Preorder your Core duo 2 now!

Drone_Fragger · Post by **Drone_Fragger** » 07 Jul 2006, 11:43

OR I'LL KILL YOU.

Core duo 2 is superier to the FX 60 by almost 25%, And it costs about a third as much. I demand you all preroder one so that my Springs game won't lag from your old crummy processers.

On a said note, thanks to core duo 2, my new Pc upgrade costs 100 quid less. WIN!

Comp1337 · Post by **Comp1337** » 07 Jul 2006, 13:23

I have an AMD x2 already >.<

For somereason i think my x2 is to blame for my horrible FPS in spring. Some times i 10-13 FPS, And in even more extreme cases, i get 2. All setttings on max, 1280x1024.
Gay.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 08 Jul 2006, 06:04

Is this what came up out of the conroe core project? Conroe is looking right now as if it will basicly steamroll the AMD processors in the socket AM line right now, but time will tell.

Drone_Fragger · Post by **Drone_Fragger** » 08 Jul 2006, 11:20

yes, Conroe is core duo 2.
and it will steamroll AMD. ANyone who says overwise shall be assimilated. all your base are belong to us.

AF · Post by AF » 08 Jul 2006, 11:34

exactly how much would it cost to trash my celeron 2.4+ageing motherboard and buy a new set with a core duo 2 chipset? (├é┬ú sterling)

Cabbage · Post by **Cabbage** » 08 Jul 2006, 12:25

I have an AMD x2 already >.<

For somereason i think my x2 is to blame for my horrible FPS in spring. Some times i 10-13 FPS, And in even more extreme cases, i get 2. All setttings on max, 1280x1024.
Gay.

I've got a 4.4ghz X-2 - your low FPS isn't due to your processor, in some cases i get over 200fps, but the average is around 70 with all settings on full and a couple of hundred units/structures. Your low FPS is probably due to your graphics card, i use a 7800GTX, but when i installed the lastest drivers my FPS dropped right down to around 15FPS no matter what was happening, and even on low settings. Once i reinstalled some older drivers, it worked fine again. (using 84.xx now i think)

Drone_Fragger · Post by **Drone_Fragger** » 08 Jul 2006, 13:25

AF wrote:exactly how much would it cost to trash my celeron 2.4+ageing motherboard and buy a new set with a core duo 2 chipset? (├é┬ú sterling)

From Overclockers.co.uk, About 300├é┬ú cheapest, and about 900├é┬ú.

AF · Post by AF » 08 Jul 2006, 13:39

I could buy a new computer for that price, wait till they're in the ├é┬ú90->├é┬ú200 range, demanding we should upgrade to anything anything past ├é┬ú300 is ignorant.

ignorance == arrogance

Drone_Fragger · Post by **Drone_Fragger** » 08 Jul 2006, 14:12

Thats including the new motherboard you'll need. The actuall procesor is 150├é┬ú. celeron takes socket... um... 774 or something. Conroe needs socket... um... 975. the one that P4 hyperthreading uses. Therefor you'll need a new motherboard to run it.

Its stupid telling someone it costs X when it actually costs Y to run it.

genblood · Post by **genblood** » 08 Jul 2006, 14:43

I prefer AMD over Intel for processors ...

On the mother board front ... that's up in the air ...

I would say Asus .. then Gigabyte, DFI, EVGA is new for
me. I have it on order. I see if the reviews are correct.

just upgraded ... An went with AMD ....

System specs.

AMD64 4200+ X2
600W PSU SLI ready .. Mid-Tower case
3GB DDR
DVD + DVD-RW Drive
2 SATA 160 HD
2 Nvidia 7600 OC GT PCI-E in SLI mode
19" Acer Widescreen LCD panel
Windows XP Pro w/SP2 all matches ..

This is my new gaming system ...

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 09 Jul 2006, 01:36

AF wrote:I could buy a new computer for that price, wait till they're in the ├é┬ú90->├é┬ú200 range, demanding we should upgrade to anything anything past ├é┬ú300 is ignorant.

ignorance == arrogance

It's about cost effectiveness. The Core duo are quite literally 25% more effective then the AMD processors in the same price range. That is a MAJOR jump. You can buy FX series processors that will put you 300 wierd L things to 900 in the whole as well, but it won't match the bottom end of the core duo's. Simply put, AMD's monopoly on the high end processor market has just been utterly wretched from them in one foul swoop. Now intel has the best preformance per $ spent, wheras AMD has happily sat on that title for the entire pentium generation, nearly 10 years.

Gen: There's no such thing as an "SLI ready" PSU. Any PSU over 450W can handle SLI, the only restriction is that you need a fair bit of wattage to run two video cards.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 09 Jul 2006, 08:50

No thanks, I'll use an ARM processor instead. I don't want my mind assimilated into the central consciousness.

Drone_Fragger · Post by **Drone_Fragger** » 09 Jul 2006, 11:49

heh. I'm going to get the 2.4 ghz. That means its about the same as an 4800 X2. Except that its 25% better. Making it actaully about the same as the (not in production yet) 6000 X2. :D

FuzionMonkey · Post by **FuzionMonkey** » 09 Jul 2006, 19:49

AMD fanboys....

wont accept that conroe does steamroll over amd.

lol @ 300 dollar conroe schooling amd 1000 dollar flagship.

Drone_Fragger wrote:Thats including the new motherboard you'll need. The actuall procesor is 150├é┬ú. celeron takes socket... um... 774 or something. Conroe needs socket... um... 975. the one that P4 hyperthreading uses. Therefor you'll need a new motherboard to run it.

Its stupid telling someone it costs X when it actually costs Y to run it.

Also that is pretty much wrong.

I don't know about celerons, but all the recent pentiums (d's, 4's) use SOCKET T (or LGA 775). The motherboard chipset is not the socket.

you lose! good day sir!

Drone_Fragger · Post by **Drone_Fragger** » 09 Jul 2006, 21:26

Whatever. The point is, it uses the same socket as P4 HT. Not the same as Celeron. I'm not the type of person who sits there making sure I can remeber all the socket numbers and Processor sockets off by heart.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 10 Jul 2006, 11:01

I know the flagship AMD sockets, but that's pretty much it.

genblood · Post by **genblood** » 10 Jul 2006, 11:25

I've just read a acrticle about the Conroe CPU ... it's
going to cost ... a few $$$ $1,200 ...

Here is the link ...

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32904

I'll stay with AMD and see what happens ...

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 10 Jul 2006, 13:22

genblood wrote:I've just read a acrticle about the Conroe CPU ... it's
going to cost ... a few $$$ $1,200 ...

Here is the link ...

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32904

I'll stay with AMD and see what happens ...

So?

Vassago · Post by **Vassago** » 10 Jul 2006, 16:02

"AMD fanboys....

wont accept that conroe does steamroll over amd."

STEAMROLLS? No.
Is a bit better? Yes.

I've seen the comparisons. Absolutely, Intel wins in (almost) every category. What do you think is going to happen when AMD releases it's new chip? It will also be a bit better.
No cpu has every dwarfed the competition's. Ever. Each one has had features that made it a little better than the other. That's normal. That's competition.
I've owned both Intel and AMD, and I find they are both suited to differant things. Intel is absolutely amazing for applications and development, hands down. For games, I don't see anything better than AMD.

Erom · Post by **Erom** » 10 Jul 2006, 16:14

Vassago is a wise man.

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