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Intel E6850 Retail Box - 4Ghz On Air

stickroad said:
It depends, what do you use your computer for?
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At the minute video encoding and audio manipulation to create DVDs for schools and clubs. I really struggle at the moment with an Athlon XP 2100+ overclocked to 2Ghz but never had the cash until now to upgrade.
 
I think you'll have to wait a bit longer for reviews on the E6750 & E6550's. I have only seen Engineering Samples available on those, so not really typical.
 
I dont go for this ORTHOS stable stuff. Stable to me is daily use and the wife playing games for hours on end...

But, I've yet to see a 4ghz ORTHOS stable for 8-12 hours on air for one of these retail chips, I've not seen a retail one do 8hrs ORTHOS stable over 3.6ghz. I would get overly excited right now, and there are plenty of e6600's that run at the same speeds with the same volts on air...
 
benktlottie said:
I dont go for this ORTHOS stable stuff. Stable to me is daily use and the wife playing games for hours on end...

But, I've yet to see a 4ghz ORTHOS stable for 8-12 hours on air for one of these retail chips, I've not seen a retail one do 8hrs ORTHOS stable over 3.6ghz. I would get overly excited right now, and there are plenty of e6600's that run at the same speeds with the same volts on air...
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So you are saying that 4 cores running at 3.2Ghz is better than 2 cores running at 3.6Ghz?
 
IanR1981 said:
So you are saying that 4 cores running at 3.2Ghz is better than 2 cores running at 3.6Ghz?
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If youre using an application that utilises 4 cores then yes! Other wise, no. Single core apps work faster with higher clock speeds.

Anyway, where did that question come from ??? LOL
 
benktlottie said:
If youre using an application that utilises 4 cores then yes! Other wise, no. Single core apps work faster with higher clock speeds.

Anyway, where did that question come from ??? LOL
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From my head! :) I was just trying to get an idea of the difference between core speed and number of cores available.
 
IanR1981 said:
From my head! :) I was just trying to get an idea of the difference between core speed and number of cores available.
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At the moment, due to the very few apps that support more than 2 cores, C2D are the best bang for buck. Unless you utilise all 4 cores in those very few apps, Quads are for 'willy waving!' :)

Mine you if you had a quad, you could always burn a dvd, decode some video, encode some sound whilst playing HL2...
 
khemist said:
wOO hOO i've just ordered mine and it's due tomo from another seller :) will cancel this pre-order here.
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let us know if you can hit 4Ghz on that sucker and at what temps & voltages!
 
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