real world difference - amd vs intel?

[Hamster]

Not a fanboy thread!
I've got an opty 165 at the moment running at 2.85Ghz. If i went for a conroe 6600 and ran it at the same clock speeds but with decent 6400 ram and something like a ds3 motherboard, where and when would i notice any differences in speed between the two?
I know that it would depend on the way in which i use my pc but for simplicity sake let's say i use it for 'a bit of everything.'

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[Hamster]

ok, thanks!
think i will wait for quad core to mature and more importantly drop in price.


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[Hamster]

I have an Opty 170 at the moment running at 2.67GHz - how did you get your 165 to run at 2.85GHz? What settings did you use i.e. FSB/HTT speed, multiplier, memory timings etc?

FSB 317, memory timings default for my ram (3-3-3-8), multiplier fixed at 9
Could probably go higher but i'm unsure what to do with ram timings or whether my ram itself is a limiting factor.

HTH
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[Hamster]

I don't do a great deal of gaming as you can probably tell from my vga card so, after reading comments here, i am not going to upgrade at the moment.
Thanks for all the input.