AMD 4x4 - 15% faster than core in gaming..

ok... so 4 slow cores are a little faster than 2 fast cores? hahahah... Kentsfield is already floating around here... AMD is literally 1 year behind CHIPZILLA!

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Its gonna own for me, I fold rosetta all day and run Maj 12 also, But this pc was built first and foremost for gaming, which I do almost constantly Id say about atleast 12-18 hrs a day while folding etc etc etc..

More cores equals more processing power for me, and headroom for a few more fps while gaming, which is always a plus..

The way I see it, it cant be a bad thing, as long as the heat doesnt raise overall ambients too much, and if they can OC together with 2 diff memcontrollers , and Id also like to see how well the rams gonna perform, only time will tell, but Im def waiting for this wagon, conroe is nice and all, but Im an amd fanboi 4 life and im sticking with the green team...

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Originally Posted by charlie

ok... so 4 slow cores are a little faster than 2 fast cores? hahahah... Kentsfield is already floating around here... AMD is literally 1 year behind CHIPZILLA!

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Yep, 1 to 1 and 1/2 years depending on most things.

You can't deny 8 (2x4) cores will be interesting though, slower or not, especially when multithreading takes over, especially on K8L.

Agreed though, in the short-term it looks pretty weak, unless you want to multi-task up the ass and can't wait for Kentsfield.

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Originally Posted by charlie

ok... so 4 slow cores are a little faster than 2 fast cores? hahahah... Kentsfield is already floating around here... AMD is literally 1 year behind CHIPZILLA!

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ZING :exclaim:

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Originally Posted by turtle

Yep, 1 to 1 and 1/2 years depending on most things.

You can't deny 8 (2x4) cores will be interesting though, slower or not, especially when multithreading takes over, especially on K8L.

Agreed though, in the short-term it looks pretty weak, unless you want to multi-task up the ass and can't wait for Kentsfield.

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Your saying that "multithreading takes over" in the next year or two as though it were fact. The only apps so far that's just now becoming visible on the horizon that may see a significant performance advantage from multithreading is Unreal3 engine games (Huxley, UT2K7, and Gears of War.) In fact, many crunching apps would see no advantage or even be slowed if multithreaded due to the complexities involved in multithreading.

Multitasking is a different animal entirely.

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Originally Posted by xenolith

Your saying that "multithreading takes over" in the next year or two as though it were fact. The only apps so far that's just now becoming visible on the horizon that may see a significant performance advantage from multithreading is Unreal3 engine games (Huxley, UT2K7, and Gears of War.) In fact, many crunching apps would see no advantage or even be slowed if multithreaded due to the complexities involved in multithreading.

Multitasking is a different animal entirely.

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Can you please indicate what fact you are refering to when saying no crunching app. would benefit from additional processing threads?

I run high end software on my workstation so I can relate to this.

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Originally Posted by Smalltimer

I have read many complaints about the added socket and it really makes me wonder, who here has ever complained about a more powerful looking machine? this is the Xtreme forums and most of us here go through great lengths to get our systems to Xtreme levels. If the thought of two sockets makes you uncomfortable then I really have to question why you even come here. imo. the added socket on a motherboard has always been a statement of power let alone a dual water cooling setup and lets not forget the additional power that comes with it!

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I think the theory goes, probably quite rightly, that when you start making things more complex things cannot be overclocked as far. Better to have a single quad core than 2 dual cores with two cooling systems and more complex motherboard. Things "looking powerful" is not a reason people come here at all I would say.

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Andy

Ok this is a fairy tale article, based in absolutely nothing, but it's funny how all the Intel fanboys are taking it as reality.

Oh ok, 4x4 with a average 80% of performance increase plus the non-existant reverse hyper-threading on top would only be 15% faster then conroe? lol how dumb and in denial can one be? :slapass:


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