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Parrot
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n°1369727
11-29-2006 at 11:56:50 AM

Here are some early benchmarks using two Athlon64 FX-74 CPUs
against a QX6700.
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accord99
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n°1369734
11-29-2006 at 12:12:28 PM

Wow, the QX6700 beats the FX-74 even more than I'd expected, and the 4X4 system uses a staggering amount of power.

gOJDO
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n°1369742
11-29-2006 at 12:23:36 PM

If these benchmarks are true, than 4x4 really really sux compared to Core2 Quad!
In 95% the 2.67GHz Core 2 Quad is faster than 3GHz 2xAthlon64 FX-74 .

Dante_Jose_Cuervo
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n°1369771
11-29-2006 at 12:52:15 PM

Nice find, looks like AMD's going to have a lot of pressure on them... as if they don't already have enough...

chunkymonster
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n°1369773
11-29-2006 at 12:55:26 PM

oh for f**k sake...it's starting already...here's comes the flood!

Pippero
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n°1369782
11-29-2006 at 01:03:59 PM

Good find.
Well, i think that these results, if confirmed, are not surprising at all...

dasickninja
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n°1369807
11-29-2006 at 01:34:38 PM

All I needed to see. The QX6700 owns in gaming. And where the FX does win, its marginal. Combine that with drop in vs new system....

apache_lives
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n°1369811
11-29-2006 at 01:38:34 PM

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Here are some early benchmarks using two Athlon64 FX-74 CPUs
against a QX6700.
LINK



so much for better scalibility :oops:

ADM-86
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n°1369820
11-29-2006 at 01:45:25 PM

Interesting.....I was actually looking foward to buying an amd next...coz of all the fanboys it has......but amd is going down hill.

YO_KID37
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n°1369822
11-29-2006 at 01:46:28 PM

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All I needed to see. The QX6700 owns in gaming. And where the FX does win, its marginal. Combine that with drop in vs new system....



The win (marginal as it is) occurs when it becomes GPU limited, probably due to slightly better overall interconnect scheme, less than a percent or 2.

What is just jaw dropping is the difference in power:
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs [...] raph16.htm

@ Parrot -- again, nice find. I knew that there had to be some place that would leak a rouge bench or something.

This feels exactly like Pentium D 965 vs FX-60 Benchmarking back about 9 Months ago.
Only that the FX-74 has been dropped into the Pent D 965 place and the Qx6700 had taken the FX-60 spot.
HOLY FCUX That kind of power consumption would take a 800W Power supply At Minimum. 1KW (recommended)

Doughbuy
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n°1369864
11-29-2006 at 02:34:20 PM

2 Ninja's, unless the mobo is made from adamantium, two ninja's will probably snap that thing in half... or how about 2 Titan Amanda's...

Yeah, the Kentsfield OC's very nicely, but it would push off a ton of heat... 150W I suppose? That will challenge even some water-cooling set-ups out there.

By the time second get 4x4 gets around, then native quad-cores should be out by Intel, and maybe AMD, so then we can see an apple to apple comparison. I'll leave 4x4 as a 2 quad-core solution for enthusiasts, which I probably won't talk because of the prohibitive price...

Wonder if Intel will make any dual 775 socket mobo's...

dasickninja
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n°1369872
11-29-2006 at 02:38:21 PM

2 Titans don't fit on a server board. *sniff*

clairvoyant129
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n°1369884
11-29-2006 at 02:46:34 PM

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Here are some early benchmarks using two Athlon64 FX-74 CPUs
against a QX6700.
LINK




No wonder why AMD has been so quiet about 4x4. :lol: Look at those power consumption levels, for the dismal performance it provides.

Wombat2
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n°1369892
11-29-2006 at 02:53:41 PM

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Yep --- good point, at 600 watts for cinebench 800 watt is a bare minimum -- not to mention the two Ninja's you will need to cool, I would almost recommend water cooling as the case temperature will be hard to manage. It will take a quality case with ample air flow that is certain.

I wonder if there will be any chance for overclocking??

We already know that Kentsfield can clock up to 3.2 GHz fairly easily (reported at various sites) --- I wonder what a 3.2 GHz Kentsfield power consumption is?

I was thinking the first round of 4x4 would land with a loud thud -- it may be worth simply holding off until K8L/Quads come along before looking into dual socket.



The real problem here for AMD is overclocking:
C2Q will do 3.6 to 4 GHZ i.e. 50+% OC
4x4 will do 10% at best*


*Ive owned a dual proc Opteron system for a year effectively identical to the 4x4 (4x4 is just a re-badge of AMDs dual Opteron rigs) and I have plently of dual proc K8 arch OC experiance with it.

The K8 arch is old and has pretty much reached its clock ceiling. (Even K8L clocks will debut below 3 GHz)

dasickninja
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n°1369893
11-29-2006 at 02:53:43 PM

Jack, twin 8800GTX's, would require you having access to a small fusion reactor. If the power consumption necessitated a 850W PSU, then using the power hungry 8800 series would not only require a 1kW PSU but possibly a secondary PSU. Theres a reason they probably didn't test it with one.

Doughbuy
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