getting bad...
I ventured over to Hardforums, and ever thread in the Intel forum is on Conroe...

Conroe this.. and Conroe that.. "I'm buying a Conroe!" "What ram for Conroe?"..

"Will Conroe Wipe My Ass and Flush the Toilet Too?"


you get the picture

 

[orangat]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: orangat

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
It is proving to be one of the best viral marketing campaigns in a long time. The best spread themselves with very little help, because the product is just that good.

It is like when a restaurant with excellent food opens in your area. How long does it take before someone turns you on to it? Conroe is like that restaurant

Viral marketing?
C'mon, the Conroe is an excellent cpu which is deserving of the hype. It simply sweeps AMD across the board in benchmarks and is still a good buy even after the price cuts.

The A64 was still slower in encoding (until the x2) and only marginally faster in some benchmarks but the conroe is significantly better in almost all benchmarks.

See what that nvidia fiasco did? It made you immediately attach negative connotations with the term.

definition of viral marketing

It does NOT require "plants" or other underhanded tactics. When you tell a friend about the great food at the new restaurant, you are viral marketing

lol You're right.

 

[bluemax]

Well, today's the 27th.... I wonder what the news will be?

 

[lozina]

Too bad it looks like there will be some SERIOUS supply issues with the Conroe 2, unless perhaps you buy a system from Dell. But screw that crap.

 

[Ayah]

Merom FTW.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: Ayah
Merom FTW.

something else will come along to knock that in the dirt...so..who's gonna buy a Kia ?

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon

Originally posted by: Ayah
Merom FTW.

something else will come along to knock that in the dirt...so..who's gonna buy a Kia ?

W T F?!

 

[corkyg]

I don't see a lot of hysteria hype except on this forum. Nothing I see so far is bad for the consumer. Competition is good.

 

[imported_Zeke]

Originally posted by: Blain

Originally posted by: bluemax
I've seen a lot of hardware hype over the years - and people clamoring to buy them... but NOTHING compares to the Conroe madness I'm seeing now.

I thought that the Voodoo 5's were pretty close with their dual GPU's.

The voodoo 5 was damn sexy. Still have mine.