AMD's 3GHz K10 to break 30,000 3DMark06 (Inq)

[Vapor]

30k in 05 at 3GHz is almost harder than in 06, no?

If either are true, this CPU is a beast beyond what any rumor said.

[CraptacularOne]

30k in 05 at 3GHz is almost harder than in 06, no?

If either are true, this CPU is a beast beyond what any rumor said.

Lets not also forget the weight that ATI cards pull in the 05 benchmark either, I have a pair of X1950XTX's that can almost keep up with my 8800s in 05

[Gautam]

30k in 05 at 3GHz is almost harder than in 06, no?

If either are true, this CPU is a beast beyond what any rumor said.

That's actually a pretty reasonable statement. I would say between 3-3.5 with a Kentsfield, you could get 05 and 06 each scoring around 20k, but with heavy enough card clocks (subzero for sure) to feed the 06 well....whereas they would do jack for the 05 at such speeds. Even at stock you'd be pretty close to being CPU bottlenecked. But then again, that wouldn't be the case if this CPU is as powerful as it is being made out to be here...