i know one thing for sure, kid's definetly using 12% of the towns energy on that thing alone happy:

AMD has lowered prices, so i'm thinking of upgrading to an X2 4600+:

http://shop4.outpost.com/product/446224 ... IN_RSLT_PG

Would be around $300 CDN which is super cheap. If i went here to buy one it would be at least $600. Not sure how much the drop will affect the prices here though.

anyway, i have a 3500+ right now, but the problem is i have an asus a8v deluxe board which means i have an agp video card which blows because upgrade options for that is limited. i'm running an x800 which is pretty much as high as they go in agp now since everything is pci-e crossfire and sli.

so do you guys think it's worth upgrading to a 4600+ if i don't really have that much of an option for upgrading a video card?

i'll build a new system with crossfire i'm sure but not for a while. my rig is a couple years old and it still runs fine so i don't have justification to build a new one yet, or another 3 grand to dump.

wtf 250 for that? newegg.com has it for 547!!!


Thats a freaking steal and a half.


I wonder why they are selling itat such a cheap price, christ thats so cheap i might jsut buy one because its so damn cheap.

newegg just hasn't updated their prices. amd dropped prices on selected chips today. yesterday the 4600+ was 650 cdn, today it's 300. would suck to be someone who bought one this month.

Theyre selling it cheap because:

A. socket 939 is now being phased out in favour of socket am2.
B. They pretty much have to sell it cheap because the core 2 duo is slapping the ever loving shit out of amd in terms of performance from the low end to the high end.

Even the slowest core 2 chip which is 1.86ghz can be clocked up a bit to be easily on par with amd's fastest chip the fx62.

As for dual core in general, unless you do tons of multitasking\video encoding\photoshoping etc theres not too much to be gained from it. It is handy being able to defrag and run a game or run a virus scan and be able to play a game without it hitching, but actual gameplay benefits are tiny in most cases. If you game at low res like 800x600 then any game making use of dual core will see a bit of a performance bump, but as you increase res the bottleneck shifts to the GPU and even dual core can't do anything about that.

Honestly ive noticed 3 big differences with dual core as opposed to single core:

3d mark 06 scores higher because its optomised for it.

Some apps load faster.

When using premiere, the digieffects aged film effect can be applied to an entire clip and previewed smoothly, used to be it was a slideshow.

Quick Question what temperature is dangerous for a video card to be running at mine is at a constant 90Degrees idle or not, seems pretty steep but says core shutdown is 120 so not sure if its bad or not.

Depends on the card, x1900's can hit 95c+ on load, they idle around 60c. No way your card shout be idling at 90c, might wanna check the heatdsink or fan to see if tis working.

AMD > God and Intel.


I need a new ATi card soon.

More like Intel > amd, the core 2 chip is the best chip out there at present and amd won't have anything to properly compete against it till later next year or early 2008.

No gerv, amd > intel because i fucking said so offtopic: plzdie:

























beer:

Anyone know why my laptop processor is performing below its clock speed and what I might do to fix it?

[img]http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/7758/procny1.jpg[/img]

you have a lot of shit running? Programs...spyware maybe on teh yuor PC?

does intel have that Cool N Quiet feature like AMD does?

if so, do you have that running?

Nope. This is my work laptop. I want to make sure I didn't fuck it up somehow before I take it to my IT guys. I haven't really put anything on it besides firefox and trillian and shit like that.

Make sure you delete your porn before going to the IT guys happy:

alot of laptops have speed step technology. where if you dont have it plugged in it will run at a slower speed to make the battery last longer. sometimes it even runs when plugged in.

Nah, it's plugged in and I've poured through the power options tab and haven't found that option. I know it used to recognize 3.06 GHz.

You'll need to go into the BIOS and disable the Intel "SpeedStep" option. On my work HP laptop it's under "Advanced" and then "Device Options" and then "disabled". You'll lose battery time since the proc will be running at full speed all the time. You may want to see if there's an option to have the proc fan run at full speed all the time as well. That option on my laptop is in the same location as above but called "Fan Always on while on AC power".

To get into the BIOS you'll need to hit a key at startup, look for the prompt during the boot sequence, it's usually on the Dell splash screen at the very beginning. I have some dell workstations and servers and it's F2 to enter the BIOS on those but it may be different on your laptop.

[quote="Mr_Gl@ss":c469c]You'll need to go into the BIOS and disable the Intel "SpeedStep" option. On my work HP laptop it's under "Advanced" and then "Device Options" and then "disabled". You'll lose battery time since the proc will be running at full speed all the time. You may want to see if there's an option to have the proc fan run at full speed all the time as well. That option on my laptop is in the same location as above but called "Fan Always on while on AC power".

To get into the BIOS you'll need to hit a key at startup, look for the prompt during the boot sequence, it's usually on the Dell splash screen at the very beginning. I have some dell workstations and servers and it's F2 to enter the BIOS on those but it may be different on your laptop.[/quote:c469c]

Yep ^ I found it on my wifes HP laptop and disabled it.

Intel is gay

[img]http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/core2duolaunch_07130680720/12587.png[/img]

[img]http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/core2duolaunch_07130680720/12592.png[/img]


clearly. eek:

[img]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b23/Stammering/Animated/keke.gif[/img]

[quote="Mr_Gl@ss":004e4]You'll need to go into the BIOS and disable the Intel "SpeedStep" option. On my work HP laptop it's under "Advanced" and then "Device Options" and then "disabled". You'll lose battery time since the proc will be running at full speed all the time. You may want to see if there's an option to have the proc fan run at full speed all the time as well. That option on my laptop is in the same location as above but called "Fan Always on while on AC power".

To get into the BIOS you'll need to hit a key at startup, look for the prompt during the boot sequence, it's usually on the Dell splash screen at the very beginning. I have some dell workstations and servers and it's F2 to enter the BIOS on those but it may be different on your laptop.[/quote:004e4]

This comp is nearly 2.5 yrs. old and is not a mobile processor, so I don't have that option. loney:

[quote=tomxtr]This comp is nearly 2.5 yrs. old and is not a mobile processor, so I don't have that option. loney:[/quote:4e4d5]

nothing huh? My wifes is 5 years old and has it.

Amd will be back up on the top since Intel is way to expensive. But Anyways amd will wipe that score soon.

For the performance the core 2 chips give theyre worth the cost, only reason they appear expensive is amd's round of price cuts they done.

Over here at least the amd fx60 (2.6 ghz) costs £525+ whereas the 2.67ghz core 2 costs £399.

As for amd soon "wiping that score" , soon is late 2007 early 2008. Somehow i doubt intel is gonna be sitting doing nothing in that time frame.

you ever hardmodded a card gerv?

My old 8500-LE i hardmodded to a full 8500. Few years ago though.

Just ordered a new system yesterday with the E6600 mmmm can't wait.

What vid card\cards you getting with it?

Ordered from Tigerdirect:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40GHz
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... CatId=2397

Ordered from ZZF:
Asus P5W DH Deluxe 975X
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... ode=247085

Asus EAX1900XTX
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... ode=324598

Crucial 2GB (1GB x 2) DDR2-800 PC2-6400
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... de=80061-9

Ordered from Newegg:
Lian Li PC-60APLUSII Silver
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811112115

ZALMAN CNPS 9500 LED
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835118223

I take it you never noticed this then?

[img]http://www.hkepc.com/bbs/attachments_dir/ext_jpg/atiradeonx1950xtx-photo_wIA3mErhOn5Q.jpg[/img]


x1950 with gddr 4 ram and a far better cooler. happy:

Yea I know about that but I am sick of waiting. Haven't had a computer for 2 months and now that Conroe is out I am not waiting anymore, plus that card will barely give any better performacne then the 1900xtx.

Noone knows how much more performance it'll give, the rams ddr4 which is totally new and this is the first card to have it, also as far as i know the clock speeds for both the core and the ram have yet to be finalised.

Release is the 24-27 august.

Exactly, I am not waiting another month. Plus my COD2 needs me anyway asap

how much that set your dad back?

Oh I don't know, you can count right?

nyck stop hating.

just tryin to catch him ridin dirty