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My FX 57
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Cpu_Bible said:
Conroe is faster clock for clock, clocks a lot higher and is dual core.
Basically its a very good CPU, but your FX-57 will be more than plenty for the time being.
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yep the fx57 is still a awesome cpu
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FX57 is still a very fast CPU..
People generally don't upgrade there CPU as often as they do there GPU, as the gains to be made are not as visually noticeable. A new GPU will often double the speed of the last, which is why people fall over themselves to upgrade to it.
The reason there is so much hype and excitement surrounding the release of the Conroe is due to the massive speed increase and that is largely down to the way it crunches numbers.
The Conroe calculates 4 instructions per clock cycle rather than 3, hence while the E6600 is running @ clocks of 2.4GHz the same speed as the FX57, it is calculating 33% more efficently.
There are ofcoarse other features that have been introduced by Intel that have added to this speed increase that you can read about here
The only reason to upgrade to the Conroe at this point would be if there were several items along with the processor that you wanted to upgrade. For someone like me I think it would be futile at the point. I will be building my system based on the G80 or R600 and my choice of CPU will at that point definately be a Conroe...... or a Kentfield
.. or a K8L who know's... 
People generally don't upgrade there CPU as often as they do there GPU, as the gains to be made are not as visually noticeable. A new GPU will often double the speed of the last, which is why people fall over themselves to upgrade to it.
The reason there is so much hype and excitement surrounding the release of the Conroe is due to the massive speed increase and that is largely down to the way it crunches numbers.
The Conroe calculates 4 instructions per clock cycle rather than 3, hence while the E6600 is running @ clocks of 2.4GHz the same speed as the FX57, it is calculating 33% more efficently.
There are ofcoarse other features that have been introduced by Intel that have added to this speed increase that you can read about here
The only reason to upgrade to the Conroe at this point would be if there were several items along with the processor that you wanted to upgrade. For someone like me I think it would be futile at the point. I will be building my system based on the G80 or R600 and my choice of CPU will at that point definately be a Conroe...... or a Kentfield
.. or a K8L who know's... 