Are barcelonas...

[ash_scotland88]

....native quads? And what would the price / power (as in speed, how well it runs etc) be compared to the q6600?

 

[Ĵ@®√!گ]

I think Im correct in saying that there isnt any comparable benchies let alone a price tag mate

 

[jaykay]

Yes they are native quad core but we have no idea on the performance.

Fudzilla as quite a lot of news on bacelona and its gen, but as always i would take it with a grain of salt.

 

[ash_scotland88]

do yu think AMD will make the end of august deadline?

 

[melbourne720]

I think 10th September.

 

[kalniel]

What deadline?

I think these chips will be good in applications that require a high level of core-core communication.. which is none in the gamer/casual user space

Probably a worthy competitor to mid core products, but I suspect Penryn will beat it *sighs*.

Bring on the next generation please!

 

[ash_scotland88]

so I should just go for a q6600?
i will be leaving for uni on the 15th and wanting everything up and running by then.

 

[kalniel]

Go for the fastest dual core (core 2 duo) you can afford.

 

[melbourne720]

Go for the fastest dual core (core 2 duo) you can afford.

Opposite, go for the cheapest Core 2 Duo, or the cheapest quad. They all do 3GHz.

 

[braveheart]

this CPU is for Socket F-1207 and it not for AM2 socket 940... but there will be new Socket AM2+ and AM3 with same 940 pins as AM2 so it will be new name as Phenom and other new codename and all these 3 sockets are backward as support.

AMD will release new Socket F+

 

[Duke]

Whats the big deal with chips being 'native' quad core anyway?

 

[helmutcheese]

If you had choice of native or non native, what would you prefer if sim prices etc ?.

 

[Elric]

If the Native / non native are similar priced I would go for the one that gave me a performance benefit.

As there are no current Native quads, I'll use C2Q without the stigma of it not being native quad as it's still a quad core chip on a single Processor package.

 

[mrthingyx]

If you had choice of native or non native, what would you prefer if sim prices etc ?.

Native.

Supposedly less heat, less latency in CPU communication/memory access...

If you HAVE to buy a CPU right now and are an overclocker, you won't go wrong with any Core2Duo or the cheapest Core2Quad, according to your budget.

However, I can't imagine why you would absolutely HAVE to buy a CPU at this point in time - you might as well wait until AMD and Intel show their respective hands...

 

[jaykay]

Yer barcelona is thier opteron name. I think its called agena for the desktop version. (AM2/+)