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Intel soon to come CPU release has got me confused. :hitself:
I am waiting for CPU upgrade to a top of the line quad, maybe the QX9650 but what about the E5xxx / X5xxx series are they even better?
Looking for the best OC suitable Quad, which are the very best?
Are the ones with the lower power consumption best. For an example the difference between the X5472 and the E5472 is 40 Watt?
Could one imagine that the 80 Watt would clock better, than the 120 Watt?
Thanks!
PRL
5000 series is a dualdocket server chip for LGA771Quote:
Originally Posted by PRJ
The boards also hardly OC if any. You want desktop variants or single socket server variants in form of the 3000 series.
LV 3000 series quad core Xeon processor anyone? (2.5GHz, 50W TDP) :eek: :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shintai
It is rather ridiculous. Especially when you can get 2 3.2ghz Harpertowns for $1,400...although that is a high price as well...Quote:
Originally Posted by MR_SmartAss
Again though, Dual Socket Xeons aren't that wide spread, even in this community. Most of the time one Quad is under used.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zytek_Fan
Question: Are Socket 775 Penryn's coming out in November this year, or is it January for them?
SOLDNER-MOFO64
If I see you posting in this thread, or in ANY other Intel thread in the XS News forum, you will cease to see XS News in its entirety.
All other members: please continue discussion as usual.
Perkam
Where? Show me? $1400.00 for ONE!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Zytek_Fan
Hey,Hey! Some of us folks feel uncomfortable sitting down at a PC that doesn't have 2 sockets at least!:rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Donnie27
yes, QX9650 is out next month: 3000/12mb/1333 45nm Penryn..Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldenTiger
for app $1000.00
Hehehe! I hear ya'! I have at least two buddies who agree with you 100%. I never said "all", just most.Quote:
Originally Posted by Movieman
Too bad you guys let the Mofo close that other thread but oh well. I had to put off my Quad Core for now because I had to buy the wife 4 new tires and she's taking a trip home to see her mom and deathly ill Aunt. OBTW, that's near Stuttgart Germany. The last part of the budget busting was four new Yokies AVIDS tires that cost me $516 at The Tire Rack, VR 225/50 17's no less:D Computer stuff just got moved to about Q2 08.
I still might squeese in a Q6600 ;) but that's about it.
My OWN scores ... check it ...
http://www.pctuning.cz/ilustrace3/ob..._prw/Vykon.png
E6850 versus Dual ES @ default (both chips at 2.33GHz)
Mobo Striker Extreme, 2GB RAM, 8800GTX noSLI
So for gamers not really much gain to expect over current generation 1333FSB cpu's, but for multimedia/encoding purposes the extra cache helps...
Thx OBR I will go for another GO Q6600 then as my E6850 is sold...
OBR,
Those gaming test are relatively low FPS'...
Drop those IQ settings, you should be benching the CPU, not the GPU.
Buddy of mine just tested the QX9650 the other day with Maximus and he was quite pissed by the fact that it showed up as a 12GHz CPU, supplied wrong voltage etc... :shocked:
Now, how many of those results would be irrelevant if you took an average of 3-4 runs for each benchmark.Quote:
Originally Posted by OBR
What I'm saying, the margin is far too small in some of them.
Perkam
thats' because 2Mb cache ain't going to give differences in games like it does on CachePi 1M ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by perkam
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Originally Posted by BeardyMan
Wolfdale is a Server Chip and meant as such.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoda
http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.a...tno=454&pgno=1
largon - This is "real usage" test, if i have high-end GFX i tested only with high res and AA+AF ...
perkam - In every my review (on our web) i tested all of test 3x, 4x - results are average values from each tests ...
my next upgrade will be a 8 core cpu, my q6600 3.82ghz should do me good intill 8 core nehalm shows up.
you might be testig "real world" environment, but your surely dont test the cpu with those setting. :yepp:Quote:
Originally Posted by OBR
stalker, bioshock and lost planet scream gpu limitation.
would be nice if you can rerun those test without gpu limitation. (aka lower res without AA/AF)
I have my eye on that Q9450.. I can wish for the Q9550 but thats a little pricey, would be nice for the higher multi though.
so is the q9550 going to be the new q6600?
should i jump on the q6600 now, or get the q9450 later.
I would do some math concerning the board you're using. If you have a chipset that's not likely to be able to max out a 45nm chip, you may favor the multiplier of the current 1066mhz fsb chips.
Ryan
I'd wait out for the Q9450--but I'm not under any pressure to buy (now that I have a E2140). Still, SSE4, more L2 cache, higher FSB, the same multiplier, higher speed, and same price. All those lead towards saying Q9450 for me. I'd wait it out if you can.
I think I may have missed something here, but what about mainboards? I can only presume that current boards like the popular Asus P5k series wont be compatiable with 45n chips or will it? Will 800Mhz RAM suite? Just seeing if or I will need to do is change the chip, choice being the Q9450 which appears to be the obvious choice. Cheap and easy to clock beyond the speed of the top processor.
If anyone has any answers? Would be nice to know; if its just the case of swapping chips, then all good. Otherwise it will benefit me more just to build a brand new base unit and turn the old one into a media centre.