Mr Muggles
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Currently using a AMD 965BE 790gx mobo with 4gb RAM
I could invest in an Intel board and cpu but, is it worth it?
I could invest in an Intel board and cpu but, is it worth it?
Still unsure whether to switch to Intel
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SieB
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If you have the money for a 2500K and a P67 mobo, go for it, you will definietly notice the performance increase and you will have plenty of upgrade options where as the Phenoms are pretty much dead now with BD coming.
965BE + 2500K comparison
965BE + 2500K comparison
Mr Muggles
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SieB
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Matthias2437
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Buy a new AM3+ 990fx and wait for bulldozer.
I'm currently using the Sabertooth AM3+ 990fx and its pretty savage, and right when bulldozer comes out I'm going to be running a sweet new 8 core.
I'm currently using the Sabertooth AM3+ 990fx and its pretty savage, and right when bulldozer comes out I'm going to be running a sweet new 8 core.
Its all personal choice at the end of the day, you can buy a nice intel combo now and see immediate benefits, or you can upgrade your motherboard now to a bit of a beast aka am3+sabretooth, and then wait till bulldozer. The only thing is no one knows yet really how well bulldozer stacks up against intel until its released.
rsturbo-zvh@Hotmail.co.uk
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I really wouldn't waste your cash.
You want a 990 Chip set mobo Am3+. You will be able to use all your current hardware and be ready for the bulldozer chips in a few months.
The FX8130p was benched and produced results that riveled the Intel I7 980x. (and there are two higher versions)
AMD's up and coming Bulldozer FX chips are set to wipe the floor with Intel Well so rumour has it :0)
The FX8130P will go on sale Q3 of 2011 for around $320.
I would love to see those rumors. Not much has been released as far as details go, but everything I've seen so far, which isn't much, puts BD on par with Intel. Certainly no floor wiping going on from what I've seen. That would be great to have happen, but I'm extremely doubtful.
dugdiamond
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Hmmm - i haven't had that e-mail yet!!! and i am a nextgen dev
people like myself usually get the 'subscription' ASL code sets for future chipsets in advance, so that we can start devving applications that will use the full use of the new chipsets - i only have the interrupt port-mapping for the 990FX.
these are 128-bit instruction calls
the future FULL AM4 will be 256-bit
....
now if you want a real rumour to start, how would you like quad-channel DDR4 for Q1 2012 ???
Hmmm - i haven't had that e-mail yet!!! and i am a nextgen dev
people like myself usually get the 'subscription' ASL code sets for future chipsets in advance, so that we can start devving applications that will use the full use of the new chipsets - i only have the interrupt port-mapping for the 990FX.
these are 128-bit instruction calls
the future FULL AM4 will be 256-bit
....
now if you want a real rumour to start, how would you like quad-channel DDR4 for Q1 2012 ???
Mr Muggles
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Are BD's overdue then? Q3?
I'm not in a rush no thankfully
I'm not in a rush no thankfully
dugdiamond
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the 1st phase of BD will be september-ish... later ,more-powerful versions, other than zambezi, will be out at xmas 2011
