Intel's answer to the AMD 64 FX-62

[mr. nails]

i've never had an intel. i've always went amd. it's not to far back, but back as far as the 900mhz. guess i've had 4 pc's. 900mhz, to a 1.4ghz, to a 1.8ghz and finally to a 2.2ghz. surprisingly great performance hits even though only @ 400mhz upgrades at a time. anyway, these new Intel Core 2 Chips with Conroe cores are looking GREAT!!! hrm, maybe a switch in manufacturers are due? but then again... amd's supposed to supply us with an answer next week with their response to these sweet, sweet conroe's. lol, it better be good. especially with those prices intel's set for these new chips! unbeatable?

Source (http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2771&p=1)

[Seedler]

Time for the Intel switch.

I doubt AMD will be able to catch up with AM2, but then again, I still use AMD and I prefer surprises.

[HCT]

intel finally got it right

[lynx]

intel finally got it rightSeems unlikely.
Amd haven't started 65nm production yet.
I'm pretty confident that when they do they will blow Intel "out of the water".

[Shiranai_Baka]

Agreed. The 65nm chips are going to be quad-core and totally pwn the intel chips as the engineers will have more space to work on the quad-core chips.

[fkdup74]

Looks nice, but....
AMD's still whoopin' em in the memory bandwidth. :P
Curious now to see how AM2 answers.....

I didn't read too far into the article...is Intel still using a Northbridge/Southbridge setup?

[racer II]

Looks nice, but....
AMD's still whoopin' em in the memory bandwidth. :P
Curious now to see how AM2 answers.....

I didn't read too far into the article...is Intel still using a Northbridge/Southbridge setup?

Actually , am2 setup went back to a northbridge and a southbridge.

[lynx]

Looks nice, but....
AMD's still whoopin' em in the memory bandwidth. :P
Curious now to see how AM2 answers.....

I didn't read too far into the article...is Intel still using a Northbridge/Southbridge setup?

Actually , am2 setup went back to a northbridge and a southbridge.Nope, the memory controller is still built in to the cpu.

Edit: admittedly, there is still some mention that there is a Northbridge/Southbridge setup, but that's not for memory transfers to the CPU.

[Seedler]

So basically people who just bought a FX-60 or 62 just got badly ripped off?:P

[bigdawgfoxx]

Kinda scary cuz the intel wins most benchmarks...but Im sure AMD has plenty of tricks up their sleves

[gevorg]

AMD is planning major price drops (and so does Intel), that should be their only advantage until they introduce new CPUs. Bring on the Price Wars! :gunsmilie

[bigdawgfoxx]

Yeah check this out!

http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2800

Those prices are increadibleee:D

[mr. nails]

nice link! good things to cum ahead!

[Seedler]

:pinch:Doh! Now my Athlon 64 4000+ is already starting to look obsolete:no:

[technologya]

Amd is hoping to answer back in the beginning of 2007 with the quad processor.

[mr. nails]

Core 2 Extreme (http://www.nordichardware.com/news,4039.html) reaches 4.8ghz!

[Seedler]

Core 2 Extreme (http://www.nordichardware.com/news,4039.html) reaches 4.8ghz!

Holy shit, under 11 seconds with SuperPi 1M, my 4000+ only gets around 20ish.:(

That's like twice as fast:O