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

[khemist]

Just got mine - testing at the minute and will post results later.

 

[V|per]

Interested who with 6600's etc...will be selling them on to make way for this little beauty.

^^^OP

Reply: I won't

There, that wasn't difficult was it

 

[Nelly]

Well I'm liviing with it now with a 6400 @3.8ghz that has 2mb cache and a 8800 GTS that has 320MB ram.

"Interested who with 6600's etc...will be selling them on to make way for this little beauty?"

H'mm just after the extra 2gb of cache with a really good Batch No ?

I doubt anyone with a good stepping E6600 would sell for any less than £200, I woudnt thats for sure regardless of how the prices are plumetting.

 

[Big.Wayne]

The more people that don't pay £360 for a quad-core the sooner the prices will drop

Still can't help feeling that Quad-Core is a marketing gimmick, Do INTEL and AMD think we are a nation of hard-core multitaskers and video-encoders, why don't they start releasing stuff like a 4GHz CPU or something that just benefits almost everything out the box?

I think its funny how they release a great product, everybody goes 'WOW' and the buzz on the forums is immense, quite a few people shell out a large sum of money and build themselves a kickass system, but then comes along a new product and somehow a fair few people get 'brainwashed' and decide that their uber system is now 'old tech' and they set their minds to work on how to upgrade their already perfect system.

I gotta take my hat off to INTEL/AMD etc, they really do know how to sell.

I know a lot of people enjoy building a new system, tweaking, benching etc but I just wonder what % of people upgrade for upgrades sake? Its starting to bore the *** out of me lol

 

[tomanders91]

i do want one but cant afford one right now, and the only game out that makes use of 4 cores is supcom, which needs at least 2 to run smoothly in big battles.

 

[Big.Wayne]

only game out that makes use of 4 cores is supcom, which needs at least 2 to run smoothly in big battles.

Are you talking about http://www.supremecommander.com/

Just had a look, what a mad website, the game looks mad also!

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Who has spotted the dirt cheap quad Xeons ? X3210s ?

 

[fornowagain]

Who has spotted the dirt cheap quad Xeons ? X3210s ?

Ah yes, £250 ish.

 

[AMDPower]

Ah yes, £250 ish.

can these xeons drop into any core 2 duo motherboard?
if yes then they might be a better purchase than the q6600.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

can these xeons drop into any core 2 duo motherboard?
if yes then they might be a better purchase than the q6600.

http://fanboyreview.blogspot.com/2007/04/article-little-intel-xeon-x3210-that_09.html

http://fanboyreview.blogspot.com/2007/04/article-little-intel-xeon-x3210-that.html

 

[fornowagain]

can these xeons drop into any core 2 duo motherboard?
if yes then they might be a better purchase than the q6600.

The x8 multi might hold it back on boards with poorly supported quad core fsb's.

 

[Sipha]

Whats the Max Multiplier on the new Q6600 ?

EDIT: sorry I really must search harder....9x

 

[VeNT]

Are you talking about http://www.supremecommander.com/

Just had a look, what a mad website, the game looks mad also!

yeah
eats dual core 3.2Ghz C2D alive
although I'd rather have about 2-4GB ram than another 2 cores

 

[eracer2006]

I dont know whether to get a quad xeon and sell my e6300 ?

 

[Datamonkey]

that xeon is a very nice looking chip.

I may try one of those out lol. was going to get a c2d 6600 at the end of the month.

 

[Big.Wayne]

I don't see the Xeon at overclockers.co.uk?

 

[Gibbo]

HI there

Anyone who buys a Q6600 as of today and later will also get free copies of Splinter Cell 4 Double Agent and Supreme Commander on DVD with their orders.

 

[Gibbo]

I don't see the Xeon at overclockers.co.uk?

HI there

We are setting them up now and the prices are very good as Intel have just dropped their prices on these.

 

[Datamonkey]

good to know gibbo,

i will be ordering one on monday come pay day!! why couldnt friday be the last working day of the month at least i could drive up on sat get one and play with it all weekend then

instead i will have to order and wait it out as im on call all of next week

 

[james.miller]

now the xeons DO look interesting. i need more info.


/goes searching