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Tri Core, who is waiting for it?
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Jakalwarrior
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Unless some magical new games come out that need a quadcore to run well, I'm waiting on some high clocking dual cores with l3.
It might be a tough sell; for higher end you might want quad and for the cheap you'll probably want dual.
If the price is right then I'd consider it for a second system. The right price being not much more than a dual core.
To answer your question: I went with a Q6600 recently so I'm definitely not waiting!
If the price is right then I'd consider it for a second system. The right price being not much more than a dual core.
To answer your question: I went with a Q6600 recently so I'm definitely not waiting!
I think with AMD quads, when they take out a core you still keep all the L3. This (if I'm right) is one of the reasons I'm looking at these.
I'm really hoping, because this might be AMD's good/last chance to get back into the enthusiast game anytime soon. By that, I mean that perhaps they can get a higher overclock than intels quad, since it's only 3 cores. Less heat, less voltage, etc etc.
Ya ya, I know I know, but we can hope.........
Ya ya, I know I know, but we can hope.........
The problem isn't with the number of cores , the problem lies in the core.It got more complicated than K8 while pipeline length is the same. ( more work per cycle => fewer cycles / lower frequency ).
To be honest, I just don't know how they're planning on pricing these things without running far too close to the quads and dual cores on either end of the pricing spectrum.
In the end, I don't think people should bother. Either go for a single/dual core if you're using the machine for relatively basic tasks or light editing, or go quad for heavy editing or more CPU-intensive tasks.
In the end, I don't think people should bother. Either go for a single/dual core if you're using the machine for relatively basic tasks or light editing, or go quad for heavy editing or more CPU-intensive tasks.
What is the price point supposed to be on Tri's? If the quads can be had for $189 - $239, and still have to market 2 groups of cpu's under that, does that make the duals a sub $100 item and the Tri's a ~$140?
I'd go dual if its ~$100, or I'd go quad for ~$200.
I'd go dual if its ~$100, or I'd go quad for ~$200.
I know I am.
I don't need all 4 cores (most of the time we only need 1) So I'm looking forward to a next gen chip that will be (hopefully) much lower in cost than Intel has to offer.
Anyone else have an opinion?
Unless it comes in at $100, not a chance. Previews have shown it can't even beat a C2D in multithreaded performance... whilst getting slaughtered in single threaded performance.