Conroe @ 1600*1200

[fenderbass86]

Tests:

AMD Opteron 165 @ 3GHz
2x eVGA 7900 GT SLI @ 700/800 - Forceware 84.66
2x 1GB G.Skill DDR500 3-4-4-8
DFI NF4 Ultra-D A0 Modded to SLI-D
Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
OCZ GameXStream 700w PSU

versus

Intel Core 2 Duo (Conroe) E6600 ES @ 3ghz / Max Clocks TBD
2x eVGA 7900 GT SLI @ 700/800 - Forceware 84.56
2x 1GB G.Skill DDR2-800 4-4-4-12
Intel D975XBX "Bad Axe" Mobo
Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
OCZ GameXStream 700w PSU

Super PI 1M:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 29.156s
Conroe @ 3GHz: 17.015s


Super PI 32M:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 25m 58.625s
Conroe @ 3GHz: 17m 58.781s


AquaMark 3:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 120,655
Conroe @ 3GHz: 162,561


3D Mark 2001:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 37,132
Conroe @ 3GHz: 49,009


3D Mark 2003:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 33,078
Conroe @ 3GHz: 36,339


3D Mark 2005:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 15,711
Conroe @ 3GHz: 17,080


3D Mark 2006:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 10,067
Conroe @ 3GHz: 10,805


FEAR Stress Test:
1024x768, 4xAA 16xAF, all max:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: Min 60 | Avg 142 | Max 370
Conroe @ 3GHz: Min 78 | Avg 162 | Max 485

1600x1200, 4xAA 16xAF, all max:
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: Min 25 | Avg 43 | Max 172
Conroe @ 3GHz: Min 53 | Avg 86 | Max 310

Source Stress Test:
1600x1200, 4xAA 16xAF, Everything Maximum
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: 134.15fps
Conroe @ 3GHz: 138.41fps

Call of Duty 2: Point DuHoc Assault until over the cliffs
1600x1200, 4xAA 8xAF, Everything Maximum
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: Min 23 | Avg 50.189 | Max 102
Conroe @ 3GHz: Min 22 | Avg 50.961 | Max 98

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
1600x1200, Full HDR, 8xAF, Everything Maximum
Opteron 165 @ 3GHz: Min 15 | Avg 83.993 | Max 689
Conroe @ 3GHz: Min 29 | Avg 132.776 | Max 1546

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=185555

What do you reckon?

 

[fenderbass86]

I reckon i'll do the same but clock it even further!

 

[fenderbass86]

Amazing huh? Can't wait to pair this up with a X1900XT and VX2025!

 

[fenderbass86]

The guy who posted them is now testing at the maximum overclock, he's getting it to 3.5GHz!

 

[fenderbass86]

although certainly its looking pretty tasty.

Pretty tasty?, it's looking phenominominal!

 

[fenderbass86]

I can see there being a HUGE shortage of cpu's and boards when they are released. Like the 7800 GTX 512MB days.

I don't, Intel have been waiting to get back in the saddle, now they've got something incredible, they won't want people to have to wait because of short supplies. I think they'll ship more than enough to the suppliers.

 

[fenderbass86]

I just hope that Intel just make enough for the custom overclocking market instead of making the normal consumer market thier priority.

Me too, but the money they would make off Dell will surely be larger than the number of custom buyers no matter how many of us there are.

 

[fenderbass86]

Hi there

The future is looking very bright for Intel and possibly ATI too.

OcUK already has the DFI 975X Conroe uber overclocking motherboard en-route. We already set all our allocation with Intel to make sure good stocks arrive.

Are you sure you'll get enough, like Bennah said, everyone will want one. That doesn't mean you can charge more though!

 

[fenderbass86]

I hope there's a big selection like AMD has.

 

[fenderbass86]

I'd like to get an MSI board, does anyone reckon the Intel ones will be as good as the AMD versions?

 

[fenderbass86]

funny that this conroe has bigger jump in fps than you would get buying a new gpu

Conroe is pushing the bottlenecking back, not getting rid of it completely but allowing a decent gfx card to be used to it's limits.