What's so great about conroe?

[ManBearPig]

other than it uses less power and it can overclock well? If you dont really care about these things, is it so great?

 

[Bobthelost]

If you're looking at the 6600 or higher it's faster at stock settings than any AMD chip around.

Then again if you don't care about speed either then it's not that great a chip.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: Heen05
other than it uses less power and it can overclock well? If you dont really care about these things, is it so great?

There are 4,725 threads here at the AnandTech forums on the Conroe. Surely one or two of them would tell you what you need to know.
Well I guess now there are 4,726... :shocked:

 

[drum]

I heard it reduces the number of reposts, so I would look into one if I were you

 

[GimpyFuzznut]

What's so great about a chip that reduces power usage, allows greater overclocking, is faster than any other chip, and comes in at incredibly reasonable prices for new chip technology.

Ummmm... WHAT ELSE IS LEFT TO BE GREAT IN A CHIP? Do you want it to cook breakfast for you? You're an idiot.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: Heen05
other than it uses less power and it can overclock well? If you dont really care about these things, is it so great?

What you have pooh-poohed is technical efficiency. Multiply that by hundreds of thousands of units, and you have tangible savings in one of our most precious commodities - electrical energy.

No, you are not an idiot - but perhaps just not yet economically self-supporting - probably a bit immature, - perhaps still sponging off your parents.

 

[Jules]

Faster Clock for clock. Less heat.

 

[jlbenedict]

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth
Faster Clock for clock. Less heat.

From what I've read in the Maximum PC issue I received yesterday, heat is almost nil.
Their testing involved some full load dvd encoding using Nero Recode. They had a Zalman 9500 and unplugged the fan. During this dvd encoding the temps only rose 3 degree's C. After the testing, the machine was still used without the Zalman cpu fan plugged in.

 

[bnads]

it makes amd fanboys cry...

 

[Rubycon]

IPC is much better which traditionally in the past five years was the Achilles heel of the Pentium IV architecture. It also produces less heat. It's probably as much as a computing breakthrough for Intel since the original Pentium CPU was in 1993.

 

[AmdInside]

Its cooler, faster and consumes less power. If you don't care about getting a faster CPU, then you are either not the right person for Conroe or you are related to the Slowsky's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhxlMkK5qfI&search=slowskies

 

[Maxspeed996]

Originally posted by: bnads
it makes amd fanboys cry...

:thumbsup:

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: drum
I heard it reduces the number of reposts, so I would look into one if I were you

:thumbsup:

 

[supastar1568]

Hmmm, so you want to save money by consuming less power, but yet by a whole new motherboard, memory, etc??


you guys the same people that pay $10k over invoice for a civic hybrid?

 

[Bobthelost]

Originally posted by: supastar1568
Hmmm, so you want to save money by consuming less power, but yet by a whole new motherboard, memory, etc??


you guys the same people that pay $10k over invoice for a civic hybrid?

Your ability to fail to understand is incredible, may i recomend going into some form of government?

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: supastar1568
Hmmm, so you want to save money by consuming less power, but yet by a whole new motherboard, memory, etc??


you guys the same people that pay $10k over invoice for a civic hybrid?

If you need a new computer (like I do) Conroe walks all over the A64. If I had a decent X2, though, I probably wouldn't upgrade.

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth
Faster Clock for clock. Less heat.

From what I've read in the Maximum PC issue I received yesterday, heat is almost nil.
Their testing involved some full load dvd encoding using Nero Recode. They had a Zalman 9500 and unplugged the fan. During this dvd encoding the temps only rose 3 degree's C. After the testing, the machine was still used without the Zalman cpu fan plugged in.

Flawed testing, modern cpus have overheating protection that lowers the cpu speed when overheating.

 

[ManBearPig]

no im not an idiot, i dont care about overclockability or power consumption so much. i do care about efficiency and cost, which i learned here is great...which is why conroe is good.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: jlbenedict

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth
Faster Clock for clock. Less heat.

From what I've read in the Maximum PC issue I received yesterday, heat is almost nil.
Their testing involved some full load dvd encoding using Nero Recode. They had a Zalman 9500 and unplugged the fan. During this dvd encoding the temps only rose 3 degree's C. After the testing, the machine was still used without the Zalman cpu fan plugged in.

Flawed testing, modern cpus have overheating protection that lowers the cpu speed when overheating.

Flawed testing as they should use a real stress test (Prime95 or S&M) to generate the most heat.

 

[supastar1568]

Originally posted by: Bobthelost

Originally posted by: supastar1568
Hmmm, so you want to save money by consuming less power, but yet by a whole new motherboard, memory, etc??


you guys the same people that pay $10k over invoice for a civic hybrid?

Your ability to fail to understand is incredible, may i recomend going into some form of government?

 

[bob4432]

for those like me that usually stay 1gen behind, it brought down the 939 x2 prices

 

[Snooper]

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: jlbenedict

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth
Faster Clock for clock. Less heat.

From what I've read in the Maximum PC issue I received yesterday, heat is almost nil.
Their testing involved some full load dvd encoding using Nero Recode. They had a Zalman 9500 and unplugged the fan. During this dvd encoding the temps only rose 3 degree's C. After the testing, the machine was still used without the Zalman cpu fan plugged in.

Flawed testing, modern cpus have overheating protection that lowers the cpu speed when overheating.

Uhm, not quite so flawed. Because in the article (if you would have actually read it), they state that there was "no sign of thermal throttling". Which is the overheat protection you mention...

 

[code65536]

Originally posted by: GimpyFuzznutDo you want it to cook breakfast for you?

Nah, it might not run hot enough; a Smithfield would've been better suited for that.

 

[ManBearPig]

ok i understand speed for speed its more efficient than the amds, but theyre sooooo slow. without ocing is it worth it? i mean, to get one at decent speeds WITHOUT ocing, youd have to pay like 500 dollars.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: supastar1568

Originally posted by: Bobthelost

Originally posted by: supastar1568
Hmmm, so you want to save money by consuming less power, but yet by a whole new motherboard, memory, etc??


you guys the same people that pay $10k over invoice for a civic hybrid?

Your ability to fail to understand is incredible, may i recomend going into some form of government?

You may want to concentrate on your own spelling before correcting others.