Jump on the conroe waggon or wait?

Rain Man · 22 May 2006 at 14:54

I really want to get a conroe when they come out cos so fra theyre lookin like theyre going to be the bees knees. but im not sure whether to just stick with my opteron and get the 2nd wave of conroes?

i dont want to buy one then find out theres one with double the cache coming out in a couple of months later. does anyone have an intel roadmap? or a clue about whats comin out? cos i dont lol

cheers

NathanE · 22 May 2006 at 15:04

As far as I know the only changes to be made to the Core 2 platform this year is MHz increments. Next year they are introducing 45nm revisions but they'll be limited to Extreme Editions (£999) for probably 1-2 quarters.

If your Opteron is dual core'd I'd just stick with that. Plenty of scalability there for a years worth of games.

Rain Man · 22 May 2006 at 15:09

Just single core for now (in sig) Did have a 4400+ but sold it to get the good revision of the 146

The Pat · 22 May 2006 at 15:13

Am gonna be getting a conroe (not sure which yet), when they come out. Desperately need a new machine and it looks like AM2 hasn't turned good yet.

fenderbass86 · 22 May 2006 at 15:17

The Pat said:
Am gonna be getting a conroe (not sure which yet), when they come out. Desperately need a new machine and it looks like AM2 hasn't turned good yet.

Same here, the E6600 @ 2.4GHz looks good to me.

AWPC · 22 May 2006 at 15:23

Intel still plan to have their EE edition Conroe as a launch part. 3.33Ghz on a 1333FSB! UK price should be in the £680-720 range.

This should be the daddy until next year so future proof for @ least 9-12 months.

Rain Man · 22 May 2006 at 15:30

sounds good to me COME ON student loan! couple more months then im on beans n toast for 3 years

Ladforce · 22 May 2006 at 16:14

Rain Man said:
sounds good to me COME ON student loan! couple more months then im on beans n toast for 3 years

lol thats the spirit

mcmad · 22 May 2006 at 16:30

NathanE said:
As far as I know the only changes to be made to the Core 2 platform this year is MHz increments. Next year they are introducing 45nm revisions but they'll be limited to Extreme Editions (£999) for probably 1-2 quarters.

If your Opteron is dual core'd I'd just stick with that. Plenty of scalability there for a years worth of games.

small correcton, will be Q1 '08 at the earliest for 45nm, problems with the tools to make em...

killer_uk · 22 May 2006 at 16:37

Hopefully there will be a conroe cpu priced at around £180-£200. I didn't really want to spend more than this.

mcmad · 22 May 2006 at 16:40

killer_uk said:
Hopefully there will be a conroe cpu priced at around £180-£200. I didn't really want to spend more than this.

I'm sure there will be,

expect Intel to go for AMD's throat with high performance at lowish pricing..

Stelly · 22 May 2006 at 16:45

I'm also going to wait as well... I think Conroe is going to kick ass... well it better after me waiting

Stelly

Muzy · 22 May 2006 at 17:06

Rain Man said:
sounds good to me COME ON student loan! couple more months then im on beans n toast for 3 years

haha, good one ROFL

Messiah Khan · 22 May 2006 at 17:23

I can see me skipping the Conroe and holding out for the K8L. Im hoping AMD have a decent answer to the great work intel have done on Conroe.

FirePhoenixCtk · 22 May 2006 at 17:31

jump on the wagon!
living with parents ***!

theFSB · 22 May 2006 at 17:40

Get on the conroe wagon For The Win

Rain Man · 22 May 2006 at 18:07

FirePhoenixCtk said:
jump on the wagon!
living with parents ***!

Get on the conroe wagon For The Win

the people have spoken. thanks for the replies

NathanE · 22 May 2006 at 18:20

Just make sure you form an orderly queue behind the wagon

I am at the front BTW

Pr0t0c0L · 22 May 2006 at 18:23

the conroe XE will likely be 2.93ghz @ 1066mhz bus with unlocked multi
£750

Pr0t0c0L · 22 May 2006 at 18:24

NathanE said:
Just make sure you form an orderly queue behind the wagon I am at the front BTW

i hope you get a duff conroe hahaha