QUAD Core @ OCUK

easyrider · 15 Nov 2006 at 11:33

<maddness> said:
adding

Adobe Premier uses multicore.

dvd shrink i think (lol easyrider put me through that torture test)

I want you to try nero recode pls

Stelly · 15 Nov 2006 at 11:56

I cant find it... where is it??

Stelly

edit: found it, but not buying... my x6800 will do for now

Krakpot · 15 Nov 2006 at 12:13

PinkFloyd said:
Oh.... didn't realise Photoshop was multi threaded.
Make that 3 programs I use regularly, now if only the unreal editor was multithreaded.....

Compiling Halflife 2 maps is multithreaded so i would be happy if i bought

Jay_t · 15 Nov 2006 at 12:20

lay-z-boy said:
q6600 will be much cheaper ive heard.

Afraid not, the qx6700 extreme is $1000 in the US and the qx6600 is slated for $851.

It will probably only be about £100 cheaper.

Pr0t0c0L · 15 Nov 2006 at 13:21

you all whine saying 1 app wont use all the cores. i personally have many apps open. quad core you can have 1 dvd burning, 1 encoding session, 1 gaming session, and a tonne of background apps running

maddness · 15 Nov 2006 at 14:21

easyrider said:
I want you to try nero recode pls

why, you want another *** wooping

gizmoy2k · 15 Nov 2006 at 16:11

Hi

Mine ordered

decided to go for it, I wont be able to play with it until the Asus board is out, i dont fancy the EVGA one, I am a bit confused of what RAM to go for having never done a DDR2 or intel system before, Any tips would be welcome

Ps Thanks for the holiday

lay-z-boy · 15 Nov 2006 at 19:19

Jay_t said:
Afraid not, the qx6700 extreme is $1000 in the US and the qx6600 is slated for $851.

It will probably only be about £100 cheaper.

Hold on, afraid not implies i was wrong, i said it would be cheaper, it is going to be, FACT.

By how much we don't know, so hold ye horses before you speculate.

xirokx · 15 Nov 2006 at 20:27

I want you to try nero recode pls

omg, why aint you got one easyrider......is this possible....wow....

it should be people asking you to try this that and the other, whatever next...

easyrider · 15 Nov 2006 at 20:30

<maddness> said:
why, you want another *** wooping

Just do it!

maddness · 15 Nov 2006 at 21:30

easyrider said:
Just do it!

your gonna have to fill me in!

ChrisJSY · 16 Nov 2006 at 11:11

Guys, if you had a C2D Extreme and had the chance to upgrade to a QX6700 for little or no more cost.

Would you?
Because I might have that chance

I'd be setting myself up for the possibility of all 4 or more than 2 at least, being used without spending extra cash.

maddness · 16 Nov 2006 at 11:24

ChrisJSY said:
Guys, if you had a C2D Extreme and had the chance to upgrade to a QX6700 for little or no more cost.

Would you?
Because I might have that chance

I'd be setting myself up for the possibility of all 4 or more than 2 at least, being used without spending extra cash.

deffinatly in that case.

if you sell that X6800 youd get in the region of £400, if you exchange it for a QX6700 for almost no cost.. do the maths.

you'd get atleast 3.3Ghz minimum (@ 1.35v in my case)
not sure how much over 333fsb you can push that 680 of yours but
atleast you have open multipliers to use.

question is, can you stand the heat lol

jayfive · 16 Nov 2006 at 11:51

Just got my nice new quad core, just waiting for my evga 680 board to turn up and will have to see how fast these little buggers can go

oh and add in the little matter of a 8800 gtx to the mix

ChrisJSY · 17 Nov 2006 at 09:45

It's now on this week only, oooh why do they tempt me so.
But I absolutely refuse to buy one till I have the cash in hand from the other guy.

I've spent way too much on my system already and I could get a water cooling system instead but, uhh..well, i'll wait till the summer

pflynn · 17 Nov 2006 at 10:29

Really daft question - but why is it called Core 2 Quadro and not Core 4?

Think it's a cracking chip though - and am saving up for one for my eventual upgrade. Do a lot of things other than games that could benefit in the extra core's.

YooEntSinMeROYT · 17 Nov 2006 at 11:19

Pr0t0c0L said:
you all whine saying 1 app wont use all the cores. i personally have many apps open. quad core you can have 1 dvd burning, 1 encoding session, 1 gaming session, and a tonne of background apps running

I'm the same, I always have a ton of apps open. My Opteron Dual Core struggles with the amount of stuff I have open at the moment. So a step-up to Quad core is my next upgrade.

Krakpot · 17 Nov 2006 at 11:43

Dont you think it may be other devices struggling though, like your Hard drive for example ?

FrankJH · 17 Nov 2006 at 13:36

YooEntSinMeROYT said:
I'm the same, I always have a ton of apps open. My Opteron Dual Core struggles with the amount of stiuff I have open at the moment. So a step-up to Quad core is my next upgrade.

Very true - however not every app likes to be minimised etc, a few old burner aps really hate it for example and can make coasters because of only this I have found and as stated above struggling could be caused by memory or hdd's caching to keep up not necessarily the cpu's fault

Tuvoc · 17 Nov 2006 at 14:18

People asked what applications use all 4 cores. Well, incredibly boring I know, but my dual dual core (i.e. quad) Opteron runs 24/7 with all 4 cores fully loaded, with chess programs that in many cases will us up to 8 cores if you have them

My next purchase may well be dual Quad core Xeons

Also - some chess programs come in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, and there is one example where the 64-bit exe gives a 70% speed-up. Yes you read that right, 70%. Many question the value of 64-bit, well there is one example where it benefits hugely.

Chess is however a very snmall market segment.... :rolleyes: