e2160 Vs e6600 - a Melbourne720 Review

[simonnance]

nah there the same @ stock infact a64 beats c2d in some things its just once you start clocking the intel chip pwns...

Maybe within the same price bracket, but i'm talking clock for clock.

COD2:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=430&model2=464&chart=165

E6400 (2.13Ghz) > FX-62 (2.8GHz)

FEAR:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=430&model2=464&chart=170

E6400 = 4800+ (2.4Ghz) = 5000+ (2.6Ghz)

Lame MP3 encoder:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=430&model2=464&chart=178

E6400 = FX-62

WinRAR:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=430&model2=464&chart=175

E6400 > 4800+

They vary, but an E6400 pretty much always beats a 4200+ (nearest clocked AMD part), normaly by a fairly large margin.

QED

 

[Rab]

great review there, some saving on ££ as well

 

[Will_3rd]

nice review, if I ever get a C2D setup a 2160 looks like the way to go.

 

[LabR@t]

Maybe within the same price bracket, but i'm talking clock for clock.

COD2:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=430&model2=464&chart=165

E6400 (2.13Ghz) > FX-62 (2.8GHz)

FEAR:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=430&model2=464&chart=170

E6400 = 4800+ (2.4Ghz) = 5000+ (2.6Ghz)

Lame MP3 encoder:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=430&model2=464&chart=178

E6400 = FX-62

WinRAR:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=430&model2=464&chart=175

E6400 > 4800+

They vary, but an E6400 pretty much always beats a 4200+ (nearest clocked AMD part), normaly by a fairly large margin.

QED

not worth the money upgrading then

 

[Monkey Puzzle]

And the e2180 is coming out with a 10x multi

Any idea when's it supposed to be out?

 

[melbourne720]

I've heard 26th August:-

http://www.behardware.com/news/lire/25-06-2007/#8920

 

[Monkey Puzzle]

Dagnammit, that's a bit too late for me.

 

[Shimmy]

Quality review, something for me to bear in mind when upgrading later this year, after summer.

At which time the E6120 will probably be dirt cheap

 

[snowdog]

What about pcmark? Wich is a proper cpu test unlike 3d marks.
My problem is I also want fast encoding etc... And duno wther to just leave the e6xxx or go for it.

Never the less, very nice review.

 

[melbourne720]

What about pcmark? Wich is a proper cpu test unlike 3d marks.
My problem is I also want fast encoding etc... And duno wther to just leave the e6xxx or go for it.

That is a fair comment, I did think about doing a encoding type test, but didn't have the time tbh. Custom PC did a comparison between the 6300 (2MB cache) and the 6320 (4MB cache) and the DVD encoding times were identical.

I suppose you could always try an e2160, and if you found the encoding times were unacceptably slow then you could try a bigger cache chip.

 

[Duke]

Great review. I thought the lack of cache, epecially down to 1MB, would be a bigger hit in intensive applications and games than shown.

Would be good to add a Quad core to the mix as well

 

[melbourne720]

Great review. I thought the lack of cache, epecially down to 1MB, would be a bigger hit in intensive applications and games than shown.

Would be good to add a Quad core to the mix as well

Thanks

Funny you should mention that, my very next project

e2160 Vs e6600 Vs Q6600

Just have to wait for them to come down in price, and some G0 stepping please.

 

[Aelred89]

Pretty sweet review dude... i'll look out for some more by you

 

[melbourne720]

I'll try and get more CPU related tests, but keep them real world. DVD encoding, that sort of thing.

All suggestions gratefully received...

 

[rikky]

Nice review, very informative.
I always kind of reckoned that top end core 2 duo's were not worth the exta £90+ when it came to gaming, guess it is more of a case of games catching up with dual core technology never mind quad core, I would be interested to see how a top end AMD Chip performed against these 2 chips.

 

[Buffman]

Cool, I was thinking of getting a e2140 or 60 with a p35 motherboard and overclocking instead of an e6320, looks like a good idea now

 

[MoBo]

I'll try and get more CPU related tests, but keep them real world. DVD encoding, that sort of thing.

All suggestions gratefully received...

Large Winrar files & video manipulation programs please.

 

[snowdog]

Large Winrar files & video manipulation programs please.

Perhaps the winrar benchy instead, cpu's hardly make a difference in unpacking, the hdd's account for most of the lag there, heavy compressing though is very cpu, fsb and ram dependant...


My suggestions are:
Do a pcmark05 benchy, publish it ( free also, same as 3dmarks )
Virtualdub divx (dualthreaded) recode of a ( from fraps codec to divx or something) mid to long ish clip.
Winrar pc and hardware benchmark.
RatDVD convert a dvd to .ratdvd and back from .ratdvd to mpeg/dvd image, mainly the last i'd be interested about, it took ages to decode one of the dvd's i earlier encoded with this.
and perhaps Vista cpu score ?

 

[melbourne720]

Thanks snowdog, (almost) all comments taken on board (Vista CPU score? ).

 

[snowdog]

Gd to know, looking forward to it, about vista score, nvm that, I renember Vista can't score more as 5.9 and it basicly gives all conroe's above 3 ghz that score.

Although due to this review I'm leaning towards the 2160, the performance difference is so small, only thing I'm worried is the OC limit, I'd like 3.6ghz personally, but don't know if my wallet & pentium branded conroes support these ideas .