Did the Conroe Benchmarks Change Your Buying Plans?

[luminaris]

Why do you insist on calling those benchmarks biased? Were you there at the IDF? No, Toms and other sites were there representing us.

It's Intels show and all the information we received is based on what Toms and other sites have seen for themselves.

Jesus people, read the whole damn article. They CLEARLY state that not ALL of the tests were generated by Intel.

Get a grip and get over it

 

[RichPLS]

Here are your BenchMarks

These are interesting results without a doubt, notice they are comparing a mid range Conroe CPU with 667MHz mem (not the 800MHz that will it will be launched with), pitted against a future top end FX-62. Now AMD does have Socket AM2 awaiting launch with DDR2, but this is not expected to be a major performance leap, and maybe even a slight hit due to latencies.

This was Intel's 2.66GHz clocked Conroe (a non extreme version using underclocked RAM and not the 3GHz version that will be launched) being benched against AMD's future extreme version dual core FX 2.8GHz!

Clearly it appears that Intel's Conroe is going to come out strong and scale up fast, which may indeed make it one of the best overclockable chips to date, always a plus for enthusiasts!

If anything, it appears the tests were in AMD's favor.

 

[thisforumregstrationsucks]

I agree competition is good. Frankly I think the new Athlon64's always showing up at 2.4 or 2.6 with a little extra cache or extra core or combination thereof is getting a little long on the tooth. They need to innovate the chip, add 2MB cache/core, pump it up to 3.2 or 3.4Ghz add some more instructions and shrink the die. Add some real upgrades.

That aside, I completely agree, with satisfaction and perception of speed of your system. My chip is still an AthlonXP barton with only 512cache I have clocked @ 2.4 which is roughly 3.4Ghz Intel single core. I see anyone having an Intel 3.2 or similar speed with a good video is going to be pretty satisfied with what they have. I can still run my games full native lcd resolutions max settings, burn my DVD's at around 5:45, go online and cruise around 360kb/s w/cable modem no problem. A great deal of these things I enjoy don't rely on my CPU for sheer performance....at all.

 

[Propain666]

I wont be waiting. Im sure the conroe will be an awesome cpu but at what cost?

When it releases im sure the Conroe will be $1200-$1500 easy. The Extreme will probably be even more. So your really looking at 12 months unless you want to pay top dollar when this bad boy launches.



Also, when people say the results are biased I AGREE. An example would be letting a seasoned boxer beat the crap out of a rookie and then calling the seasoned boxer the champ. I dont know if biased would be a fair term for it, but definetly unfair would work for me.

Lets see some side by side tests with the AM2 and we will have a clearer picture. Im sure AMD will close that gap a bit but in the end might fall short of the amazing performance of the conroe.


In 6 months price will probably be the factor with these 2 CPU's.

Conroe Extreme: $1700
AM2 Extreme: $1200-$1400

With probably the Conroe being the better performer by maybe 10%.

We shall see and this news to me means "Let the good times roll" Without AMD or Intel the technology would just stagnate. Each company needs the other just as much. So chill out Intel Fanboys

 

[xSunnYx]

Anser : NO

Why would it change my buying plans? Like AS IF i am gonna wait my ass for 6 months >.<

I just bought a Opty 170 + ASUS A8R32-MVP.. (Opty ill be in tomorrow).. I'll probably be fine with it for the next 6 months :roll:

 

[RichPLS]

I predict Conroes pricing to be similar to pricing of past few years, they will take the top spots, and the older ones will drop as the ones before them have...

 

[enewmen]

RichPLS
Thanks for the note and the link to real benchmarks!
Nice to see all the hype starting to gel.

 

[Heyyou27]

Not at all.

 

[sylvez]

that is exactly what intel is trying to get you to do

 

[hergieburbur]

I still plan on buying a Dual core opteron same as I did last week. Don't need a new mother board or new memory for that. Nuff said.

 

[ivoryjohn]

No. My wife has explained to me that I have no buying plans.

I will, however, need to invest in therapy for my Opteron 165. It is feeling inadequate now. :roll:

 

[enewmen]

that is exactly what intel is trying to get you to do

Not really. I am just happy to see any hype gel.

I am currently looking to buy new everything system this year, so I am trying to get as much real info as I can.

 

[Guest]

Answered that in one of the countless thread all ending up having the same argument!

I think ocotber/november will be a really good time too buy a computer, no matter wich brand you'll choose.

My P4C served me well for almost 3 years, it still clock at 3.5 on aire easily w00t.