magicknight
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I upgrade to i7 920 because I was using p4 2.66 and it is very very slow , I almost finish building up my whole computer with i7 I may be surprise with speed with this cpu i7
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Sticking with Core 2 here. I used to jump on the latest, greatest, bandwagon but after the useless Pres"hot" P4s (I paid flippin' $500 for my pos 560J), I have quit trying to keep up with the newest hardware. I build my pcs with the best bang for the buck equipment I can find and it seems to be working for me so far. Paid less than a third for the rig in my signature then I did for my last pc and it does everything I need it to do just dandy. If I had cash lying around, I'd probably upgrade since i7 is a big step forward, but I don't so for now the Core 2 architecture does everything I need it to do for a very reasonable price.
I hate how people toss around the words future proofing because honestly there's no such thing, yeah this i7 rig might last 5 years but that's hardly future proof...hell this thing will probably be outdated by a fair amount but this time next year.
Pretty happy with my current setup. I am not planning on going i7 anytime soon, although the memory throughput speeds are mainly what would temp me to go i7... yay! Intel finally caught up with AMD in the memory throughput arena.
Caught, and surpassed. Though memory bandwidth isn't everything. Core 2 Duo/Quad has been kicking AMD's Athlon X2 and Phenom CPUs in the perverbial ass since their introduction.
my S939 can last forever
SOCKET NINE THIRTY NINE FOREVA!
Seriously im about to throw mine in the trash.
I hate how people toss around the words future proofing because honestly there's no such thing, yeah this i7 rig might last 5 years but that's hardly future proof...hell this thing will probably be outdated by a fair amount but this time next year.
I gave up trying to stay at the top, its an endless battle that my wallet will never win.
I wont be going i7 anytime soon.
I'm running a [email protected] with a 260GTX.
if and when it wont do what I need, Ill build a new rig..but I suspect that will be a year or two off...and i7 might just be on the way out , or at the very least, it wont be the high end anymore.
I gave up trying to stay at the top, its an endless battle that my wallet will never win.
I went to an i7 920 from an AMD 4800x2 and my frame rates in my racing simulators tripled. Close to quadrupled, with no other changes in the same system. Same 4870 Video Card, same drives, etc...
Everything running 100% stock speeds
That's pretty much what I do. I hate paying for the latest and greatest to have something better come out at less than half the cost 6 months later. I would love to stay on top each cycle, but money and time doesn't come easy.I exploit the trailing edge these days.
I built my system to use for 4 or 5 years. With a planned CPU upgrade at somewhere before they stop making them. I bought a cheap dual core and I am pretty happy with that, but at some point I will upgrade to a fast quad and get more life out of my system, maybe one more graphics card upgrade.
So Quad Core Duo next (or what ever fits in the socket) and then maybe in 3 years I will upgrade to the bottom of the line on the next socket. I don't know what that will be.
Why? Pass it down to someone (read: me) I'm still rocking my 939 just like Blind Man. Same chip too!
I finally replaced my old 939 system with a Core i7 in March.
I started with a 939 3200+ @ 2.8GHz (I think) then switched to a 4400X2 for like $50 and OC'd that to 2.8GHz.
Now I have an i7 @ 3.8GHz.
Along with the rest of the build (4870X2) everything is just great. Very satisfied.
Would you say your performance increase change was like night and day? What games have you been able to compare on at least some level?