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So who is getting Quad 6600 then at this new price?

Big.Wayne said:
64-bit processors, um thats been useful for most of us, dual-core again offers very little, Quad-core? what rubbish, DirectX 10? nothing uses it yet and even when it does what exactly will directx 10 look like over well coded DirectX 9?. NCQ on hard-drives, SLI, Crossfire, PCI-express, the list goes on and on and on.

Are people really so gullible? I don't think so, I know how I see things and I'm guessing a lot of other consumers do to, the Quad-Core is a huge flop, INTEL have had to almost cut the price in half to tempt people to buy them, if they were selling well then they wouldn't have reduced the prices so much would they?

£75 quid is a very sweet price for a processor, £150 is pretty much top end but if you hit me with every last bit of hype and show me lots of pretty charts showing benchmarks with the new product whooping everything else then I may, just may rise to a top spend of £200 but I'm not gonna spend one penny more. More than likely I'm gonna buy the £75 quid product and tweak/overclock it to get more *Bang for Buck*
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To be honest, I do think Dual Core Conroe was & still is somewhat worth spending on because they dont make any better single core CPU's & it offers considerable better performance than AMD for cost, eventually I guess duel core will be phased out but we will have to see.

As for Quad Core, the question is will you make use of all 4 cores now & within the next 6 months or so, I dont think I will to be honest & to be frank my main use for my pc is gaming & untill we see games making use of all 4 cores it's not worth my expense. :)
 
Big.Wayne said:
I'm not a hypocrite and I don't appreciate being called one. Would it be possible to not get involved in a childish name calling thread for once, if you don't agree with anything I have said then either ignore it or if you can be bothered make an articulate reply?
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OH Dear. Copy and paste from a dictionary LOL :D (nice move) :D

Want me to search waynes buys opty 170's?

Your not gulity in buying opty 170's @300 a pop?

there is a post not long back wher you admit it!


At least have an arguement mate.

thanks

easy
 
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Nelly said:
To be honest, I do think Dual Core Conroe was & still is somewhat worth spending on because they dont make any better single core CPU's & it offers considerable better performance than AMD for cost, eventually I guess duel core will be phased out but we will have to see.

As for Quad Core, the question is will you make use of all 4 cores now & within the next 6 months or so, I dont think I will to be honest & to be frank my main use for my pc is gaming & untill we see games making use of all 4 cores it's not worth my expense. :)
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you were buying a Q6400 ES in the last thread I read! lol :p
 
easyrider said:
you were buying a Q6400 ES in the last thread I read! lol :p
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He woudnt haggle the price down so I soon changed my mind & I wont use all 4 cores so it is a waste of money. ;)
 
Nelly said:
He woudnt haggle the price down so I soon changed my mind & I wont use all 4 cores so it is a waste of money. ;)
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Just like the 8800 GTX doesn't use 768 MB of ram in todays games lol ;)

Never mind R600 with its 1GB :D
 
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marscay said:
boring at best.
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Yeah I'm bored now too, I think I like to test my 'reasoning' skills on him but it appears to be a waste of time! :rolleyes:

I wonder how old easyrider is anyway? never occured to me he could be 17 :D
 
My e4300 is best because i get more satisfaction having gone from
a barton to this.Some of you seem addicted to the "upgrade" rather than
getting real satisfaction from it.
 
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All of you arguing seem to be toppling on the upgrade fence and falling on both sides.

Some are saying "I'll only spend XYZ on a new CPU" when there's clear evidence that they've previously spent more and will likely do so again if the benefit's clear. When the benefit is that obvious, quad core will become sensible in pricing terms as it has become mainstream rather than specialist, as everyone will want one.

The only conclusion to this argument is that it is possible and reasonable to change ones mind month on month, week on week, day on day, in terms of what is a reasonable amount to spend on a CPU. It's not hypocrisy to wake up on Monday thinking “I’m going to blast £500 on an extreme edition quad core” and even doing so, then waking up the next morning, selling it, getting a 6420, and advising others of their new opinion. Both decisions are valid as is the change of mind – it’s down to the individual’s circumstances.

Buying a very expensive product in the past does not remove an individual's right to advise someone on a different course of action.
 
Big.Wayne said:
Yeah I'm bored now too, I think I like to test my 'reasoning' skills on him but it appears to be a waste of time! :rolleyes:

I wonder how old easyrider is anyway? never occured to me he could be 17 :D
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Then don't post.


Reasoning? Trolling more like,

Big.Wayne said:
Ultimately Easy there will be a bunch of people with better, faster systems than what you have, their benchmarks will 'destroy' yours, can you live with that? ;) :D
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I have told you I have a 6400 and a 8800 GTS 320mb. :rolleyes:

The point is wayne you have no arguement.You have ignored every question I have put to you.


Big.Wayne said:
If you can't take being questioned directly about something without becoming 'defensive' I will just avoid asking you any pertinant questions
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Thats rich considering you have ignored my question...
why its ok to spend 300 on an opty 170 but not on a quad.

I ask you again?


No in fact don't answer, I'm not remotely interested.
 
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Q6600 looks really overpriced to me - it costs way more than double an E6600, which is more than half as good in terms of real world usage.

For £366 you can get an E6320 with decent cooler, quality overclocking motherboard and 2gig of quality DDR2.
 
HangTime said:
Q6600 looks really overpriced to me - it costs way more than double an E6600, which is more than half as good in terms of real world usage.

For £366 you can get an E6320 with decent cooler, quality overclocking motherboard and 2gig of quality DDR2.
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Yes but its not quad core.
 
HangTime said:
Q6600 looks really overpriced to me - it costs way more than double an E6600, which is more than half as good in terms of real world usage.

For £366 you can get an E6320 with decent cooler, quality overclocking motherboard and 2gig of quality DDR2.
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Thing about the E6320s and E6420s is that I'm not sure of how they overclock :

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2duo-e6420_11.html

Anyone have any real figures (maybe I should use the search button)
 
easyrider said:
why its ok to spend 300 on an opty 170 but not on a quad.

I ask you again?
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And I will tell you again, it was a mistake!

I had the wool pulled over my eyes, I got carried away on a wave of HYPE and actually believed all the marketing guff and newgroup mania.

If I could turn back the clock easy I wouldn't buy the 170's again, but I can't time travel so I have to draw upon my experience of the past and apply them to future scenarios. Anyone can make a mistake but only a fool keeps making the same mistake, not calling you a fool btw :D

Just in case you didn't pick up on what I was saying I will say it again and I hope you won't keep dragging it again (and again).

It was not a good move buying the Opterons 170 for £285 a pop, I regret it, in short it was not the 'smart' choice, I should have been happy with my mono-core Opteron 146 running at 2.8GHz but you know how it goes, new CPU, lots of newsgroup interest, lots of web-site reviews, credit card out the pocket, KERCHING!!!

I think your getting it now, you are slowly coming round to the bang-for-buck way of thinking, you have a 'midrange' CPU and you have a 'upper midrange' GPU which you have overclocked to uber levels. You sold your QUAD and you sold your GTX, you should have more money now and I suspect you still have an 'uber' system . . . well done! ;)

You distinguish yourself by that massive overclock on a e6400, not by owning a quad, if the 3.8GHz is really properly stable you should be over the moon! INTEL are furious at you :p
 
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