Q6700 Maxes out at 3.2Ghz

[veedubfreak]

I went quad SLI because the option to stepup was there. And most likely i'll end up sellng the GX2's for less of a loss than i would have taken by selling my GTS512's. Paid 360 each for them, and i would have been lucky to sell them for 240ish.

 

[Da Viksta]

well thats fair enough then

gosh i wish i had some GX2s....

 

[veedubfreak]

Well one thing is for sure. At least 1200 dollars worth of video cards will get used. Lets compare some of my other high dollar purchases
400$ paintball gun...used once
1200$ mountain bike...got used alot until college
1500$ road bike...less than 100 miles on it

Ya, so at least computer components get used daily

 

[Da Viksta]

how does one spend $1200 on a mountain bike?!?!?

they never get past £500 for the best of the best here!

 

[veedubfreak]

It was one of the first full suspension crosscountry/mountain bikes. I bought it back in 95, back before EVERYONE made full suspension bikes.

 

[RicoDirenzo]

As said. The quads simply own.

I just love to pull this example out though. Take a look at a p4 @ 4ghz... it gets whooped by almost any dual core out there.

So why should a e8400 @ 4ghz come close to beating a q6600 or a q6700 or any quad core for that matter @ 3ghz or above?

I really do not know, cause I'm ignorant (not implying anything), but i thought being 45nm just meant that the processor stayed cooler because the die was smaller, thus meaning that it could be clocked higher...?

I guess you already did it, but really, why would you bother going out and getting that e8400 when you have the q6700 g0 which is supposed to be such a great processor?
really do not know, cause I'm ignorant (not implying anything), but i thought being 45nm just meant that the processor stayed cooler because the die was smaller, thus meaning that it could be clocked higher...?

I guess you already did it, but really, why would you bother going out and getting that e8400 when you have the q6700 g0 which is supposed to be such a great processor?

I have a friend who builds chips (cpu's) for a living, The 45 nm shortens the distance to the flip flop resisters and then increases the instruction speed and bandwidth. I love my Q6700 but this new chip is really fast for desktop and othter processing (really fast) but I don't think it's much of an improvement for gamers.