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Old 10-13-2006, 05:39 AM
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I wish that was the case as I'm an AMD fan. Compare benchmarks between an AMD 4200 (AM2) and a Conroe E6300 and I'm sure you'll find the Conroe always wins.

tomshardware.com has a good CPU comparison chart but is missing the E6300.
I despise Toms Hardware...

Occasionally they have good reviews, but it is widely known that they bias their reviews based on their sponsors.
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Old 10-13-2006, 12:55 PM
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Ive actually never looked there... but Ive read reviews from other sources... I know the core 2 is better than amd for now, but Im still an amd fan... and compared to my last computer this thing kicks complete arse!
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Old 10-18-2006, 11:11 AM
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Well everything going great.. except for the ram I ordered had to be rma'd because of one dead stick.. but thats all fine now, I have the replacement.. other than that I havent run into any problems yet Buuuuuuuuuttttttt, I havent put my copy of 64bit Windows Vista RC1 on it yet... I was waiting until I had everything running right. Cant wait to see it! Ive been using it in school a little, actually helped one of my teachers install it and get it running It looks so awesome!
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Old 10-18-2006, 11:29 AM
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I've been hearing a bit of negative news regarding Vista as of late

- licensing issues
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Old 10-20-2006, 11:42 PM
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Yea, for now Ive decided to stick with xp pro... vista has issues with dual booting... and i wanted to have xp as well... so we'll see.. they'll release a better copy eventually...
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Hopefully their "4x4" will do just that.
Both Intel and AMD have their release dates for Quad-Core processors around the same time in 2nd quarter of 2007 and Intel has decided to go with their conroe platform and AMD haven't released any of their ideas for their Quad-Core. But 2007 would be really a neck to neck competition for these two processor gaints. But Intel is really making its comeback with its conroe platform (at last good bye to their lazy netburst processors) . The Conroe X6800 kicks out any processor thrown against it and overclocks to 25% without loosing the system stability. I am running one of our lab systems with X6800 processor overclocked to 15% and that system is freaking fast for our memory intensive image processing/grabbing/waveform generating applications and runs at relatively low temps (39C - 42C) with just stock cooler.

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Both Intel and AMD have their release dates for Quad-Core processors around the same time in 2nd quarter of 2007......

i WAS waiting for Vista to come out before i got a new computer, but this may mean more waiting....... <grumble grumble>
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Both Intel and AMD have their release dates for Quad-Core processors around the same time in 2nd quarter of 2007 and Intel has decided to go with their conroe platform and AMD haven't released any of their ideas for their Quad-Core. But 2007 would be really a neck to neck competition for these two processor gaints. But Intel is really making its comeback with its conroe platform (at last good bye to their lazy netburst processors) . The Conroe X6800 kicks out any processor thrown against it and overclocks to 25% without loosing the system stability. I am running one of our lab systems with X6800 processor overclocked to 15% and that system is freaking fast for our memory intensive image processing/grabbing/waveform generating applications and runs at relatively low temps (39C - 42C) with just stock cooler.

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Old 10-23-2006, 11:27 AM
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IIIIIII can speak that language,
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Let me translate...imagine having a twin engine/twin supercharged SVX that can corner like no other!
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Let me translate...imagine having a twin engine/twin supercharged SVX that can corner like no other!

Ok, COOL!


And now I have to hide my "happiness" under my desk till the image fades.






This COULD take a while!
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Old 10-23-2006, 04:48 PM
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Ok, COOL!

And now I have to hide my "happiness" under my desk till the image fades.

This COULD take a while!

Thats funny stuff! lol I wish I had an SVX like that... not to mention a quad core computer (AMD)
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