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	[CPUs] Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Phenom Fire - 140 Watts? Last matching post: Again, I'm thinking that AMD is trying to mimic Intel's development vision without realizing that Intel also sucks a huge amount of money on [...]	5	TechnologyCoordinator	240	5248	turpit 12-13-2007 at 12:51 AM
	[CPUs] How to fix AMD Last matching post: Basically AMD has to own up to the reality of the situation, which is that they have zero room for error. They need to establish better rap [...]		qurious69ss	33	1034	sathish 08-30-2008 at 10:11 AM
	[CPUs] Another disaster for AMD: Phenom X4 slower than 65 nm Intel quads Last matching post: Since when is a 5-10% performance delta in one benchmark (of a program that isn't released, no less) a "disaster"? I'm surprised [...]	5	Wombat2	223	9650	onestar 11-12-2007 at 05:07 PM
	[Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Hiper Type-R 480w - will it cope? Last matching post: I don't see the hierarchies being that big of a deal on power supplies unless you are intending to push the PSU near its load limit, not to [...]		tomdrum	24	465	jsc 11-01-2007 at 10:19 AM
	[CPUs] 8800GT Pictures And a link to buy your 88000GT Last matching post: Am I seeing that wrong, or is that a single-slot cooler on that thing? Could be most impressive, although it also would raise questions abo [...]		killz86	40	2572	killz86 10-27-2007 at 04:22 AM
	[CPUs] What is a good 3dmark06 score these days?? Last matching post: With overclocking, I get around 9,500 on 3DMark06. Athlon X2 3600+ @ 2.5 GHz 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 635/1050 [...]	4	RyanTheSav	159	8938	inspector71 09-14-2008 at 07:51 PM
	[CPUs] Intell or AMD X2 for $130 budget Last matching post: My personal recommendation is for the X2 5200+, mainly because the Core 2 processors really shine when overclocked, and a good OC'ers mother [...]		s2002	44	1561	Plekto 10-18-2007 at 04:53 PM
	[CPUs] 11809 in 3DMark05 is that good? Last matching post: My 06 scores are about 9000 with an overclocked 8800GTS 320MB and an Athlon X2 @ 2.2GHz... 05 I was able to scrape out around 13,000 (grante [...]		bigbeef2604	23	938	Grimmy 06-22-2008 at 04:01 PM
	[CPUs] Intels 45 nm Penryns to be nicely priced Last matching post: Won't be much of a contest... video encoding with most codecs is highly multithreaded, and the quad core should absolutely smoke through [...]		Wombat2	22	2291	wolverinero79 09-28-2007 at 05:58 PM
	[CPUs] AMD's 3GHz K10 to break 30,000 3DMark06 Last matching post: I think the logo is custom-made. That aside, those 3DMark numbers are great... but, by the time Phenom X4 chips make their way to market, [...]	2	Valdis	91	7926	Valdis 09-03-2007 at 06:40 PM
	[Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] The Darwin award goes to this kid!!! Last matching post: aevm: They're common knowledge because there's probably more than a few in every lot secretly hoping to win one :)		little_scrapper	20	1194	darth_farter 08-23-2007 at 02:12 AM
	[CPUs] For those wondering about quad core games :) Last matching post: turpit: I remember that... and then, when I got my 256MB GeForce 6600 (not even a GT, just a regular 6600), finding out it ran just fine in [...]		deerhunter716	21	3118	SpeedBird 08-09-2007 at 04:26 PM
	[CPUs] Newegg CPU price Drama Last matching post: Well, why not? If you're running a business to make money, you see that a particular good (that, apparently, isn't in particularly grea [...]	3	widcard	105	6865	YO_KID37 07-30-2007 at 04:32 AM
	[Sound Cards] Non-Creative Sound Card Last matching post: I have an X-Fi Platinum, and it works just fine in 32-bit Vista... it's been an incredible card for me.		EV700	22	1575	thuan 07-28-2007 at 04:28 AM
	[CPUs] X2 6400+ Last matching post: I would be highly surprised if it were still Windsor... not exactly easy to get a 90nm part clocked that high...		ethernalite	49	3257	oolong 08-23-2007 at 03:11 AM
	[Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods] Show Off Your Rig Last matching post: Pretty hardware, ugly case: http://mikefisk.googlepages.com/RES01035.JPG Athlon X2 3600+ @ 2.4 GHz (Scythe Katana 2 HSF) 2GB DDR2-800 [...]	4	Gary_Busey	189	27225	0mg_1ts_m3 10-11-2008 at 07:53 PM
	[CPUs] Grats On Making Microsoft Richer Last matching post: Companies have a right to make as much money as they want; it's what they do with said money that the problem is.	2	master9716	57	4149	turpit 07-02-2007 at 01:23 AM
	[CPUs] AMD chief condemns Intel 'abuses' Last matching post: And yet I don't hear any disparaging words when people file antitrust cases against Microsoft. Not that I consider AMD's current claim as h [...]		xpresso	27	2515	yipsl 06-23-2007 at 11:44 AM
	[CPUs] Best Pic of Barcelona I have seen yet... Last matching post: That most recent Phenom X4 image was spectacular... Gh0stdrag0n: Would be interesting to see a core that size, but you'd need to have pow [...]		RichPLS	34	4317	TechnologyCoordinator 06-04-2007 at 04:50 AM
	[CPUs] Anyone even care about am2+ anymore? Last matching post: AMD still is pretty darn solid for the money, though... just got an X2 3600+ that I have running stable at 2.4 GHz... considering how solid [...]	3	reconviperone1	105	11134	I_Love_Tacos 05-29-2007 at 04:39 AM
	[CPUs] Barcelona overclocks and Sandra scores all lies? Last matching post: Even though my next system, barring a miracle, will probably be Intel-based, I'm pretty hardware agnostic (have gone back and forth between [...]		r0ck	29	2580	jaydeejohn 05-17-2007 at 09:09 AM
	[CPUs] Wow Penryn really is going to beat K10 to the desktop Last matching post: And, more specifically, both AMD and Intel used their processor line that was doing the best for them for the purposes of convergence... for [...]		Wombat2	4	1365	killer_roach 05-12-2007 at 05:09 PM
	[CPUs] AMD Stockholders Less Intelligent Than Intel Stockholders Last matching post: Bail out? Maybe if you were stupid enough to buy at $40 a share... but, at the moment, unless you think AMD is going to tank, this is a gol [...]		TechnologyCoordinator	33	1654	dsidious 04-03-2007 at 08:18 PM
	[CPUs] AMD asks to double common stock to 1.5 billion shares Last matching post: The price depends on what they're able to get new people coming in to pay. To be honest, this does give more credence to the private equity [...]	5	azza21	221	10331	baldeagle 03-08-2007 at 11:16 PM
	[CPUs] screw conroe, its all about the quad Last matching post: The real reason for quad core, in my eyes, is virtualization. Have two cores for Linux, two for Windows... if you have something you really [...]	3	xxsk8er101xx	127	11456	caamsa 11-16-2006 at 04:46 PM
	[CPUs] NewEgg Boycott Last matching post: One person does not a boycott make, and one(?) argument does not a tenable position in a debate make. As I said before, nobody's holding a [...]	4	ren0nie0	194	18882	Gary_Busey 08-15-2006 at 05:33 PM
	[CPUs] Gamers say "There's No point to conroe" Last matching post: I think the only real downside to the Conroe platform as it exists is the fact that motherboards for anything other than the mainstream mark [...]	6	corvetteguy	274	26152	quantumsheep 08-15-2006 at 02:59 PM
	[CPUs] The comparison I really want to see... Last matching post: If you're wanting something that'll be solid for two years or more, and are willing to wait, I'd say to wait until after Vista/DX10 come out [...]		GeneralGrant	19	1900	superwoofer 08-17-2006 at 04:36 AM