So will the 6 core AMD will outperform i7?

[easyrider]

I have just been informed that AMD's new 6 core is an i7 killer is this true?


If it is then I may ditch INTEL for AMD

Any early benchies out to support these claims?


Thanks

 

[easyrider]

Ahh looks like some people have been telling me porkies again

 

[easyrider]

I would be exceptionally surprised if it didn't.. if you look at the AMD quad core architecture then in the 955 / 965 BE then it is around 10 - 20% slower in multi-task apps than the i7 920.. your adding an additional 40 - 50% grunt to that with an additional two cores..

Price wise it looks like the top end X6 will come in under the i7 920 if some US e-tailors are to be believed

You told me it did

 

[easyrider]

But in games it will make no difference so might as well buy an X2

Well thats what you have all been telling me in that other thread.

 

[easyrider]

Yes in games your quite right it will make no difference...

I shall buy one for e-peen

but I reckon at sub £200 (reportedly) its a steal for anyone wanting to do multi-thread work

so 6 cores AMD will be better than 4 cores of i7 with HT making 8 threads running at 4ghz?

 

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HT does NOT make it 8 threads at 4GHz ... HT uses otherwise wasted cycles to run something meaningful (say another thread) - the more optimised the OS and the program, the less help HT is.

answer my question

 

[easyrider]

Yes based on current performances of the X4 vs i7, and assuming that the software can use all six cores

We'll see

Overkill for most no?

 

[easyrider]

If they are sub £200 then that's a lot of bang for buck... i7 is overkill for most but people still buy them

Yeah but we just get on with it.

We don't ram it down people throats that they shouldn't buy more power than they need

I guess its ok now cause its an AMD chip

 

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Will be interesting to see all the hypocrites rear their ugly faces when these are released.

 

[easyrider]

Like anything else - if these are released at the right price they will be worth buying.

Even if you will not use the cores?

 

[easyrider]

Yeah. If they're the right price.

They can still run stuff optimised for single, dual and quad core etc remember.

So if its i7 its a waste as one will never use that power.

Cause its AMD then its ok?


Priceless.

 

[easyrider]

easyrider - I'm sure you'll agree with me that £100 is an excellent price for an i7, one which few people would hesitate to pay.

Same applies here.

The 6 core AMD's will be more than 100

 

[easyrider]

So are i7s when you buy them through normal retail outlets.

Yeah whats your point again?

 

[easyrider]

Could you not in all honesty say that the I7 is overkill for most, and that an i5/phenom would easily suffice?

All depends on what the user needs.

Is 6 core Phenom II not overkill for most?

 

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I expect it will be overkill for me for a good while, given the most demanding thing I usually do is gaming.

If one comes up for £35 as a potential unlocker, I might have a crack at it though (which was what happened with my gambled upgrade from dual to quad).

35?

 

[easyrider]

Athlon X2 5000+ 45nm AM2+ 2.2GHz (the original native x2 version is 65nm, AM2 2.6GHz).

It's basically a Phenom II x4 940, with 2 cores and the l3 cache locked and an 11x multiplier.

Unlocks to Phenom FX-5000, which as far as I can tell is an easter egg AMD left for unlockers.

Still available online (new retail) for £35. OCUK don't sell them unfortunately.

The 11x multi can hurt overclocking on some boards. I've seen a screenshot of someone running one at 3.8GHz on a gigabyte board. Most people hit a motherboard or RAM wall before anything like that though. My motherboard won't POST reliably over 3.3 so although the chip could go higher I can't take it there.

Most of the first ones released unlocked. I'm not sure success rate is so good now.

Whats this got to with anything in this thread?

 

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The fact that i7 boards, i7 CPUs and DDR3 RAM is stupidly overpriced, AMD at least has their boards and CPUs priced more sensibly

So whats the pricing of the 6 core going to be?

 

[easyrider]

Still less than most i7 stuff when combined with an AM3 board I bet.

I can't complain my i7 combo cost me 300 all in

 

[easyrider]

300 more than I spent

You had a rig to sell,

Mine was from nothing.

Did your original s775 cost nothing?

NOPE

 

[easyrider]

Now go back to trolling elsewhere, because frankly as I said none of us give a flying monkey about most of your posts now.

Whats with the attitude?

Hit a nerve?


lol