Anyone thinking about getting the quadfx(4x4)

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I come here to not think so much.
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I agree fully with that quote, its just that I question if you can think at all.

Not. I just don't like people who think they are better than others because of the CPU they have.

Pretty pathetic, huhn? Laughing Shocked
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And you just called yourself pathetic? good job on that one. Go play catch with your AMD.
 
Spud... you're back!!! Good to see ya', Baron and I are in a bit of a shouting match :) :)
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Well if a few hours counts as back then yup I are back! As well its good to see that you aren't allowing Baron to run about freely as he tends to bend the truth from time to time.

Yeah. The truth is a sliding scale to him.... the truth on one side and his version of it to promote AMD on the other. Normally we take posts with a grain of salt, but in BM's case we take it with a dump truck full of salt.


Coach, this is knda gay......

Good job spelling. You do know there are books called dictionaries to help you with your inadequacies?
 
I come here to not think so much.
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I agree fully with that quote, its just that I question if you can think at all.

Not. I just don't like people who think they are better than others because of the CPU they have.

Pretty pathetic, huhn? Laughing Shocked
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And you just called yourself pathetic? good job on that one. Go play catch with your AMD.

I actually can't. I think. Or maybe not. Let me try to think about it.
 
Oh yeah, my CPU has nothing to do with me being better than everyone else.
I think it's a complex case of judgement.
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So you think your better than everyone else? What makes you better, if you don't mind me asking.
 
Oh yeah, my CPU has nothing to do with me being better than everyone else.
I think it's a complex case of judgement.
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So you think your better than everyone else? What makes you better, if you don't mind me asking.

The fact that his mother still breast feeds him every night before she tucks him into bed. 8O
 
Good job spelling. You do know there are books called dictionaries to help you with your inadequacies?
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ANd back on topic, I figure that FX70 will get 5% increase because of the addition of the two cores. That of course is dependent upon how good Vista is at running processes on different cores than the OS.

SInce i will not be making my power usage more than a few hours a week, the 125W TDP shouldn't be that much of a deal, especially with CnQ.

I don't expect dore for core superiority ver C2Q but I DO EXPECT that it will be more than a significant upgrade over my current 4400+ on 939. Thruthfully 4x4 did give me a good reason to stay with AMD since I will get 8 cores of Agena goodness next year. I can even buy a new mobo and sell the old one for a few extra hundred, but then again I can build a new one a use it as 8 VM clients.

All in all, QFX is a good idea whose time should come. I'm sure you'd be happy with Core 2 on a two socket board with non-ECC/FBDIMM. We'll see in a few months whether it catches on.

I'm sure it will.
 
Seriously, spell check before you submit your post. It makes it easier to read.

All in all, QFX is a good idea whose time should come. I'm sure you'd be happy with Core 2 on a two socket board with non-ECC/FBDIMM. We'll see in a few months whether it catches on.

I'm sure it will.
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Actually I wouldn't want a dual socket C2D setup for the same reason I don't want a 4x4, 2 CPU's = 2x the heat, 2x the heatsinks, 2x the power draw (speaking to CPU requirements only), but is it 2x the performance? I think not. I am of the liquid/TEC cooling variety, and a dual processor setup just creates way more headaches than it is worth, imo.

I think it that dual processor systems were a good idea 5 years ago when CPU 's weren't all that fast, but now that companies can get more than 1 core on a given piece of silicon the dual processor setup isn't as useful.

We see companies touting the ability to game, encode, and virus scan all at the same time, but in reality what they are saying is "our code isn't entirely optimized for multi-core architecture so we are telling you do do 100 things at once in order to justify your purchase."

You are looking forward to 8 cores, fine. However, what benefit is derived if the software is still lagging behind and working on dual core support? I would suspect that 4x4 will be an improvement, obviously, but also that AMD spent too much time on it and not enough time on improving its architecture.

I honestly don't believe 4x4 will be AMD's saving grace, but it will make for a cool marketing stunt just like quad-sli.

Edit: New Avatar :lol:
 
Oh yeah, my CPU has nothing to do with me being better than everyone else.
I think it's a complex case of judgement.
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Dude, there are over 6.6 billion people on this Earth. You're not the best anything. You're not even the #1 delusional psychotic, although you could probably make a good case for it! :lol:
 
Good job spelling. You do know there are books called dictionaries to help you with your inadequacies?
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ANd back on topic, I figure that FX70 will get 5% increase because of the addition of the two cores. That of course is dependent upon how good Vista is at running processes on different cores than the OS.

SInce i will not be making my power usage more than a few hours a week, the 125W TDP shouldn't be that much of a deal, especially with CnQ.

I don't expect dore for core superiority ver C2Q but I DO EXPECT that it will be more than a significant upgrade over my current 4400+ on 939. Thruthfully 4x4 did give me a good reason to stay with AMD since I will get 8 cores of Agena goodness next year. I can even buy a new mobo and sell the old one for a few extra hundred, but then again I can build a new one a use it as 8 VM clients.

All in all, QFX is a good idea whose time should come. I'm sure you'd be happy with Core 2 on a two socket board with non-ECC/FBDIMM. We'll see in a few months whether it catches on.

I'm sure it will.
Why do you bother posting?
 
Actually I wouldn't want a dual socket C2D setup for the same reason I don't want a 4x4, 2 CPU's = 2x the heat, 2x the heatsinks, 2x the power draw (speaking to CPU requirements only), but is it 2x the performance? I think not. I am of the liquid/TEC cooling variety, and a dual processor setup just creates way more headaches than it is worth, imo.

I think it that dual processor systems were a good idea 5 years ago when CPU 's weren't all that fast, but now that companies can get more than 1 core on a given piece of silicon the dual processor setup isn't as useful.

We see companies touting the ability to game, encode, and virus scan all at the same time, but in reality what they are saying is "our code isn't entirely optimized for multi-core architecture so we are telling you do do 100 things at once in order to justify your purchase."

You are looking forward to 8 cores, fine. However, what benefit is derived if the software is still lagging behind and working on dual core support? I would suspect that 4x4 will be an improvement, obviously, but also that AMD spent too much time on it and not enough time on improving its architecture.

I honestly don't believe 4x4 will be AMD's saving grace, but it will make for a cool marketing stunt just like quad-sli.
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So what you're sayign is that 2-socket wksta didn't catch on for the same reason?

I think not. The extra power is worth the extra power.
 
Oh yeah, my CPU has nothing to do with me being better than everyone else.
I think it's a complex case of judgement.
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Dude, there are over 6.6 billion people on this Earth. You're not the best anything. You're not even the #1 delusional psychotic, although you could probably make a good case for it! :lol:

I told you I'm conceited. I can't help it. I've been places and seen things. Some of which I wished I hadn't.

But anyway, QFX is an upgrade for me from my PREFERRED CPU manuf. Leave it at that.
 
You can, stop acting like you know everything
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I only act like that about C# and .Net but even then I admit when I don't know. This forum doesn't work like that. It's a place where opinions and conjecture can rule with no one losing busines or money ( no one has to follow my SUGGESTIONS for PC purchases).

I hate having to be right. I have to be right everytime I start a programming project.

This is my break. I like AMD. Get over it.
 
Actually I wouldn't want a dual socket C2D setup for the same reason I don't want a 4x4, 2 CPU's = 2x the heat, 2x the heatsinks, 2x the power draw (speaking to CPU requirements only), but is it 2x the performance? I think not. I am of the liquid/TEC cooling variety, and a dual processor setup just creates way more headaches than it is worth, imo.

I think it that dual processor systems were a good idea 5 years ago when CPU 's weren't all that fast, but now that companies can get more than 1 core on a given piece of silicon the dual processor setup isn't as useful.

We see companies touting the ability to game, encode, and virus scan all at the same time, but in reality what they are saying is "our code isn't entirely optimized for multi-core architecture so we are telling you do do 100 things at once in order to justify your purchase."

You are looking forward to 8 cores, fine. However, what benefit is derived if the software is still lagging behind and working on dual core support? I would suspect that 4x4 will be an improvement, obviously, but also that AMD spent too much time on it and not enough time on improving its architecture.

I honestly don't believe 4x4 will be AMD's saving grace, but it will make for a cool marketing stunt just like quad-sli.
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So what you're sayign is that 2-socket wksta didn't catch on for the same reason?

I think not. The extra power is worth the extra power.

Just stop posting until you can pass first grade English.
 
my buddy worked for amd and told me that i should stick with saving for my QUAD intel because the one intel already released is set to be at $440 and its close to the base of the "quad" line. he told me that amd is in trouble since their base is at $1000 for only a base product.... sorry man i think intel owns the dual / quad / multi processor lineup...

(((Google any thing i said i believe it to be true)))

i wont decide for final until i see some benchmarks, but i am an AMD user with my X2 5200 (my brothers C2D E6600 Runs SOOOO much faster i want to switch it)

-robert
 
Actually I wouldn't want a dual socket C2D setup for the same reason I don't want a 4x4, 2 CPU's = 2x the heat, 2x the heatsinks, 2x the power draw (speaking to CPU requirements only), but is it 2x the performance? I think not. I am of the liquid/TEC cooling variety, and a dual processor setup just creates way more headaches than it is worth, imo.

I think it that dual processor systems were a good idea 5 years ago when CPU 's weren't all that fast, but now that companies can get more than 1 core on a given piece of silicon the dual processor setup isn't as useful.

We see companies touting the ability to game, encode, and virus scan all at the same time, but in reality what they are saying is "our code isn't entirely optimized for multi-core architecture so we are telling you do do 100 things at once in order to justify your purchase."

You are looking forward to 8 cores, fine. However, what benefit is derived if the software is still lagging behind and working on dual core support? I would suspect that 4x4 will be an improvement, obviously, but also that AMD spent too much time on it and not enough time on improving its architecture.

I honestly don't believe 4x4 will be AMD's saving grace, but it will make for a cool marketing stunt just like quad-sli.
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So what you're sayign is that 2-socket wksta didn't catch on for the same reason?

I think not. The extra power is worth the extra power.

Just stop posting until you can pass first grade English.


WHat are you talking about? Very few of my sentences fail MS Word grammar checking.
 
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