4 cores in 1,Conroe E6600 8Mb Cache,Kentsfield result@MSI 975X

[hmekk]

ok i love all those pics
but where are benchmarks ?
i cant see no 3d marks or superpi-s on aquastuff

[p360stick]

I want one

[dinos22]

i'd like to know more about virtualization technology

[BulldogPO]

Wow, I want one also...

[savantu]

i'd like to know more about virtualization technology

Everything you need ( pdfs ) here :

http://www.intel.com/technology/computing/vptech/

[BlackX]

Wow, I want one also...

I want two so what?..

[Kinshou Kuma]

get conroe or wait and get kentsfield

[BulldogPO]

Going to get Allendale then wait and get Kentsfield.

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

ha... I'll wait till kentsfield and AMD's revision and quad core come out AND all the bugs are ironed out. Waddya think..? Q4 2007?

Ryan

[grimREEFER]

The latest NVIDIA design has apparently only just taped out, it'll be a few months until we see any solid results methinks

i thought the g80 would be in stores before kentsfield though lol

[mastachecka]

I think you'll need a Quad SLI System for this CPU. Or the graphiccards will limit in 3d-benches - a little bit

[PGHammer]

This is a friendly forum, we never want to kill anyone. Sometimes one may want to do this: but that's all.

Sorry for the OT but couldn't resist.

Actually, the Kentsfield is two Conroes (Core 2 Duo) in the same LGA775 package (Core 2 Quad). For this reason, it is utterly pin *and* socket-compatible with Core 2 Duo. If the board can take Core 2 Duo, it can take Core 2 Quad, and without modification. It is for *precisely* this reason that I am hoping that more encoding apps (especially video) become multicore-ready. It also puts a sizable spanner in the AM3 works because it requires literally no other upgrades from Core 2 Duo platforms (remember, AM3 is *not* pin or socket-compatible with AM2), whereas Kentsfield can be a drop-in upgrade from Core 2 Duo.

"Steal not a single link of chain more than you can swim with." - Chinese proverb

Because Core 2 Quad will (barring problems) launch less than six months after Core 2 Duo, AMD appears to be well into the drowning phase of chain-theft.

[Mikesnav]

I just read an article saying AM3 CPUs can be dropped into AM2 sockets

here it is
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3169

[ExcelsiusXS]

Who is Coolaler. Is he a computer distributer or something? I am interested to know why he has access to Kentsfield+MSI and the rest of us do not. Is it because he overpaid for the CPU? Is it through piracy in his country?

[berk]

^^what?
I think he's a top tier in the distro business.

[Mako88]

Is it because he overpaid for the CPU? Is it through piracy in his country?

Jackass post of the day. Winner.

[ewitte]

Jackass post of the day. Winner.

I'd be really happy if one could pirate hardware... just download it off the net

[Mako88]

I'd be really happy if one could pirate hardware... just download it off the net

lol

I remember a few years back a few scientists waxing on about how within the next 50 years we'll have refridgerator-sized appliances in our homes that actually manufacture items that we purchase online on the fly similarly to how an inkjet printer "manufactures" an image...

[Natalia]

Ok, I need to ask a potentially very dumb question..... strickly for the use of games, will this Kentsfield be much better than these E6700's?

[Thorburn]

Ok, I need to ask a potentially very dumb question..... strickly for the use of games, will this Kentsfield be much better than these E6700's?

If the game is multithreaded to such an extent that it can utilise 3 or 4 cores effectively then the performance gains could THEORETICALLY be double, although in all probability more like 3-3.5x on a clock for clock basis. If a game doesn't then it'll perform the same, maybe marginally better if the OS is busy in the background.

[uOpt]

I'd be really happy if one could pirate hardware... just download it off the net

Yeah, he did get out his James Bond silicon copy toolkit and made a copy of the die

[Mako88]

Ok, I need to ask a potentially very dumb question..... strickly for the use of games, will this Kentsfield be much better than these E6700's?

No.

At the resolutions most of us play at (1280x1024x4AAx16AF+), the video card will always be the limiting factor no matter if the CPU is multi-threaded or not.

At the resolution I play at (1920x1200x2AAx16AF), it wouldn't matter if you dropped a 32-core CPU in the system...the video card is maxed out and that's that.

[lopri]

This board is (when it comes out) my first choice for Conroe so far.

Edit: It's my 100th post, just realized.

[Lestat]

No.

At the resolutions most of us play at (1280x1024x4AAx16AF+), the video card will always be the limiting factor no matter if the CPU is multi-threaded or not.

At the resolution I play at (1920x1200x2AAx16AF), it wouldn't matter if you dropped a 32-core CPU in the system...the video card is maxed out and that's that.

you obviously have not seen what happens when you game with a Conroe or Kentsfield have you ?

you wouldnt be saying that if you had.

[Mako88]

you obviously have not seen what happens when you game with a Conroe or Kentsfield have you ?

you wouldnt be saying that if you had.

Stick to bashing ASUS Lestat. You're more effective in that role.