Intel Q3 price drops.

MarcLister · 2 Jul 2008 at 22:10

AcidHell2 said:
It's a little faster, full crosfire support, if you do ever go 2 ati cards.

Lovely thanks.

Had a look on OcUK and the Asus x38s they have don't have built-in eSata according to the bumpf on the mobo page. Will check out Asus' site to confirm that but perhaps I will need that eSata kit after all.

easyrider · 2 Jul 2008 at 22:16

MarcLister said:
Lovely thanks. Had a look on OcUK and the Asus x38s they have don't have built-in eSata according to the bumpf on the mobo page. Will check out Asus' site to confirm that but perhaps I will need that eSata kit after all.

If running one card the P45 offers enhanced clocking for 45nm cpu's.

If you really want dual cards then the x38 or x48 but if only running one card the P45 is the danglies.

MarcLister · 2 Jul 2008 at 22:21

Any idea on the ETA of the 4870x2s then? I'll need to get a job and get some cash together so I doubt I'll be buying before September perhaps even October.

easyrider · 2 Jul 2008 at 22:23

MarcLister said:
Any idea on the ETA of the 4870s then? I'll need to get a job and get some cash together so I doubt I'll be buying before September perhaps even October.

The 4870's are here now mate!

EDIT: You mean the X2 variant?

Few weeks IIRC

Glaucus · 2 Jul 2008 at 22:24

easyrider said:
The 4870's are here now mate!

EDIT: You mean the X2 variant?

Few weeks IIRC

He means the x2. As far as I know there isn't much info on them yet, apart from a few pics.

shaffaaf27 · 2 Jul 2008 at 22:51

i dunno if i am fine on my 3GHz E2140... are many more games this year gonna take advantage of Qcores?

MarcLister · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:32

easyrider said:
The 4870's are here now mate!

EDIT: You mean the X2 variant?

Few weeks IIRC

Er yes that is exactly what I said.

AcidHell2 said:
He means the x2. As far as I know there isn't much info on them yet, apart from a few pics.

Raay, someone understands me.

easyrider · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:43

MarcLister said:
Er yes that is exactly what I said.

Raay, someone understands me.

Bit of a pointless post for an underboss.

I was only trying to help. :confused:

Stu · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:48

MarcLister said:
Any idea on the ETA of the 4870x2s then? I'll need to get a job and get some cash together so I doubt I'll be buying before September perhaps even October.

Not confirmed, but the general opinion is official launch late this month, available in shops during August.

MarcLister · 3 Jul 2008 at 00:09

easyrider said:
Bit of a pointless post for an underboss.

I was only trying to help.

I know. Thanks.

I was simply stating that AcidHell2 was correct.

Stu said:
Not confirmed, but the general opinion is official launch late this month, available in shops during August.

Cheers.

helmutcheese · 3 Jul 2008 at 00:17

Stu said:
Have you been reading about the Q9x50 range in general or specifcally the Q9550... I haven't been abe to find much about the Q9550

The info from Googling is peeps are complaining about lack of reviews.

I sat up 2 nights ago and read all I could find about all 3 affordable 45nm Quads.

The same 3 sold here, and the OC was bad, there is said to be a new stepping and the slowest one of the group is approaching End Of Line in a matter of weeks.

I would say its better to read real peeps input from XS than review sites but its not good results TBH, the Extremes get 4-4.5GHZ (can read here in shops comment section).

easyrider · 3 Jul 2008 at 00:20

MarcLister said:
I know. Thanks. I was simply stating that AcidHell2 was correct.

Cheers.

"He means the x2. As far as I know there isn't much info on them yet, apart from a few pics"

Thats far from correct?

Thats conjecture

Ice Tea · 3 Jul 2008 at 09:27

What do you guys think will be the going rate for a E8400 secondhand after the price drops ?

MarcLister · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:34

easyrider said:
"He means the x2. As far as I know there isn't much info on them yet, apart from a few pics"

Thats far from correct?

Thats conjecture

No it is correct. He understood I meant the 4870x2.

almichev · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:46

Have these price drops already happened? If not, then when will they happen??????

Cob · 3 Jul 2008 at 13:04

We don't know when they will happen.

Stu · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:50

helmutcheese said:
The info from Googling is peeps are complaining about lack of reviews.

I sat up 2 nights ago and read all I could find about all 3 affordable 45nm Quads.

The same 3 sold here, and the OC was bad, there is said to be a new stepping and the slowest one of the group is approaching End Of Line in a matter of weeks.

I would say its better to read real peeps input from XS than review sites but its not good results TBH, the Extremes get 4-4.5GHZ (can read here in shops comment section).

Still no real decent info on oc'ing the Q9550, though I did find this...

helmutcheese · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:58

Yes I seen it too, 4GHZ is nice but would love to see higher FSB, there is said to be a wall.

Bobly · 4 Jul 2008 at 00:00

I'm going to be getting this chip with an Asus Striker II and water cooling the stock Fusion Block on the MB with a D-Tek Fuzion V.2 on the CPU, I'm hoping 4.0Ghz should be within reach :/

Stu · 4 Jul 2008 at 00:03

helmutcheese said:
Yes I see it too, 4GHZ is nice but would love to see higher FSB, there is said to be a wall.

Is the FSB wall due to the processor or the mobo? Admittedly, the dual cores are hitting much higher FSB than the quads, however, it's my understanding that the FSB limit is similar for the 45nm quads, therefore the FSB should be similar for the Q9550 and the Q9450, thus the multi makes the difference. From reading around, I think that it's not unreasonable to hope for 450+ FSB on the new Asus P45 boards... though you can never be certain how an oc will turn out!