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Seraphic   12-24-2007 at 02:06:35 AM

Wanted to start an information post about the Q9450 CPU to help consolidate the posts about it. Also because it will most likely be the best seller of the upcoming Quad 45nm CPUs. Since it's the least costing of the lot with 12MB of cache.

(Will update more)

Where to buy - Retail Box
Bottom Line Telecommunications: $346.49 (ordered mine here)
http://www.shopblt.com/cgi-bin/sho [...] =!ORDERID!

CostCentral: Retail Box - $352.63
http://www.costcentral.com/proddet [...] 1/froogle/

PCsuperstore: - $352.63
http://www.pcsuperstore.com/produc [...] l/froogle/

CompSource: $357.00
http://www.compsource.com/pn/BX80569Q9450A/Intel_211/

Where to buy - OEM
Bottom Line Telecommunications: $333.46
http://www.shopblt.com/cgi-bin/sho [...] =301840990

CompSource: $337.00
http://www.compsource.com/ttechnot [...] =211&src=F

Q9450 Specifications
http://www.hardware.info/productdb [...] uad_Q9450/

Code :
  1. Benchmarks (Windows Vista)
  2. 3DMark06 - CPU test     3951     Graph
  3. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.     233.9 fps     Graph
  4. Quake 4     75 fps     Graph
  5. PCMark05 - CPU test     8549     Graph
  6. Vista: rotate 25 8MP photos     11.9 sec.     Graph
  7. Adobe Photoshop Element 5.0: SmartFix 25 8MP photos     103.2 sec.     Graph
  8. 60 min. WAVE to MP3 (4x LAME 3.97)     47 sec.     Graph
  9. 60 min. WAVE to MP4 (4x Nero Audio)     42 sec.     Graph
  10. Windows Media Encoder - WMV HD 1080p encoding     163 sec.     Graph
  11. Nero Recode 2 - H.264 1080p encoding     109 sec.     Graph
  12. Nero Recode 2 - H.264 1080p encoding - power consumption     137 W     Graph
  13. DivX 6.7 1080p HD encoding     37 sec.     Graph
  14. Cinebench 9.5     1574     Graph
  15. Cinebench 10     10445     Graph
  16. PovRay 3.7b21 - Chessboard rendering     78 sec.     Graph
  17. PovRay 3.7b21 - Chessboard rendering - power consumption     148 W     Graph
  18. Microsoft Excel 2007 - BigNumerCrunch benchmark     5.8 sec.     Graph
  19. Microsoft Excel 2007 - Monte Carlo benchmark     20.4 sec.     Graph
  20. Microsoft Word 2007 - Compare 1000 page document     21.3 sec.     Graph
  21. Idle stroomverbruik     94.5 W     Graph



Q6600 Specifications (for comparison)
http://www.hardware.info/en-US/pro [...] 0562Q6600/

Code :
  1. Benchmarks (Windows Vista)
  2. 3DMark06 - CPU test     3528     Graph
  3. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.     227.5 fps     Graph
  4. Quake 4     65 fps     Graph
  5. PCMark05 - CPU test     7715     Graph
  6. Vista: rotate 25 8MP photos     13.8 sec.     Graph
  7. Adobe Photoshop Element 5.0: SmartFix 25 8MP photos     120.1 sec.     Graph
  8. 60 min. WAVE to MP3 (4x LAME 3.97)     55.0 sec.     Graph
  9. 60 min. WAVE to MP4 (4x Nero Audio)     48.8 sec.     Graph
  10. Windows Media Encoder - WMV HD 1080p encoding     191 sec.     Graph
  11. Nero Recode 2 - H.264 1080p encoding     93 sec.     Graph
  12. Nero Recode 2 - H.264 1080p encoding - power consumption     197 W     Graph
  13. Cinebench 9.5     1294     Graph
  14. PovRay 3.7b21 - Chessboard rendering     104.8 sec.     Graph
  15. PovRay 3.7b21 - Chessboard rendering - power consumption     199 W     Graph
  16. Microsoft Excel 2007 - BigNumerCrunch benchmark     6.7 sec.     Graph
  17. Microsoft Excel 2007 - Monte Carlo benchmark     24.5 sec.     Graph
  18. Microsoft Word 2007 - Compare 1000 page document     24.4 sec.     Graph



AMD Phenom 9600 Specifications (for comparison)
http://www.hardware.info/en-US/pro [...] 00WCGDBOX/

Code :
  1. Benchmarks (Windows Vista)
  2. 3DMark06 - CPU test      3277       Graph
  3. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.     237.5 fps     Graph
  4. Quake 4     53 fps     Graph
  5. PCMark05 - CPU test     6752     Graph
  6. SuperPi Mod 1M     33.040 sec.     Graph
  7. Vista: rotate 25 8MP photos     14.3 sec.     Graph
  8. Adobe Photoshop Element 5.0: SmartFix 25 8MP photos     133.9 sec.     Graph
  9. 60 min. WAVE to MP3 (4x LAME 3.97)     68 sec.     Graph
  10. 60 min. WAVE to MP4 (4x Nero Audio)     45.9 sec.     Graph
  11. Windows Media Encoder - WMV HD 1080p encoding     207 sec.     Graph
  12. Nero Recode 2 - H.264 1080p encoding     105 sec.     Graph
  13. Nero Recode 2 - H.264 1080p encoding - power consumption     177 W     Graph
  14. DivX 6.7 1080p HD encoding     53 sec.     Graph
  15. Cinebench 9.5     1170     Graph
  16. Cinebench 10     7344     Graph
  17. PovRay 3.7b21 - Chessboard rendering     94.9 sec.     Graph
  18. PovRay 3.7b21 - Chessboard rendering - power consumption     183 W     Graph
  19. Microsoft Excel 2007 - BigNumerCrunch benchmark     12.9 sec.     Graph
  20. Microsoft Excel 2007 - Monte Carlo benchmark     49.9 sec.     Graph
  21. Microsoft Word 2007 - Compare 1000 page document     26 sec.     Graph
  22. Idle stroomverbruik     115 W     Graph


Message edited by Seraphic on 12-24-2007 at 02:23:26 AM
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pausert20   12-24-2007 at 03:15:49 AM
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Nice Post. I have been playing with a Q9550 ES in my job. I can't believe how cool it runs. I have not really done any benchmarking just general use in both Windows XP 32bit and Vista 32bit. I really like how it runs.

I have been using it with a Bone Trail X38 motherboard. You need to use Bios BT.1358 to have the Yorkfield uCode in it though.

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OlSkoolChopper   12-24-2007 at 03:22:20 AM
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For the Canucks, ncix.com has all the Wolfies and Yorkies listed with "1 to 2 weeks" shown as availbility.

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dragonsprayer   12-24-2007 at 03:48:21 AM
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i thought intel delayed all new quads until march due to no competition from the "true quad" company and clear out inventory?

u may be waiting months for that cpu?


Message edited by dragonsprayer on 12-24-2007 at 03:48:53 AM
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OlSkoolChopper   12-24-2007 at 04:02:32 AM
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That's the conventonal story but who the hell knows? I'm waiting for ncix to open on the 26th so I can call them and find out what the deal is with these 45nm CPUs!

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zenmaster   12-24-2007 at 04:03:25 AM
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Intel has not stated a Release Date for the Quad Cores beyond 'Q1.

However, I seriously doubt 1-2 weeks.
The earliest date I have ever heard was Jan 20 '08.
The latest rumors are Feb/March '08 but Intel has only confirmed Q1.

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OlSkoolChopper   12-24-2007 at 04:17:15 AM
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Yes, I'm sure that's the way it is too, but still, ncix is a major retailer and I don't think that they would mislead people into beleving that they would get a Q9550 in a couple of weeks if it would be March. But then again, who knows???

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Seraphic   12-24-2007 at 04:45:30 PM
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zenmaster wrote :

Intel has not stated a Release Date for the Quad Cores beyond 'Q1.

However, I seriously doubt 1-2 weeks.
The earliest date I have ever heard was Jan 20 '08.
The latest rumors are Feb/March '08 but Intel has only confirmed Q1.



The order status from shopBLT lists that my Q9450 is on ETA to arrive in 3-15 business days.

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OlSkoolChopper   12-24-2007 at 04:55:42 PM
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I'm in Upper Canuckia so I can't buy from shopBaconLettuce&Tomato. But all I know is what I see here and its the same with all Yorkies (minus QX9650) and Wolfies!

http://i11.tinypic.com/712ffhz.jpg

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gamebro   12-24-2007 at 08:55:12 PM
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Yeah I think them merchants are wrong... They probably don't realize the quads have been delayed or something.
I highly doubt they will really have Q9450's in stock in a few weeks let alone days.... =\

 

ALSO--- some sites have sorta benched the Q9450, by toning down the clocks on the extreme edition penryns. It does a bit better then a Q6600 at the same clock speeds, but nothing amazing unless it uses SSE4. Though the Q9450 should OC a bit better then a Q6600, it will be badly limited by it's 8x multiplier (as revealed to me by other great toms hardware forum members).

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OlSkoolChopper   12-24-2007 at 09:02:49 PM
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gamebro wrote :

Yeah I think them merchants are wrong... They probably don't realize the quads have been delayed or something.
I highly doubt they will really have Q9450's in stock in a few weeks let alone days.... =\.



that was my first thought too but then who is dropping the prices today and why? You wouldn't think that they're doing this in a vacum? Something must be going on. If they were wrong about the dates etc. you can explin that away by saying that they just put it up on their database and forgot about it. But someone is messing with the listings today. Doesn't make sense that its out of ignorence. But who the hell knows?

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