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Title: Which CPU to go for
Post by: Ku®t on September 04, 2006, 00:58:19 AM
I need help... Im trying to decide wether to go with Intel or Amd on my next rig, these are the cpus im stuck between:

Intel Duo Core 2 E6700 or AMD 64x2 fx62

Which is the better cpu to get, main use will be gaming and rendering 3d animations. No budget really and i will be overclocking the cpu.. oh while i remember is there socket adapters for Prometeia units for those cpus?
Title: Which CPU to go for
Post by: Tongy on September 04, 2006, 06:28:11 AM
Core 2 Duo no question.

Cheers
Tongy
Title: Re:Which CPU to go for
Post by: Serious on September 04, 2006, 10:39:31 AM
Core 2 has it in all the speed tests so far. Reputedly good overclockers too.
Title: Which CPU to go for
Post by: FuMaN on September 04, 2006, 16:20:44 PM
Or wait for the Core Quattro (sounds like a razor).
Title: Re:Which CPU to go for
Post by: Serious on September 04, 2006, 19:08:27 PM
The more cores you have the more you need multithreaded programs to be able to use it to the full. Software seems to be still trying to catch up to dual core, especially in games, although I have no idea why, they should have been ready.
Title: Re:Which CPU to go for
Post by: madmax on September 04, 2006, 19:42:19 PM
it that much harder to code parellel threaded apps.

once theyre done properly though, windows can usually schedule all running tasks over all the cpus
Title: Re:Which CPU to go for
Post by: Ku®t on September 06, 2006, 11:04:09 AM
I think im going to go for the Intel Duo Core 2 6700. What motherboard should I go for looking between the nForce chipset or a Intel 975 chipset
Title: Re:Which CPU to go for
Post by: madmax on September 06, 2006, 11:38:00 AM
pretty sure there wasnt an nvidia board out yet for core duo,
see if i can find a review site or two later on.

btw Kurt, any news on your for sale thread?
Title: Re:Which CPU to go for
Post by: Mark on September 06, 2006, 12:23:23 PM
Does the likes of the Gigabyte GA-8N not ?
Title: Re:Which CPU to go for
Post by: Ku®t on September 06, 2006, 14:21:16 PM
Quote from: madmaxbtw Kurt, any news on your for sale thread?
Oops forgot all about that thread, i shall take a look later.

I thought I saw some n590 sli chipset boards for duo chips somewhere
Title: Re:Which CPU to go for
Post by: madmax on September 06, 2006, 15:08:53 PM
looks like i was wrong,
some of the current nvidia P4 chipsets support the core duo with a bios flash at worst...

list of asus boards for instance - clicky (http://uk.asus.com/products1.aspx?l1=3&l2=0&l3=0&modelmenu=0&share=txt/core2#)

not seen any reviews apart for the i975 chipset - like this one on bit-tech (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/09/01/first_look___abit_aw9d_max/1.html)
Title: Re:Which CPU to go for
Post by: Ku®t on September 06, 2006, 23:38:23 PM
Any clues as to the release date of that AWD max mobo ? looks like its the what im after.
Title: Re:Which CPU to go for
Post by: FaT LeoN on September 13, 2006, 19:28:34 PM
 :D Amazing CPU overclocked to 3Gig sits @ 25C theres room for more overclocking its not even breaking sweat......

My Asus board has the 0701 bios chipset so it worked no problems
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