Core 2 Quadro

polobunny · September 11th, 2006

Hey, why not?

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/...age/index.html

RangerXLT8 · September 11th, 2006

The 8MB cache is sweet. I dunno if I will be buying a Core 2 Quadro though. No games\internet browsers ect are optimized for 4 cores. For an overclocker(like myself), 4 cores is wayyy too much heat. My Core 2 Duo@ 3.2GHz is good enough right now....

polobunny · September 11th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by RangerXLT8

The 8MB cache is sweet. I dunno if I will be buying a Core 2 Quadro though. No games\internet browsers ect are optimized for 4 cores. For an overclocker(like myself), 4 cores is wayyy too much heat. My Core 2 Duo@ 3.2GHz is good enough right now....

Not alot of games are "really" optimized for 2 cores even now, so I just seems to be too much for our time. And as you pointed out, lots of heat for almost "nothing".

I might build a second rig soon with a Core 2 Duo, it all comes down to having the guts to spend so much. :P

**Capper** · September 12th, 2006

polobunny, to be perfectly honest....hold off. As good as Core 2 Duo is, and its great...its a major step up for INTEL.....meaning that the playing field is much more level. As you already ahve a dual core processor, I'd wait to buy anything...to be honest AM2 is not much better than s939, and unless you are a benchmark whore, you really aren't going to notice a huge difference between any dual core solution right now.
I think the technology has outdone itself, and software programmers need to step it up and start optimizing their programs for whats out there now...let alone whats coming up in the coming months.

fps justin · September 13th, 2006

if you disable the other two cores, then you can have 8mb of cache shared between two cores. =)

RangerXLT8 · September 13th, 2006

Seriously though these kentsfield, are just a 2 conroe on the same platter.. When Windows Vista comes out, that will be the earliest I buy a Quad core... Until then, 2 cores is plenty for me.

**drew and not u** · September 13th, 2006

that E6400 starting to show it's age already

:P

RangerXLT8 · September 13th, 2006

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Originally Posted by drew and not u

that E6400 starting to show it's age already

:P

hahaha, not one bit.

GRanted you can't see the difference Core 2 offers in like Windows and Microsoft Word, games is where it really shines... Also compressing files in Winrar is insanely fast...

yurimxpxman · September 14th, 2006

When's this supposed to be coming out? (I don't have time to read the article right now.)

September 11th, 2006	#1
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,806 Blog Entries: 6	Core 2 Quadro Hey, why not? http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/...age/index.html

September 11th, 2006	#2
RangerXLT8 Worker Ant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 955	The 8MB cache is sweet. I dunno if I will be buying a Core 2 Quadro though. No games\internet browsers ect are optimized for 4 cores. For an overclocker(like myself), 4 cores is wayyy too much heat. My Core 2 Duo@ 3.2GHz is good enough right now.... Quad Core Xeon 3210@3.22ghz GA-EP35C-DS3R 460FSB x 7 -- 60mm Delta fan on NB 2x2gb Patriot Viper DDR3-1333 Sapphire 4870 512mb GDDR5 2x Raptor 150 ADFD RAID 0--WD320YS RE 16mb Storage Samsung Super WriteMaster 20x DVDRW X-Fi eXtremeGamer w\Logitech Z-2300 Silverstone OP650 54A 12v Rail @50C DamgerDen Torture Rack--MC-TDX--Black Ice GTX240--MCP355 Rev 2--Swiftech MicroRes-- Tygon 3603 3/8"ID Logitech G5 - Logitech LX-710 wireless KB Vista Ultimate 64

September 12th, 2006	#4
Capper We take both criticism and positive comments very positively Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,851 Blog Entries: 6	polobunny, to be perfectly honest....hold off. As good as Core 2 Duo is, and its great...its a major step up for INTEL.....meaning that the playing field is much more level. As you already ahve a dual core processor, I'd wait to buy anything...to be honest AM2 is not much better than s939, and unless you are a benchmark whore, you really aren't going to notice a huge difference between any dual core solution right now. I think the technology has outdone itself, and software programmers need to step it up and start optimizing their programs for whats out there now...let alone whats coming up in the coming months. INTEL E8400 // Gigabyte EP45 Extreme // 4GB DDR3-1600 // Palit HD 4870 // Antec 1200 // Seagate 750GB HDD // Zalman CNPS9700 // BFG ES 800W PSU

September 13th, 2006	#5
fps justin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,199	if you disable the other two cores, then you can have 8mb of cache shared between two cores. =) E2140 @ 375 x 8 = 3.0ghz 2x1 ocz system 1337s pc2-6400 5-5-5-15 @ 450mhz gigabyte P35 S3L eVGA 7600GT Stock 120 gig seagate ULTRA X-Finity 600w Sonata 2 w/ top fan G5 Lazer Mouse

September 13th, 2006	#6
RangerXLT8 Worker Ant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 955	Seriously though these kentsfield, are just a 2 conroe on the same platter.. When Windows Vista comes out, that will be the earliest I buy a Quad core... Until then, 2 cores is plenty for me. Quad Core Xeon 3210@3.22ghz GA-EP35C-DS3R 460FSB x 7 -- 60mm Delta fan on NB 2x2gb Patriot Viper DDR3-1333 Sapphire 4870 512mb GDDR5 2x Raptor 150 ADFD RAID 0--WD320YS RE 16mb Storage Samsung Super WriteMaster 20x DVDRW X-Fi eXtremeGamer w\Logitech Z-2300 Silverstone OP650 54A 12v Rail @50C DamgerDen Torture Rack--MC-TDX--Black Ice GTX240--MCP355 Rev 2--Swiftech MicroRes-- Tygon 3603 3/8"ID Logitech G5 - Logitech LX-710 wireless KB Vista Ultimate 64

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September 14th, 2006	#9
yurimxpxman Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: /home/yurimxpxman Posts: 1,695	When's this supposed to be coming out? (I don't have time to read the article right now.)

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