you'll be getting dual threading per core which will help with triple channel memory and heavy rendering. Cash a concern ? If not then I'd suggest going with a nice i7 d0+x58 setup but you did post this in the Intel section so most of the responses may be supportive of Intel and I too as an AMD guy will recommend that Intel is worth it. Please keep in mind you are running an AM2 socket PII chip. While the AM3 chips may give you a bit more of performance in crease and DDR3 support in the future. GOod luck !
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Uh, got any benchmarks or graphs to go with that theory?
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Originally Posted by dixson01974  If you are building a gaming rig go with AMD. AMD will beat Intel i7 in most games. |
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The i9 is Q1 of 2010, and the price tag is unknown, but it will most likely be over $500. If you have the money, great, but if you like your kidneys, you'd probably stick with the i7 920 until prices come down.
Check out this link. It starts on the gaming benchmark pages, but the entire review is packed with good info. And just a teeny tiny little astrisk, that review is done at stock clocks, so amd 965 = 3.6ghz in all tests, i7 920 = 2.66/2.8 in all tests. Dont want to try to sound like a fanboy making excuses but when you can oc the i7 to the same or higher than the 965 overclocks to... well it gets ugly for amd
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Originally Posted by razorguy ...I expected that and wanted to hear some responses as to why they think the i7 processors will outperform the Phenom II and why they seem to handle OC'ing better. As far as the i9 is concerned, when is expected to release and with what kind of price tag? Money isn't a huge concern, but I don't want to have to sell a kidney or anything either.. |
Check out this link. It starts on the gaming benchmark pages, but the entire review is packed with good info. And just a teeny tiny little astrisk, that review is done at stock clocks, so amd 965 = 3.6ghz in all tests, i7 920 = 2.66/2.8 in all tests. Dont want to try to sound like a fanboy making excuses but when you can oc the i7 to the same or higher than the 965 overclocks to... well it gets ugly for amd
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not quite sure which planet this guy is living on.
-intel cpus perform better clock for clock
-they completely own the high end computing market
-are more future proof
while most games your playing will only utilize 2 cores, a 920 d0 will hit 4.0 fairly easily if not 3.8. it will rival ALL amd;s cpus that are out and will beat them easily in games utilizing 4 cores. newer games will be able to take advantage of all these threads
Originally Posted by dixson01974 If you are building a gaming rig go with AMD. AMD will beat Intel i7 in most games. |
-intel cpus perform better clock for clock
-they completely own the high end computing market
-are more future proof
while most games your playing will only utilize 2 cores, a 920 d0 will hit 4.0 fairly easily if not 3.8. it will rival ALL amd;s cpus that are out and will beat them easily in games utilizing 4 cores. newer games will be able to take advantage of all these threads
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Your not a fanboy, but i7 design and quality must be better. If something works better, if must be better right? That's my opinion.
And for i9 it would be $500 for the lower ones, $1000~ for the higher end ones. They will probably price discriminate, because they profit more when they sell more stuff. They might just release high end cores first if there is a really high demand, and release the lower end ones later.
Originally Posted by MrLinky The i9 is Q1 of 2010, and the price tag is unknown, but it will most likely be over $500. If you have the money, great, but if you like your kidneys, you'd probably stick with the i7 920 until prices come down. Check out this link. It starts on the gaming benchmark pages, but the entire review is packed with good info. And just a teeny tiny little astrisk, that review is done at stock clocks, so amd 965 = 3.6ghz in all tests, i7 920 = 2.66/2.8 in all tests. Dont want to try to sound like a fanboy making excuses but when you can oc the i7 to the same or higher than the 965 overclocks to... well it gets ugly for amd
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And for i9 it would be $500 for the lower ones, $1000~ for the higher end ones. They will probably price discriminate, because they profit more when they sell more stuff. They might just release high end cores first if there is a really high demand, and release the lower end ones later.
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