Core 2 (Conroe) vs Athlon FX-62 Benchmarks

[alvino]

those are the high-end processors. but what about the mid-range? i think those are more important than anything.

The Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 is only $310. Stock speed is 2.4ghz, but even at that rate it owns an overclocked Athlon FX-60 at 2.8ghz+, which makes the E6600 pretty damn good when it comes to it's price/performance ratio. Oh and it's a beast at overclocking too. From the engineering samples that Ownage has showed me, just air cooling could get it to 3.0ghz.

 

[ownage]

or you can get the X6800 and oc it to 5.04Ghz http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=104227
or, E6700 @ 4.1Ghz on AIR! http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=104484

 

[alvino]

Jeebus! Wait, is that X6800 on LN2 or any form of "extreme" cooling? Damn...that E6700 can get that high just on air? Whoowhee! I knew they could overclock like beasts, but I never imagined it to be this high!

 

[ownage]

the X6800 is on LN2 i believe. And the 9 sec super pi Conroe was on Ln2 too. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=105125

 

[Nik00117]

Granted those are fast CPUs, but I still feel that AMD is giving the best bang for the buck type deal.

 

[alvino]

Not when Core 2 Duo comes out. Dude, the E6600 at stock speeds, performs JUST AS WELL, if not better than the FX-62, AMD's fastest processor. The only difference, is that the FX-62 costs over $1,000 and the E6600 costs $300.

Then there's the Core 2 Duo E6300. For $183 it can keep up with the FX-60. Now that's cheap.

 

[MooseMan1]

yesh! not cheap, but inexpensive ^_^ still exellent quality yay intel lol. yea i am exicted about the sudden boost in processors. i think it'll really help the gaming world in PCs as well i am "tickled pink" as the saying goes...

 

[Nik00117]

Not really... Gaming industry isn't really pushign the limits of CPU abilites as of late. My AMD 3200 with a proper GPU could run anything outdoay maxed out settings without a hitch.

 

[MooseMan1]

Not really... Gaming industry isn't really pushign the limits of CPU abilites as of late. My AMD 3200 with a proper GPU could run anything outdoay maxed out settings without a hitch.

true, but maybe this new push in CPU technology will incourage game programmers 2 take advantage of it or something...i hope

 

[alvino]

Not really... Gaming industry isn't really pushign the limits of CPU abilites as of late. My AMD 3200 with a proper GPU could run anything outdoay maxed out settings without a hitch.

You still want to balance things out. If you're going to run Quad SLI with two 7950 GX2's with your A64 3200+, then it's going to bottleneck like crazy.