phenom or quad intel?

rippling · 27 Dec 2007 at 13:11

ok so now the phenm is out and i need a complete system upgrade or i am thinking about it which cpu is now better for gaming etc?

The Badger · 27 Dec 2007 at 13:19

Intel are faster and also able to get a better over clock than the Phenom's, so intels are better value for money.

T1rez · 27 Dec 2007 at 13:23

how long can you wait?? are you able to wait to see what the new phenoms?

however atm the intel q6600 is a very good processor.

The Badger · 27 Dec 2007 at 13:34

T1rez said:
how long can you wait??

If you can wait untill the new Intels come out

Get one of those. If not as T1rez said go for the Q6600

Vir · 27 Dec 2007 at 16:05

lol, with the system in your sig, I wouldn't say you NEED a system upgrade. Pure waste of money if you ask me

Ben M · 27 Dec 2007 at 16:29

Vir said:
lol, with the system in your sig, I wouldn't say you NEED a system upgrade. Pure waste of money if you ask me

depends on what he's doing, a quad can be twice as fast as a dual in some areas.

azteched · 27 Dec 2007 at 16:46

He's running a quad :confused:

Pneumonic · 27 Dec 2007 at 16:49

I think the sig has changed

shimy182 · 27 Dec 2007 at 17:14

azteched said:
He's running a quad

But its not a real quad!

longshanks · 27 Dec 2007 at 18:38

shimy182 said:
But its not a real quad!

Hows that?

Captain_Slick · 27 Dec 2007 at 18:43

Q6600 is two E6600s in a single package.

Wait till the new Intel chips come out, tbh.

Ben M · 27 Dec 2007 at 18:43

he had an E6600 in his sig before, he's changed it.

Mul · 27 Dec 2007 at 18:44

Under the IHS, the Phenom Quad Core is a single Quad Core die. Whereas the Core 2 Quad, consists of two dual core dies linked by FSB. It's not really a reason to buy a Phenom over a Core 2 Quad though.

As others say, sit tight until 45nm Quads are released.

bobert50 · 27 Dec 2007 at 21:46

Intel quad atm

Lightnix · 27 Dec 2007 at 23:33

Yorkfield isn't a real quad. It's two wolfdales in one package. We're not getting a 'real' Intel quad until Q4 2008 - Nehalem which'll just be an extreme edition anyway so let's just call it Q1/2 '09 for the consumer ones shall we?

Anyways, as Phenom has just proven to us, 'native' multicore is a waste of effort. Sure if we do multi-die approaches for ages it won't scale well because of bandwidth and size limitations but for now Kentsfield and Yorkfield'll do us well until Agena can get off its ass and stop being mediocre.

easyrider · 27 Dec 2007 at 23:48

rippling said:
ok so now the phenm is out and i need a complete system upgrade or i am thinking about it which cpu is now better for gaming etc?

You have a Q6600?

Then you don't need to upgrade.

jak731 · 28 Dec 2007 at 00:22

only thing the OP needs to do is to OC his CPU

maybe a new MB to get a better OC with as well

Humate · 29 Dec 2007 at 17:07

Mul said:
As others say, sit tight until 45nm Quads are released.

*sits tight*... but i want it now !!!! *stamps*

Predator · 29 Dec 2007 at 18:44

Why get a new CPU?

I just got one of these bad boys with a Maximus Extreme ad DDR3. It sits happily at 420 x 9 without chaning any settings apart from the cpu volts.

Its simply an awesome cpu

gareth170 · 30 Dec 2007 at 14:24

the Phenom isn't too bad. its not far from the q6600. but if u already have a intel q6600 cpu and motherboard theres no point changeing it yet. just overclock it