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AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition

Bit-Tech - http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2011/03/24/nvidia-geforce-gtx-590-3gb-review/1

AnandTech - http://www.anandtech.com/show/4239/nvidias-geforce-gtx-590-duking-it-out-for-the-single-card-king/1

HardOCP - http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/03/24/asus_geforce_gtx_590_video_card_review

Tech Report - http://techreport.com/articles.x/20629

PC Perspective - http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=1098

Guru 3D - http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-590-review/

X-bit labs - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/geforce-gtx-590.html

Hot Hardware - http://hothardware.com/Reviews/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-590-Dual-GF110s-One-PCB/

techPowerUp! - http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_590/

TechSpot - http://www.techspot.com/review/378-nvidia-geforce-gtx-590/

Also since the tests the 3D clock on the 590 can be lower than in those benches because of new driver throttling.
 
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Pound for pound the AMD hex cores are very good all rounders and matched with a HD6950 or HD6970 will play any game thrown at them. I know the intel chips are a better chip for Overclocking and video encodeing but how much do you want to spend. Also if you Xfire a pair of 6970 with that board and and the 1100T, some system you will have.
I play hawk, need for speed, crysis warhead and unreal tournament on mine with no problems. My system is the Phenom IIx6 1090T with Xfired Sapphire bios flashed HD6950's
 
you'll never notice the difference between a Phenom and an Intel, sorry but that is just talking from a normal persons point of view. Intel have had the 'performance' crown for a while now but AMD are continually fighting a loosing battle against Intel and their marketing machine. the fact of the matter is, Phenom II is not THAT much slower than Intel equivalents, not to the extent people here are claiming, so many people make it seem as though Intel are computers and AMD are an abacus, its preposterous.

built a system with my mate a while ago, he went with an AMD platform, with a Phenom II X4 and HD5870, it doesn't struggle with a single thing thrown at it, nothing at all, not a single thing, absolutely all of the games he plays are perfectly smooth with no jumping or anything so right there, that practical experience ruins the argument that most people make that AMD are usesless for gaming, which clearly they aren't.

so from a totally neutral point of view, go with whatever you feel is the best value and best for your personal situation, sure listen to opinions but for the love of Jesus don't listen to all the 'Phenom II is so useless I can't even use it for toilet paper...' because they aren't at all bad. also don't waste time getting the top-end processors, just get a lower one and clock it to the same speed/faster, also AM3+ is more likely to be around longer than whatever Intel are using these days with their almost compulsive socket switching, Phenom uses AM3+, Bulldozer uses AM3+, does enhanced Bulldozer use AM3+?
 
oweneades said:
Core i5 2500k and MSI P67A-GD53.

Job done. :)
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^This to be honest.

It doesn't cost much more than building a system based on the X6 1100T, but is much faster. Make no sense on the "get a Phenom II X6 1100T now, upgrade to Bulldozer later" considering the cost, plus there's no guarantee that Bulldozer will deliver better frame rate than SandyBridge on gaming.
 
Redmint said:
Poor choice of benchmark to promote the AMD hex core TBH.

Phenom 1100T X6 3.3 GHz slightly slower than the i5 750 2.66GHz (quad core). :cool: Also it's one of the few benchmarks where the new i5 is slower than the old i5 for some unknown reason.
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It was not to promote the Phenom 1100T X6 as faster than Intel but to show that there are games that benefit from 6 cores & that context is clear as day when you look at the comment it was in reply too.
And seeing as they didn't have an Intel hex in the benches that just leaves the PhenomII 1100T X6 as proof when compared to the PhenomII x4.
 
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This one without a doubt.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-266-AM&tool=3
Looking at what everyone is saying,from the die hard intel guys and the die hard amd guys it comes down to you and the choice that you make. Each CPU is good in there own way, i have used both Intel and AMD, and unless your pushing your system to the max it all comes down to personal choice and also the other components you use with the CPU. That is what makes a good system.
 
max51 said:
This one without a doubt.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-266-AM&tool=3
Looking at what everyone is saying,from the die hard intel guys and the die hard amd guys it comes down to you and the choice that you make. Each CPU is good in there own way, i have used both Intel and AMD, and unless your pushing your system to the max it all comes down to personal choice and also the other components you use with the CPU. That is what makes a good system.
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Just no,

Why would someone (who is looking to upgrade both the CPU and motherboard) choose the slower, more power hungry and equivilantly priced Phenom X6 over the i5 2500k / P67A-GD53 combo?

The only reason I can see to choose the Phenom is if you already have a decent AM3 board and are looking for a a reasonably cheap upgrade.
 
oweneades said:
Just no,

Why would someone (who is looking to upgrade both the CPU and motherboard) choose the slower, more power hungry and equivilantly priced Phenom X6 over the i5 2500k / P67A-GD53 combo?

The only reason I can see to choose the Phenom is if you already have a decent AM3 board and are looking for a a reasonably cheap upgrade.
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This man speaks sense.

Overclocking the Phenom will help but if your starting from a scratch then the 2500k is the way to go, simple as that.

If you already have an AM3/AM3+ motherboard then the Phenom II X4 is a great CPU. With Bulldozer in the pipeline, if that's the direction you wanted to take no matter what, then an AM3+ motherboard with a X4 CPU would do you fine until the BD CPU's are available.
 
Final8y said:
It was not to promote the Phenom 1100T X6 as faster than Intel but to show that there are games that benefit from 6 cores & that context is clear as day when you look at the comment it was in reply too.
And seeing as they didn't have an Intel hex in the benches that just leaves the PhenomII 1100T X6 as proof when compared to the PhenomII x4.
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What is the 1100T's turbo ;)?
That benchmark doesn't prove it uses 6 threads.
 
Martini1991 said:
What is the 1100T's turbo ;)?
That benchmark doesn't prove it uses 6 threads.
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As you can see in the bench turbo was not used 3.3 or it would be 3.7 & it clearly states

Another fun fact: Dirt 3 seems to prefer hexa-core processors over their quad-core counterparts as the higher clocked Phenom II X4 980 performed worse than the Phenom II X6 1100T.
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turbo is a waste of time tbh...

99% of the time all the are in use in some way or other, so turbo won't kick in, even if it does it'll keep going up and down..
 
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