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My quad FX CPU box arrived.
But I have to leave right now at the moment. So, I had time to take only two rough pic in rush.
Here.
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3...0905dh2.th.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2...0907lt6.th.jpg
I will post more later today. Quad FX mobo will arrive tomorrow or so as well.
And . .. one more CPU also :p
so the box only contain 1 cpu
You could've at least opened it up and given people an idea of whether there's 1 or 2 CPUs. That box doesn't look big enough to hold 2 stock coolers, and AMD claimed these were to be priced and sold in pairs, not single.
Yeppers, only one CPU as shown on the pic below. (Damn my cheap camera.)Quote:
Originally Posted by SaFrOuT
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6...0909xu6.th.jpg
P.S. How can my camera not shout out the light and take clear pics? It's Canon PowerShot A510
Heatsink is the heatpipied one. I don't think I will need an aftermarket cooler since the 80mm fan is attached to the heatsink by four plastic clips. I will just replace the fan.
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7...0921hq8.th.jpg
What the hell? Why did AMD make such a big deal about pricing these in pairs?
No idea. I guess AMD wanted to create some sort of hype to counter Intel's recent attacks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Omastar
Or -
maybe something didn't go as planned with someone else. (Your guess will be as good as mine in this case.)
The bottom line is, I have no idea.
Set it to Tv (Shutter priority) and put it on a tripod (or stable surface), set the shutter speed to 1/15th in artificial light, it should turn out ok. Make sure you manually set the flash to off (it's either right or left on the canon function thing next to the lcd, looks like a lightening bolt).Quote:
Originally Posted by alucasa
Or if it has the option just set it to P (programmable mode) and turn the flash off and the camera will automatically set shutter and aperture.
Thank you much. It is working out much better now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nephilim
I will take a picture of a closeup shot of the CPU IHS.
Alright, these were the best I could do and now I really really gotta take off.
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6...0944rj4.th.jpg
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8...0945qv5.th.jpg
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/3...0947zq2.th.jpg
See you guys later and enjoy the pics.
Motherboard pictures tomorrow or so.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Omastar
not AMD's fault that sites like newegg are very greddy that they are selling them in single and for a very very high price
the FX-70 is for 350$ , which means 2 for 700$ while AMD said 500$ for both
It may also have a macro mode (opposite side to the flash setting) which will help with closeups :)Quote:
Originally Posted by alucasa
The macro setting looks like a flower with stem and petals from the side... Kind of like a tulip.
yep, and amd never made a big deal about the pricing, rumor mills like the inquirer did, inquirer \= amd
At first I saw two processors with two chips each - now - One processor with four chips on one die.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so,so jealous Alucasa mate, you are the luckiest person on this planet to have Quad Fx in your hands now.
Can't wait to see it fully set up and benched by an xtreme member who will finally be able to give the system a right good going over.
I just wish I had Quad Fx in my hands.Still nowhere has it for shipping internationally with decent prices.
Thanks so much for the pics Alucasa, you are known as Quad, hehe.
personally i don't think the results will be interesting, but i'm not sure...Quote:
Originally Posted by mofoman
How I got the CPUs is funny.
NCIX has them instock but they told me that they are not allowed to sell the CPUs themselves since they are meant for their special quad FX builds.
So, I ordered them from DirectCanada which is NCIX's sister site and shares the same stocks. My first quad FX-70 CPU box arrived yesterday from DirectCanada actually but I missed it. I just need to pick it up.
The box I showed to you guys is actually the second CPU box.
Right now, I ordered the ASUS L1N64-SLI motherboard from NCIX and it seems they might refuse to ship (trying to get them talk to me for 2 days without much of luck). If they do refuse to ship, I am just going to order from DirectCanada.
I am not expecting that the new system will OC greatly. As far as I know, K8's limit is pretty much around 3ghz. The CPU is already clocked at 2.4ghz stock.
And two of them will be there with 125w consumed from each.
Furthermore, 10 HDDs plus a Geforce 7900GS.
All on a Silverstone 750w strider...
OC the rig and it might explode.
well, technically, no one is supposed to be selling them before 1/22 (according to several distributors) so.....extremely good luck that you got them early.
dave
The boxed 4 heatpipe cooler is VERY good. The fan is an 80mm delta and draws a wopping .75a at full speed. Thermally controlled speed. Held my 3800 x2 @ 2.8ghz 1.55v dual 32m or so. An 80cfm fan on top only gained me an extra 50mhz at the expense of MUCH more noise. Just keep them stock.
Wow looks like AMD has taken a note from Intel. I've been away too long.Quote:
Originally Posted by alucasa
Thanks for the photos.
Nice pics:)
They're only gouging $50, just 16.7% more than AMD's prices for the FX70 (btw, your $500 is Inq's price, not AMD's). That is pretty generous, compared to when QX6700 was gouged over 69%.Quote:
Originally Posted by SaFrOuT
Yeah..:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by runmc
Newegg always gouges and others are following. BTW AMD MSRP on FX-70 pairs is $599 (might be in units of 1000 to) and newegg is selling OEMs for $304 each. Should be at MSRP for retail chips soon.
So, here they are....
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7...0971kw7.th.jpg
Now only if NCIX will ship my order for the motherboard...
now that would be killer.
sorry for the wrong info guys, i thought 500$ was the MSRP but it is 599$
Cant wait for you to get the motherboard. We need some xtreme benches.Quote:
Originally Posted by alucasa
pretty cool... might put AMD in a cool place if they beat Intel's $600 quad core to market. But bottom line... will it beat a e6700/P5B at any benchmark?? Any?? And I don't mean that in a derogotory manner, just curious.
Btw, NCIX really lets me down on this one. I guess I should have really ordered from DirectCanada. NCIX's excuse is that they have too much orders to ship out due to holidays. But it has taken them two business days and hasn't yet shipped out my order.
Another picture of everything together.
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/3...0972kk3.th.jpg
Thanks for the pictures! Keep us updated.
Dude... your talking about a e6700 agenst a 2 socket dual core setup? lol Not a QX6700 right?Quote:
Originally Posted by charlie
Do a 100% E6700 OC then it could.
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...VudGh1c2lhc3Q=
Real World Quad FX Speed & Agility
Our real world testing today disproves my preconceptions entirely, and shows that in quite a few cases, the FX-74 is as fast, or even faster than the QX6700. We ran the numbers over and over again, and the FX-74 simply has the horsepower to compete with the QX6700 in the most CPU intensive applications. When the systems are completely maxed out and you’re running rendering, encoding, or multi-media applications, the difference between the two CPU’s is quite minimal, usually between 1 and 3 percent.
The quad FX isn't even a real quad core, it works in a similar way the QX6700 was made.
The QX6700 is 2 E6700's put together plan and simple, acts like a 2P thing only glued together on one socket, not even a real quad core like the pentium D wasn't a real dual core. Stock E6700 wouldn't come close to a 2P system unless you manage a 100% OC on a E6700 your being a bit over dramatic, and that kind of OC isn't going to happen on a E6700 any time soon stable or on anything but cascade. Nothing can come close to a 4P workstation if you want to talk about benchmarks look to some opteron 4P workstations. I like AMD and Intel but god people this crap has got to stop about how much the truth is bent. 1 core will not beat 2. 2 cores will not beat 4, 4 cores will not beat 8. Simple as that. If it where that easy we would still be on 1 core cpus.
Now will 4 core chips come out for this socket, and will they work in these mobos. Because an upgrade path like that sounds pretty nice...
the QuadFX should beat the QX6700 in pretty much every app that scales
very well with the addition of new cores (such as mentalray which scales ~99%,
or most modern renderers) and in multitasking situations (maya + mr rendering +
+ photoshop + fusion for example). Under Server2003 or Vista X64 of course.
And considering one buys a QuadPlatform for multithreaded apps/multitasking and
not games or what else, the QuadFX is a good option, performance/cost wise.
Though it consumes twice as much power as the QX6700 but on the other hand
this is a dual-cpu platform so you get an upgrade to 2 x Quad Altairs as soon as
they're available.
nice workstation platform imo.
yea but it is being marketed at enthusiasts afaik, not the pro-crowd
If you leave the flash on but then move away and use zoom mode then you might be able to reduce the flare effect.
Good luck with getting the motherbaord quickly.
Regards
Andy
alucasa, try to start your new system with only one fx installed.
and i wanna see bios setup screen photos -)
Gonna cancel my order with NCIX and reorder from DirectCanada.
According to NCIX's forum, people who ordered on 24th of Dec haven't gotten their shipment shipped.
Forget it, I am not going to wait weeks for it to arrive when I can have it by 5th (friday) of Jan.
Mentalray with maya scaled ~99% here on dual clovertowns. Compared to C2D. Its not really bandwidth demanding. I think you need to find some video encoding or something to see where it would scale better.Quote:
Originally Posted by alayashu
QX is also quadcore, Core architecture is faster clock by clock, 4 cores in both systems, not a small difference in clocks means that Intel will be faster. Pro crowd goes for Opterons, not Quad FX :PQuote:
Originally Posted by alayashu
waiting for some bench´s and overs test!! ;)
Ok, I am gonna ask the stupid question here........:stick:
Is that gonna be 2x2 or 2x4?????
Are them CPU's quad's or duels?????
2 dualcores, 4 cores if both sockets are used.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slagathor
Well, I am a little pissed.
NCIX lost my shipment. They claim that they shipped it out yesterday and provided me tracking # via web support ticket while on web order status page it says not shipped.
All good since I have the tracking number... except that they are invalid. It doesn't exist.
I called them again and they have no idea where my package is. They *think* it was shipped. But tracking # is invalid.
Now I cannot cancel the order since they think it was shipped.
God, I don't feel like using NCIX anymore.
alucasa, so when will you get your motherboard? on friday?
No idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by L'enFer
If Goddess of luck is on my side and NCIX actually shipped my order, it is supposed to be here today which I doubt it will happen as there is one hour left before Purolator Air stops delivering.
Purolator has always made it to my home in one day. This would be the first case of taking actually more than one day in 5 years.
If so, then I suppose it will be here on Friday.
But this is all based on an assumed fact that NCIX did ship my package. The tracking number they provided in morning was invalid and is still invalid which by the way was entered into the system yesterday ... supposedly.
nice cpus you got there. i am very interested at the overclocks you will get with these. and i was also wondering once you get them sorted out and tweaked if you would put that rig on WCG for a week (more if you want:D ) because i am looking into a rig for the grid consisting of the same cpus and i would like to see how many points per day these things put out and how much cancer and aids research those puppies can do.
nice cpus:)
Hmm. Already here.
Are there any 06 numbers out there on these chips/mainboards yet?
unfortunately not! all hope in you and your skills!Quote:
Originally Posted by k|ngp|n
BTW can you share more info about cpus you're have?? week/stepping/cpu-z screen? and of course how much LN2 you want to use on them?
Wish you another WR :toast: .
Only default numbers.Quote:
Originally Posted by k|ngp|n
http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q4...x/index.x?pg=8
Tracking # is working now.
So, friday it is.
nice stuff !
no more pins...finally
look here:Quote:
Originally Posted by k|ngp|n
http://xbitlabs.com/images/cpu/amd-q...s/3dmark-1.png
http://xbitlabs.com/images/cpu/amd-q...s/3dmark-2.png
absolutely, hopefully we can get some kick ass overclocking boards soon :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Supertim0r
The motherboard has finally arrived.
expect few pics soon.
i am :D
Turn off the flash and put the object in a brighter light, maybe under a lamp. Could do a less washed out pic.
Quote:
Originally Posted by alucasa
Test bed RAM configs.....those people are not dealing with reality yet.
Memory:
2048MB DDR2-800 SDRAM (Mushkin XP2-6400PRO, 2 x 1024MB, DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12);
2048MB DDR2-800 SDRAM (Mushkin XP2-6400PRO, 4 x 512MB, DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12).
That amount of RAM ain't squat. I want to see 4 x 1024 or 4 x 2048. 2gigs will be low in 2007 in Vista/DX10 rigs.....this is not giving anyone a good yardstick to measure and contemplate further PC builds.
http://xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/dis...quad-fx_6.html
now we'll have to find 2 golden cpu :brick:
Anyway, we'll stand by and wait benchies..
Id love to see drystone and wetstone from these..
I think daily itll be close to duo's quad but not oc'd
I wonder how long until someone removes the IHS :D
I thought they went Intels way and begun soldering them on...
Or am I mistaken?
Is there any way you can try it on Vista?
What is Vista release date to public?
I will probably purchase Vista basic or something cheap. I wouldn't need ultimate anyway.
I think it's the 22nd. I was refering to a beta copy if you were a beta tester or something. No prob though, will wait see what happens. :)
Nope, wasn't a beta tester. Never bothered signing up for one.Quote:
Originally Posted by flippin_waffles
This is going to cost few grand to upgrade all my OS.... Just going to buy one copy at release date and wait.
Soldered IHS isn't exactly what you go around pullingQuote:
Originally Posted by Lord AnthraX
I have vista 32/64bit ultimate edition, you can get them over seas mate online. :D
I don't need ultimate edition. It's like using 1000w PSU on a rig that requires only 200w.
Then its not extreme enough for these forums. :p: