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leo2kp

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"So, in effect, you're saying that because I don't give a stuff how long it takes to encode a file (the files I handle at home are so small, my PB would probably be more than good enough) and I don't OC that I'm not an enthusiast?
My machine for me is pretty much all I need.
My PB is great for just picking up and using and my PC (when she works again :() is mega for crysis and big photoshop files and stuff like that."



Nope, it just means don't knock the way another cat swings, that's all. Some enthusiasts care, some don't :-/ I don't care if you don't care, but I care that you care what I care about ^.^
 
The only gaming benchmark that the Phenom beats the Athlon 6000+ in is Supreme Commander, a high multi-threaded game.

Tom's did not include Crysis, but I would imagine that Phenom would do better in that one too because it is multi-threaded.


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Fair enough, and I respect OCers because I'm too scared to do it!! :lol: ;)


Well thank you squire, I sip my hat to you :)
I was thinking exactly the same, the 6000+ isn't a bad chip and a Phenom would be an unwise up(down)grade at the moment.
See how B3 performs.
 

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TC provided the facts and the OP goes running for the hills. None of those charts take into account the overclocking headroom the Intel CPUs have... once that's taken into consideration, the gap between the 6600 and the top-clocked Phenom becomes even greater. Like TC said... this is a forum dedicated to enthusiasts and (generally speaking) we want to best bang for the buck possible... and the numbers don't lie... a Phenom isn't that processor. Is it fast enough for most tasks? You bet your ass it is... is that good enough for most people here? No.
 

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Sorry, I think these are benchmarks designed for Macs. :kaola:
 

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If you can't tell the difference, then maybe you made the wrong purchase.
If you don't care about heavy CPU crunching on apps that scale beyond 2 CPUs, then you
For just over $70 you can grab a E2140, Clock it to over 3.0Ghz.

The Phenom can't clock as high as the X2 Chips and therefore will be trounced pretty hard by those chips on applications that don't use 4 cores. Which is the most. So for most people in most cases the Phenom will be slower and cost lots more.

The Q6600 G0 can clock to 3.6Ghz w/o too much problems with the Dual C2D chips only getting slightly faster.
As a result it is only marginally slower (Instead of much) in some cases while much faster in others.

Still you need to make the choice for Dual vs Quad. The E8400 is a better choice for some.
Heck, the E8400 which can be grabbed for about $200 will clock to about 4.2-4.5 Ghz.
It is also about 20% faster clock for clock than the Phenom. which puts it relatively at over 5.0Ghz.
More than twice the Speed of a Phenom.
In this case, it would beat a phenom in ALL tasks.

There is just no point to a phenom.
It's a failure.
 

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I'm not going to get annoyed by that comment....
But explain it...
Where did I go "running for the hills", I provided my personal experience of several machines, subjectively and not objectively as benchmarks and the varying stats of CPU's are.
I admitted I was wrong and commended TC for his useful information and structured argument.
Perhaps you can point out where I went wrong?

Oh and macs aren't so bad ;)
I bought my first a few weeks ago and it is fantastic! :)
 

LukeBird

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Right, I didn't purchase the QX6850 based machine. I made a business case for what I wanted and it was paid for (within reason I could have had anything) the only change I would have made would be Quadro graphics card, but they are a little pricey! :D
I said I could tell the difference between the QX & my 6000+, but they are vastly different CPU's.
I was comparing a 9600 & Q6600.
On this, you'll have to try and look from my perspective, yes, I absolutely realise the Q6600 is faster, better thermally efficient, better OCer, but I don't OC so I don't care about that, I had originally argued that I believed that the difference wasn't so great between a Phenom & 6600, TC pointed out to me that it was, and I conceded that he was in fact correct.
I was only pointing out there is much talk of benchmarks, but for most people, they are not even vaguely close to important.
I use various machines for very different jobs and they all do a fine job and are great for what I need.
 

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What is interesting however...

Xvid:
2.3GHz Athlon X2 - 193 s.
2.3GHz Phenom - 155 s.

2.4 GHz E6600 - 137 s.
2.4 GHz Q6600 - 129 s.

Either K10's core is that much more efficient than K8. Or it scales better to 4 cores than Core. Thinking it's a combination. So much potential, but so little results.
 

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Although LukeBird may not be an enthusiast in the same manner as some of us...there's no reason to go and try to bash the guy.

He asked for an objective answer to a subjective perspective. Give him a break.

Btw, without OC'ing there isn't a huge difference that a user such as him would see. Let it go...

Btw, good job at answering without going down the same road as some of these other kids TC *good game*


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I believe we talked about that in another thread BS.

Many people seem to think there's an issue with the processor not being in sync with itself and ruining much of it's potential.
 

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I liken Phenom to Bush.
We love to hate it.
We are disappointed on important benchmarks.
It's not disappointing at everything. (If we are honest)
It'll blow away anything made in France ... :sol:
(Except that French author that writes for thg. That's good stuff)
 

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it's like a dual dual Opteron, with 4x 512K cache instead
of 4 x 1 MB like if i had a dual 275.

with the motherboard, Asus M2N32 for example, the
combination is about $400.

that's a great CPU. in 2006 we would have paid a lot more.
and salivated.

but the Q6600 is a fantastic CPU. $450 with a decent
motherboard.

i would compare the Phenom to the Datsun 240Z original.
except for the fact that one is brand new and the other
is 34 years old, and that one is a CPU and the other is
a car.

overlooking these minor differences, even if you can
go faster in a Porsche, the original 240Z has neck-snapping
whip-cracking acceleration, and is fun to drive.

maybe we should run this by Click and Clack, the Car Guys.
 

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And therein lies the mystery. You say most people will never find it. In the posts Ive read at other forums with retail owners deliberately trying to replicate the TLB bug (havent checked in a week) not a single one has been able to conclusively duplicate it. In the single possible replication, the guy was unable to conclusively prove the failure was or wasnt the TLB bug, and in that case, he actually had the TLB bug fix in place. The one instance Ive seen (still cant find the link) where someone claimed an actual TLB failure was on an ES at the Tahoe media circus, by the french hardware site En Numerique...and that could have been a mis-interpretation of a different failure mode.

So if the bug isnt going to rear its little head, as the evidence we've seen seems to indicate and many people (now including myself)are inclined to beleive, then why pull the 9700? Of course, the bug supposedly wont occur at or below 2.3GHz, but the guys who have been testing have been OCing their procs up to 2.77GHz. So that seems to rule out a 2.3GHz TLB limit, which would indicate the 9700s would have been fine. But it doesnt answer the question.

So, again, why pull the 9700? I still cant help but feel that there is something more going on that AMD isnt talking about. With more retail owner experiances surfacing, it seems as if the TLB bug is really a non issue, and no reason for stop ships or product delays. But since AMD did these things, either the problem must be worse than we are seeing, or there is something else going on. Some people have suggested that AMD over reacted, and while that certainly is possible, I really dont think AMD knee jerked this. They desperately needed the 9700s and high end barcy's shipping, and as such, I just cant see them freezing shipments for a minor problem. Its conjecture, but if TLB isnt an issue, and AMD didnt over react, then there must be another problem. A mystery.
 

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Why thank you :)
I was just trying to look at a different side of the argument, I am very much a gamer and enthusiast, but I don't overclock - I have no desire to, I know how to do it, but I would sooner buy an end product where I want it to be. i.e. I'd buy the 6000+ again instead of OCing a 5000+ BE.
I guess because of my experience with a multitude of different systems (not just what I compared above) I was interested to see how arguments can come about over benchmark scores that are pretty close.
I've had my system bench to 10550, (not as it is in my sig though) but as I have nothing to compare back to, it means nothing to me! :)
I guess I'd sooner keep my components stock than chase a few more fps here and there if everything is playable anyway.

 
I do believe ppl know the Phenom is a little better then an X2 at the SAME speed. But that's where the problem is. With the 6000+ and 6400+, that's FASTER then the phenom cpus (no phenom is clocked that high). That's just sad when you can't even beat yourself!!
Now with programs that actually take advantage of quad cpus, it will run faster, but not many programs like that. Hell, there's still alot of programming still designed to run on SINGLE cpus. And with the Intel OLD q6600 stomping the phenom, it's not excactly the fanboy result ppl were looking for.
The only thing that would change it for me is if the phenom can actually BEAT an amd cpu (6400+) AND beat at least the q6600, AND my motherboard actually released a bios for an upgrade, would i consider the phenom cpu.
 

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Turpit.

I agree with your mystery theory.

However, to continue the conjecture, there is no way that AMD could have tested the CPU on a large enough scale to determine the true % of instances that the TLB bug would have shown up. Imagine the bad press if AMD has release the procs, knowing full well that the bug exsisted, but still sold the CPU while sweeping the issue under the rug. With AMDs luck, had they launched, and not said anything, 50% of the CPUs would have failed, and AMD would have a huge problem on their hands.

Again, just conjecting your conjecture.
 

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Not only a valid point, but in and of itself, part of the mystery. How much did they test it?
 

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My wife has 2 macs. It's a school teacher thing.

She makes me fix them. (Sometimes she can't get something deleted... so I have to go in using xterm and manually whack them.)

The OS isn't bad. It IS loosely based on FreeBSD, which is MY operating system of choice.

The hardware... eh.. blech. They switched from a superior CPU platform to an inferior CPU platform.
 

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With all due respect to all you benchmarking fools........"WHO CARES" It is all relative and that is that end of story.

How many times have I benchmarked my system....................zero...........

It does what I want it to do and I am happy with it and that is all that counts.
 

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I shall start with, why thank you Turpit! ;)

It's great for what I need, powerful, small, fantastic battery life and leaves my PC for the more fun stuff and bigger number-crunching! :) I shall not apologise for it.... :kaola: ;)
And keithlm, you're absolutely right with the inferior stuff....
As you can see from my sig I have a PB 12" 1.5Ghz, it's great and performance is way beyond what you'd expect of an old 1.5 single-core. I was always surprised they didn't cuddle up with AMD, as Intel is always seen as the leading manufacturer of "Windows" PC's in the non-technically minded people.
But heyho, I shall not be changing my PB for anything in the foreseeable future!
Just wish my gaming rig worked so I could have a go on crysis, it's been bust for nearly 2 months :(
 

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It's ok that you dont benchmark your system, no problem.

But bashing those that do benchmark is simply ignorant.

Take for example, the automotive world. For some a stock honda civic might be ok, and they dont care what the horsepower is because it "gets the job done."

But not everyone is content with a stock Honda Civic. Some add suspension and engine mods, then run it on the dyno to see what their horsepower is.

Heck, the are some "people" that squeeze 1000hp per cylinder from V8, and spend millions of dollars to race it 1/4 mile for just a few seconds.

These people are called "enthusiasts."

But calling them "fools" or commenting "who cares"..you simply wont win the arguement.
 

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