Phenom II X2 555 Vs. Pentium G6950: The Rematch

[justchuck69]

Aha! Yes, I read it before and it did not stick my mind because those are not ordinary pro-overclockers. They are reviewers who push the parts to the limit to see how well it will hold up. These guys do it for a living, man. They won't mind busting a CPU or two just to have a good article. The consumer overclocker will not push it as hard.

But the point is overclocking is not as bad as you make it sound.

ok your better than the peeps who write for tom's

sorry i did understand!

but i was referring to the fact that they ( as reviewers) have way more experience at overclocking than most ( excluding you of coarse ) of us that read this article hence the reference of " pro" and "noob" ( short for newbie)

thanks for correcting me

 

[randomkid]

I feel a hint of sarcasm there... but you are welcome.

And I don't pretend to be better than everyone here. I did not even OC my CPU to the extreme as they do but I know how to overclock and it has been safe and beneficial for me.

I just want to point out that you should not go around telling people in the forum to "just SKIP IT" based on a single instance in an article that you take out of context.

 

[Guest]

"something an entry-level customer can whet his or her feet with"

please learn to speak english. it is either "whet his appetite" or "wet her feet", but never never ever has it been what you used. it's got a grinning idiot look to it.

 

[justchuck69]

oh the randomkid says i'm not allowed to voice my opinion but where i live it's a free country

aww "just SKIP IT"

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A few months ago, we compared the Phenom II X2 555 to Intel's Pentium G6950 in both stock and overclocked form. When the dust settled, the results were inconclusive after we enthusiastically over-volted the Pentium CPU past its limits and into oblivion.
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either they fried it or they did not !!

 

[randomkid]

oh the randomkid says i'm not allowed to voice my opinion but where i live it's a free country

aww "just SKIP IT"

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A few months ago, we compared the Phenom II X2 555 to Intel's Pentium G6950 in both stock and overclocked form. When the dust settled, the results were inconclusive after we enthusiastically over-volted the Pentium CPU past its limits and into oblivion.
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either they fried it or they did not !!

I tell you not to go around saying "just SKIP it" for your own sake. If you want to voice your opinion, fine... but don't expect people will take you seriously for it.

 

[jeff77789]

those numbers for the Phenom IIx2 555 look really similar to the 955 (i have that processor and had overclocked it to 3.7ghz ~kinda~stable~ lol) i would have really liked tomshardware to compare the unlocked 555 overclocked & stock vs. the 955 overclocked & stock

 

[jeff77789]

[citation][nom]TA152H[/nom]In a very big sense, this a comparison between apples and oranges. They picked them based on price, which makes sense in one context, but they are for completely different markets.The Pentium G6950 is a great processor for a huge market, the type that goes into Walmart to buy a computer, and finds this meets their needs easily. The brain-damaged, crippled LGA1156 platform suddenly becomes cost-effective, and very power efficient in this context, because the limitations don't matter, but the price and power use do. Intel made excellent trade-offs for this market, not only with the processor, but with platform.The Phenom II x2 255 is a hobbyist part, with unlocked multiplier and a broad array of platform choices that make it much better suited for most of the readers here. In this market, the limitations of the LGA1156 matter more, and, to me, AMD has a clear advantage here. I think AMD actively pursues the low-end hobbyist market, and Intel does not. Intel really goes after the high-end well though, and the Walmart market is very well served by these wonderful processors like the Pentium G6950. Especially with the integrated GPU, I'd have no problems recommending this to a lot of people. I don't understand Intel all the time though. Why would they release the G6950 into retail? I don't think it makes sense here, and should be an OEM only part. Also, why the i7 870???? Why would you try to sell a high end processor, on a compromised platform? Why would someone want this instead of the i7 960, which costs the same (given the motherboard will cost more, but it's a small percentage of the overall cost). They have a lot of overlap, with high-end Clarkdale processors and the i5 750, as well as the i7 860/870 and i7 930/960.Intel has some nice stuff out there, but, their product segmentation seems a lot less clear than I can ever remember. They used to be so careful about this. I wonder what changed.[/citation]

yea i get really confused about if a overclocked i5 processor is better than some i7's and whats with the i7 870...costs lyk $500 but still on the 1156 platform. also benchmarks are the only things that are telling us which one is really good and which one is bad. i5's overclocked are lyk 920's sometimes... and this processor in this review chances are that nobody building a system is going to want this crap processor in their system.

 

[cleeve]

[citation][nom]Anonymous[/nom]never never ever has it been what you used. it's got a grinning idiot look to it.[/citation]

Not quite correct, my friend. It has now been used at least once.