AMD Shanghai/Deneb Review Thread

[iandh]

To me, having a uniform chipset, gpu, and processor makes an attractive proposition. All combined to form a firey Dragon. heh

I have to admit that while not the fastest gear on the market, this 790GX/9950/4870 rig has been one of the most enjoyable gaming rigs I've owned to date, and I started on Wolfenstein 3D.

Both C2 and PII are equal as far as "platform" is concerned. MB, memory, etc. are about equal with C2 having a better MB selection. PII prices haven't been released but make no mistake about it, Intel can easily beat them in a price to performance ratio.

I disagree. Maybe if you are talking dual cores, but as far as quads go, the Q6600 is being phased out, and intel's cheaper penryn quads have low multis which can limit OC unless you are on a decent (read: more expensive) motherboard. I think it will be neck and neck in the $250-$350 range.

You are also missing part of his point, actually something that many people seem to miss. I am not the first person who finds their AMD platform running a bit "cleaner" than their previous Q6600 rig. As I stated before I still have my Q6600/P35 combo sitting in the closet and would surely be running that instead if I liked it better. I am going to turn it into a crunching rig when I get around to it but I am sticking with my current rig for gaming for the moment.