X2 5000+ or E6600?

[49ers540]

When we take average of all benchmarks 5000+ can fight neck to neck with E6600.

The 5000+ can compete with and will be beaten by the E6400. It will be beaten further if both are overclocked to the max. The E6400 is less expencive than the 5000+ and the DDR2-800 CL3 required by the sAM2 K8 is much more expencive than the DDR2-667 CL5 required by C2D. The C2D system is faster and better value for the money.
About compatibility, don't forget that the quadcore C2D-Kentsfield and the 45nm derivates of both will be compatible with Conroe mainboards.


You sound like some desperate psycho who has 3 days to sell a million Core 2s.

You wll not change anyone's mind about their purchase. Be happy that they have what they want.

Thereis NO VISIBLE difference between 105fps and 120fps. If you sit around burning DVDs onto your PC you're an idiot - unless your LCD si bigger than your TV.

If you sit at home beating off to SuperPi scores, then you're worse offthan I thought.

Even Tom says ALL CHIPS EXCEPT FX62 has met the price/performance of Intel.
There are at least 23 mobos on newegg for AM2 UNDER $100. At least 10 are under $75.


Only 4 are over $150. There are 38 total


The Core 2 selection is 7. all of them are over $100. So in order for Intel to reach the same price they have to drop their prices so mobos won't break the bank.

Did I mention that nearly ALL OF the AM2 mobos were SLI or CrossFire? AMD now wins at price/perf for the most part.

good SLI AM2 mobo - $100
AM2 5000+ - ~$350


good Core 2 SLI mobo - $249
Core 2 6600 - ~$325


As you can see, you save money going with AM2. It will be that way until mobos start to drop in price.


So you're precious Core 2 is NOT THE price/perf leader anymore. Anands latest tests show 6600 and 5000+ NECK and NECK with a $125 cheaper mobo/CPU price in favor of the CPU. Everything else is the same and for those with problems that will more than pay for CAS 4 800. So there.

To the OP:
Dude get the chip you want no matter which one it is.

You get what you pay for!

 

[Action_Man]

65 nm will be good to AMD, their die size will be the same as Yonah for dual core when it roles out. This is the drive to 65 nm and the need for them to get it going sooner rather than later.

Pffft, BM says they don't need 65nm so they don't.

 

[zornundo]

Hold on, paying over $300 for an E6600 is now considered mainstream? WTF? What a perceptual shift. Granted, C2D is a beast, but still.

 

[ethernalite]

Hold on, paying over $300 for an E6600 is now considered mainstream? WTF? What a perceptual shift. Granted, C2D is a beast, but still.

I would think so. Mainstream is probably around $750-1500 for a complete system. And a $300 processor in a compete system for $1500 isn't all that strange.

Remember, almost every X2 processor was $300+ dollars a month ago. Are you saying every X2 processor was high end?

 

[cyborg_ninja-117]

Hold on, paying over $300 for an E6600 is now considered mainstream? WTF? What a perceptual shift. Granted, C2D is a beast, but still.

I would think so. Mainstream is probably around $750-1500 for a complete system. And a $300 processor in a compete system for $1500 isn't all that strange.

Remember, almost every X2 processor was $300+ dollars a month ago. Are you saying every X2 processor was high end?

AMD got pwned by extremetech.com