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On [CPUs] New AMD Roadmap     yipsl 17 450 yipsl
11-19-2008 at 09:13 AM
On [CPUs] Deneb won't clock as high as we'd hoped in 2008 2   yipsl 62 1999 MU_Enginee​r
05-18-2008 at 11:26 AM
On [CPUs] Nvidia to make chipsets for Via CPU's???!!!     yipsl 14 944 jimmysmitt​y
03-27-2008 at 11:40 PM
On [CPUs] Intel to launch six core CPU 2   yipsl 51 2300 wolveriner​o79
02-26-2008 at 05:16 PM
On [CPUs] AMD: Core i7 as being out of touch with the marketplace
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I'm prolix. I'll grant you that. I did go into perhaps too much detail personally because I felt that jaydeejohn was criticizing women [...]
2   dragonspra​yer 99 1765 croc
11-19-2008 at 09:57 AM
On [CPUs] Core i8
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That's not hard to do, humanity's collective IQ dropped between the "Dude you got a Dell" campaign and the "I'm a Mac [...]
    reynod 24 716 fazers_on_​stun
11-15-2008 at 06:07 PM
On [CPUs] Wich CPU?
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When are you buying? You might want to look at Deneb prices and compare performance to Q6600. They should be out for AM2+ upgrades in Decemb [...]
    alwinp 9 152 alwinp
11-14-2008 at 03:15 PM
On [CPUs] AMD 45nm Deneb benchmarks
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I edited to place the Roadmap in it's own thread. It's worth it's own discussion. I'll wait to see Deneb, Propus, Heka and Rana benchmark [...]
    dagger 28 870 fazers_on_​stun
11-16-2008 at 01:11 AM
On [CPUs] CPU bottlenecks gpu
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It might at low resolutions like 1280 x 1024. It might at stock. It probably won't if you game at 22" or 24" LCD resolutions. It [...]
    magma_sabe​r 3 95 blashyrkh
11-13-2008 at 04:00 PM
On [CPUs] Shanghai?
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The other thing that interests me with the 45nm AMD CPU's is the performance difference between the CPU's with and without L2 cache. Her [...]
    jaydeejohn 30 680 uguv
11-13-2008 at 04:49 PM
On [CPUs] AMD Phenom FX Deneb Core - Kentsfield Beater
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I take my adopted town's newspaper with a shake of salt. Used to use it in the cat's box before our 18 year old lump of fur died. The Te [...]
4   pogsnet 183 4391 yipsl
11-12-2008 at 08:25 AM
On [CPUs] Ouch - The new AMD CPU's are slower than the Q6600!
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The only way it could be slower is comparing at highest stable overclocks. If a Deneb 3.0 can only overclock to 3.6 stable, but a Q6600 [...]
    tehlexinat​or 39 1068 Knewt
11-12-2008 at 01:51 AM
On [CPUs] 9950 AMD Overclocked it not what you think
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Yep, I buy single bottles of good imported British or Scottish beers and ales (from Old Peculiar, to Newcastle, to Belhaven). At my age, [...]
5   jed 204 5069 amdfangirl
11-10-2008 at 06:42 AM
On [CPUs] What's so great of an Intel CPU over an Athlon?
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I agree with everything you said except this. i7 destroys B3 Agena just as Kentsfield destroyed B2 Agena. I expect that Deneb/Propus quads [...]
    LAPIII 4 308 o1die
11-07-2008 at 03:59 PM
On [CPUs] Strange Core i7 bench
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Well, I'm an old hippie who's Scotch-Irish on my mother's side. Not a CEO though. Unless that stands for Completely Economics Oblivious. [...]
    chaohsiang​chen 31 646 dagger
11-06-2008 at 02:27 PM
On [CPUs] Intel's 'Overspeed protection' will limit Core i7 overclocks!!!!!!
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You missed Anandtech perhaps? That's where I got my info on the 2.66 Nehalem's clocking to 3.8: It will be a bargain once moth [...]
2   thunderman 74 1650 bfellow
11-06-2008 at 08:10 PM
On [CPUs] Core I7 review
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The true comparison will be when Deneb is released at all price points and flavors (Deneb and Hekus, Propus and Rana). Tom's article pointed [...]
    joseph85 42 1620 Stupido
11-04-2008 at 03:19 PM
On [CPUs] AMD Denab
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Yes, but it was implied. After all, CPU prices don't exist in a vacuum. I'm hoping that AM3 will have more tolerant DDR3 kit standards t [...]
2   Coupe 55 2186 amdfangirl
10-31-2008 at 06:32 AM
On [CPUs] Help! : Phenom 9550 vs Opteron 1214
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For 3DS Max, I'd recommend the quad core. Tom's most recent CPU charts show the difference between a Phenom 9500 and an X2 4400+. Note that [...]
    raden_muaz 3 555 raden_muaz
10-25-2008 at 01:43 AM
On [CPUs] Bottleneck... Which Component...?? Opinions Needed
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The problem is he can't really reduce settings all that much and he's CPU bound at 1280x1024. Getting a higher res monitor may not improve t [...]
    alphakp295 9 287 NewLCD123
10-20-2008 at 09:30 PM
On [CPUs] AMD Narrows Quarterly Loss - Excites Investors
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The whole last month leads me to believe that financial analysts are incompetent in general. They're particularly incompetent when analy [...]
    Technology​Coordinato​r 11 646 yipsl
10-20-2008 at 03:07 PM
On [CPUs] "4870x2 user"Screen turns Black and Lines appear later on...
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If necessary, try an earlier driver. You can get them on AMD's website. I did a clean install of Catalyst 8.9 along with Vista after upg [...]
    Mockman5 8 217 jaydeejohn
10-16-2008 at 07:54 PM
On [CPUs] Dead CPU?
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Does the motherboard have a power light? That would indicate it's getting power. I'd stil test it with a different PSU. It's more likely to [...]
    silent_744 3 113 prodaytrad​er
10-15-2008 at 07:19 AM
On [CPUs] which of these 2 is better?
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Here's a recent review of the new 7200 budget Wolfdale, comparing it favorably to the Allendale Core 2 duos and to the two AMD competitors. [...]
    0mg_1ts_m3 13 318 yipsl
10-12-2008 at 08:32 PM
On [CPUs] How can I find out if processor works with 1 pc?
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It looked to me like the Live Update utility coded by MSI chose the wrong bios. I'm just glad it didn't move on to the 7600gs and screw that [...]
    oggmeista 10 217 oggmeista
10-15-2008 at 08:01 PM
On [CPUs] Core i7? No. An arm and a leg
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Yes and look where he is now... :lol: Running the fabs seems like a consolation prize in lieu of the golden parachute AMD can't afford. [...]
4   BaronMatri​x 165 2618 yipsl
10-12-2008 at 08:07 PM
On [CPUs] Phenom 9500 2.2Ghz for Gaming (!)
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Here are the motherboard specs at Newegg: You have the SB 750. No problem there. A 9500 is B2. If you have the TLB errata fixed th [...]
    pr2thej 8 269 yipsl
10-12-2008 at 07:06 PM
On [CPUs] Broken CPU - What can I do with it?
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I've never seen a new processor DOA and the only time I've seen a processor die was when a whole motherboard went because of a too cheap PSU [...]
    jonisginge​r 22 319 Zorg
10-13-2008 at 07:34 AM
On [CPUs] Intel's and AMD's NDA
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He was commenting on the performance of AMD vs. Intel right now. I take it you were referring to NDA's relating to Deneb and Nehalem? Well N [...]
    someguy7 8 251 Reynod
10-12-2008 at 04:27 PM
On [CPUs] AMD Deneb ES 4.0GHz this time no ****
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It all depends on which AMD CPU vs. which Intel CPU and at what price point. Overall, Intel "wins" now, just as Athlon 64 "wo [...]
    chaohsiang​chen 45 1464 radnor
10-13-2008 at 07:31 PM
On [CPUs] Pentium D vs. Core 2 duo
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Get a new board, really. A Pentium D is not worth it -- unless you want to say you've overclocked an 805 Smithfield to 4 gigahertz while adv [...]
    wiiings12 21 431 BadTrip
10-12-2008 at 02:45 AM
On [CPUs] The 8-Core K10, 4x4 , 4 card R600 Rig. .Intel has no answer?
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Edited to say, I didn't look at the dates of the posts. Sorry to post in a necro thread, but I did want to make the point of the value of tr [...]
6   lordpope 256 15540 Hellboy
10-28-2008 at 12:27 PM
On [CPUs] Computers will be no more..
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Sigh, your view of Christianity isn't accurate. I can say that as a Christian who was Jewish for 18 years and has studied the history and th [...]
    33mikeg 14 364 yipsl
10-11-2008 at 01:33 PM
On [CPUs] Deneb 2,2 GHz --> 4,0 GHz
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Okay, thanks for correcting that guys. I don't know why Intel would go with 4 slots but advise triple channel kits specified for Nehalem. Ma [...]
    kassler 29 640 jimmysmitt​y
10-13-2008 at 12:33 PM
On [CPUs] AMD issues dramatic price cuts for triple-core CPUs
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Well my name's not Joe, and I don't buy name brand PC's at Fry's, Best Buy or Wherever, but I know that 3 cores for the same price can b [...]
    seabirds 46 1005 yipsl
10-11-2008 at 06:22 AM
On [CPUs] Intel trying to throw some cold H2O on Amd
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IBM's largely a service company, though they could see value in AMD. I doubt they'd want ATI. I can't see them entering the desktop retail C [...]
    RetiredChi​ef 10 313 scotteq
10-10-2008 at 09:31 PM
On [CPUs] So, Intel is monopolistic after all..
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Intel is also invested in cross licensing from AMD. It will be interesting to see how it all pans out legally, and there's no reason to be f [...]
    enigma067 24 717 Technology​Coordinato​r
10-11-2008 at 04:50 PM
On [CPUs] AMD pushes out three more triple-core chips!!
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I wondered why the Deneb 4.3 thread was locked. The only post left was TC's quoting me. I'd assumed it was locked due to a flame war, no [...]
8   thunderman 362 5298 randomizer
10-28-2008 at 12:47 AM
On [CPUs] AMD Bottlenecking Question
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What resolution are you gaming at? CPU bottlenecks are also influenced by resolution. A CPU that bottlenecks a GPU at 1280 x 1024 (17" [...]
    rahrah 3 129 yipsl
10-09-2008 at 06:20 AM
On closed [CPUs] Deneb does 4.3GHz on air
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I feel so left out. :kaola: Most of us AMD fans want to be taken semi-seriously. That prevents us from taking ourselves too seriously, l [...]
3   kassler 113 2216 turpit
10-08-2008 at 08:50 PM
On [CPUs] Should I upgrade to the Phenom 9950, or wait and switch to Intel?
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Even if a 9950BE is easily overclocked to 3.0, the Q6600 is easily clocked to 3.6 and has a better IPC. Note that I actually buy only AMD, b [...]
    carman594 41 772 cobra420
10-23-2008 at 08:57 AM
On [CPUs] Should I wait until the Core i7?
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I'd wait. The main reason is that Nehalem should bump some very nice Core 2 CPU's and EOL socket T motherboards down in price. With Inte [...]
    Matt87 48 1029 powerbasel​x
10-24-2008 at 07:19 PM
On [CPUs] Will AMD best intel again?
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AMD just released a Black Edition of the 8750. I hadn't expected that and I upgraded to a regular 8750 about two weeks ago. Still might [...]
2   sogangsta 88 1518 jaydeejohn
10-05-2008 at 07:30 AM
On [CPUs] why aren’t cpus at a native 4ghz yet?
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I'd rather see software utilization of more cores, and that includes games as well. The promise of dual cores was that the insane clockspeed [...]
    boju 46 798 epsilon84
10-04-2008 at 03:18 PM
On [CPUs] How do dual cores compare in a quad core age?
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Okay, I didn't know that, but then again. I haven't spent much time tweaking Vista. It actually seems to work well enough for me. I'll c [...]
    Dougx1317 15 645 zodiacfml
10-03-2008 at 06:43 PM
On closed [CPUs] Barcelona surrenders to Shanghai: 45nm AMD heart beating 20% faster?
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I expect they'll be competitive with Nehalem if they get an FX CPU out. They'll be competitive vs. Core 2 quads with Deneb. Competitive does [...]
2   dattimr 73 1542 turpit
10-02-2008 at 04:23 AM
On [CPUs] athlon 64 X2?
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Mine in my sig. Here are the others: My wife's: Athlon X2 3800+ Antec Neo 550 Asus 690G board (can support a 9600 upgrade) 4 gigs Kingston [...]
    woodyfly 17 426 BadTrip
09-28-2008 at 04:57 PM
On [CPUs] New X2 6000+...I would have waited if I had known...
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Johnny Guru's a good site to go to for reviews. Even a company with a bad rep because of barebones PSU's can have a good model tha [...]
    Ahslan 27 563 Ahslan
10-01-2008 at 07:02 PM
On [CPUs] Deneb in December
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Well, if I have to buy an AM3 board and DDR3, then what's the point of not going 2.66 Nehalem? Other than the half joking comments I make ab [...]
    Reynod 45 943 yipsl
09-28-2008 at 01:52 PM
On [CPUs] Phenom as good or better than Intel in gaming?
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The 8750 does well in games that use more than 2 cores (Supreme Commander) and does better than Athlon X2's while matching lower end C2D [...]
4   jaydeejohn 157 2708 roofus
10-05-2008 at 12:38 AM
On [CPUs] Why are there 5 different kinds of AMD CPUs?????
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Yes, that 6000+ was not there when I did my post. They only had the 125 watt version. I wouldn't put it past Newegg to keep up with forums, [...]
    Paul22000 42 886 Paul22000
09-25-2008 at 07:35 PM
On [CPUs] Build Now or Wait for Nehalem?
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TC, I'd say you missed a major launch date (and I don't mean Phenom). The way you carry on about Intel, you missed out on C2D. Perhaps C [...]
2   reidthaler 50 1409 habitat87
11-03-2008 at 01:10 AM
On [CPUs] AMD Phenom or Athlon 64 X2 with my 4870
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The triple cores will arrive later, as will other quads with less cache and lower thermals: AMD's gotten some grief for too ma [...]
    TatorTot 14 627 TatorTot
09-25-2008 at 04:54 PM
On [CPUs] Help deciding AMD Athlon Dual Core CPU for HTPC Build
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The GIGABYTE GA-MA78GPM-DS2H has the sideport memory: I already had the graphics card, so I got a different model myself, but if I [...]
    glennybee 25 655 zodiacfml
10-03-2008 at 06:35 PM
On [CPUs] Intel have released their 6core dunnington xeons!
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Thanks for the link. Isn't AMD coming out with 8 core server CPU's that are 2 quads packaged together (i.e. non native core?). If Nehale [...]
    mi1ez 12 437 yipsl
09-17-2008 at 04:05 PM
On [CPUs] Intel Core i7 Processor Models and Pricing Revealed!
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Cue Barry White! Actually, if it was a requirement for AMD fans to listen to Barry White, then I'd switch to Via. :kaola: Me, I' [...]
2   AuDioFreaK​39 86 1571 randomizer
09-19-2008 at 01:35 AM
On [CPUs] Intel's worst nightmare
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Old news, but the lawsuits are still wending their way through the courts, as is regulatory action against Intel. In a related vein, the [...]
    enigma067 12 609 BaronMatri​x
09-15-2008 at 10:33 PM
On [Other Components] I NEED ASISTANCE
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:lol: Can't we cut a new poster some slack on the all caps thing? It's probably universal in any language to not use all caps but you n [...]
    ESCOTO 8 279 rtfm
09-15-2008 at 12:44 AM
On [CPUs] Ex Intel employee stealing info?
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They don't want to get toothpaste right. There's a climate of profit at any cost that's hurting their image, but the West wants cheap la [...]
    jaydeejohn 27 671 jaydeejohn
09-13-2008 at 12:13 PM
On [CPUs] $1,200 tower down teh drain???
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I've known people who didn't hook the speaker up correctly at first and didn't get any beeps, but yes, that should be able to identify a [...]
    strghtupG 34 809 ohiou_grad​_06
09-13-2008 at 08:47 AM
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