1st attempt... Crazy awesome??!!

[Cpt Deadboots]

Ahh Hell! The house is on fire!!! Who let the flamer in!?!?!

I think this conversation has now devolved into a slap boxing match. Reminds me of that Monty Python skit where they are slapping each other in the face with fish...

Time to find another thread to follow before a burning rafter drops on my head.

- Witt

PS - Cyrix CPU's!!! N'Yuk N'Yuk N'Yuk

No kidding! Sheesh.

Instead of spitting in a noob's face concerning the whole Intel/AMD, chill out till Deneb comes out. Let's wait and see what the new AMD's look like.

AMD did an AWESOME job with their 4xxx series. They really have done a DECENT job with their B3 Agenas. I should think that we can at least HOPE for the best with their 45nm chips.

So...at least explain to him why you are throwing his questions in his face.

 

[aeiouandxyz]

So...at least explain to him why you are throwing his questions in his face.

Jealous because a "noob" has a better computer than most of us. lol.
2 4870x2 is that really neccessary? What resolution are you gaming at?!

 

[V3NOM]

lol i wouldnt bother with CF 4870X2's till drivers mature..

 

[Dakir]

lol i wouldnt bother with CF 4870X2's till drivers mature..

QFT, drivers use so much less potential then dual 4870X2's can actually pump out. Another note is that some cards run buggy with some X2 cards idk if the updated drivers actually fixed this for example, I remember reading on these forums earlier somebody recently upgraded to a 4870X2 and mostly plays WoW. Idk why you would need that monster to play an older game like that, but he said it ran buggy, slow at some points like and would just black screen randomly.

Unless your playing maybe Crysis, FarCry2 or Fallout3 at like max resolution on a 30" monitor you wont "need" quad sli period. X2 cards have always been buggier than single cards, thats why I would never suggest them to anyone regardless of performance, CF 4870's run everything fine etc. Most people dont have a huge monitor either so they just waste their money on super cards that run everything their monitor can support with ease.

Same goes for your memory, you wasted tons of money on 16gig ram, you wont even use 8gig before your pc is outdated by faster processors, videocards and memory.

A super fast car is only as good as the driver controlling it, same goes for super fast computers.

 

[wilsonkf]

Reason for Phenom 9950BE

1. cheaper then any quad core of Intel
2. Ram freq. can stay at 800Mhz overclocking multiplier only. In some situation it means cheaper ram.
3. 790GX/SB750 is a bit cheaper than P45 board
4. AM2+ socket can support later CPU, save the cost of a new motherboard (and maybe new RAM).

To sum up. Cost. Who else on the Earth doesn't know QX9770 is the king without looking at the price tag?

So If I want a cheap and easy overclock on Quad-cores, I will choose AMD.

In short term, I sincerely hope that Intel continue to push out super CPUs and keep the price of AMD low, so that I can get a cheap upgrade next year or so.

But in long term, if AMD cannot keep up, then the age of USD $2k Pentium 133 will come again.

 

[teamlosigp]

ya but a phenom cpu on 2 4870x2's like how noob can u be??

 

[greenbrucelee]

ATi make crap drivers and have lousy support, AMD are so far behind Intel it isn't funny. If AMD carry on like they are spending all their money on combined CPU/GPU then they are going to run out of money, they are in trouble as it is with their purchase ATi.

I am no fanboy just being realistic.