AMD's Counter to Conroe!

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it's not my discovery! see for yourself!
http://www.overclock.net/news-overclockers/93436-amd-has-two-counters-conroe.html#post963555
of course, its another forum. reliable enough to me, some others may not think so :D
they leave an inquirer source...
but it sounds to me like AMD is going to pull ahead...
the way it sounds to me is that intel is making way too big of a deal out of this conroe core, and AMD is freaking out as well... trying to counter it. i think AMD will still be better for some things (obviously)
whatever this conroe ends up being, AMD will price their processors correctly... otherwise they won't sell.
i guess AMD will retain the performance per watt crown... but they wouldn't answer the question that asked when they'll have a new class architecture. this means... it could be SOON or it could be MUCH LATER! not good!! :( i don't like the suspense lol
 
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Still, the Core 2 Duo is going to be on top for quite some time before than new AMD chip is released, and they dont hav any benchmarks for it so you cant be sure that it will outperform the Core 2 Duo/Quad.
 
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either way its still fun to see this.. Intel vs. AMD...
this is going to be quite the showdown.
personally i prefer GPU's though... i mean i'm a gamer. lol
better CPU is always good for gaming but better GPU is always better than a better CPU for gaming. lol
 
wOOt AMD is working on a FX that is gona be better then the conroe... WOW! a $1,300 is better then a $600 one...
doesn't matter if they make something better then the conroe... they conroe's are dirt cheap... w.e. AMD does wont... even if it s better then conroe, you still won't be able to get it unless u have loads of money...
people were all cheering when the $1000+ FX-62 beat a $500 Intel Conroe in a couple benchmarks... wOOt for AMD
gosh
 
Check out this, a conroe smoking an FX60. Conroe is at 2.67GHz and FX60 is at 2.8GHz(overclocked to simulate an FX62). Conroe beats it on everything including FPS. ANd thats only a 2.67GHz, wait until the Conroe EE's :D

Conroe beating FX60
 
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coughamdfanboycough :P
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Thats a little hypocritical from you isn't it? :rolleyes:
It wasn't that long ago that every other post from you had some mention of Conroe :)

Either way, it seems that both intel and AMD are gonna be running architectures now that will have higher performance per clock cycle.

Personally im going with AMD again for my next upgrade (which wont be for a while yet) because i like what im reading about the K8L.
It would appear that AMD will be improving all of the areas that are known weaknesses in the current architecture plus they'll be dropping down to 65nM.

I believe their current stop-gap to persue a high-end gaming chip is a very highly clocked FX core solution. ive heard that it'll be clocked somewhere in the region of 3.2 GHz
 
yea... im not an AMD fanboy haha...
just tryin to keep people up to date on the AM2 conroe type battle...
im used to AMD...
but if intel makes something better, and i begin to need an upgrade, then i'll get an intel.
im more worried about GPU though... just ordered a 7900gtx :) decided the 74gb raptor was unnecessary. (not that the 7900gtx ISNT) haha
 
oh yea, double the memory, 1.6ghz vs 1ghz memory, 650mhz core vs 400mhz core (im talking default clocks) and 4 more pipelines and an extra vertex shader... can go wrong :)
wanna buy my 7800gt? lol PM me
 
I never got these "battles". As if I care what there flagship chip is performing at, it's not like I'll ever own one :rolleyes:

I go with AMD on almost every decision because there mid-range chips are the best bang for the buck, not very often does Intel offer a mediocre chip that is as cheap or can outperform AMD's "poor mans budget" line of chips lol.
 
Any estimate on motherboard pricing to support both? Who's are more expensive and by how much? I know both make some very high-priced boards, but do they both offer cheaper boards as well? That might tighten the gap a tad...
 
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Any estimate on motherboard pricing to support both? Who's are more expensive and by how much? I know both make some very high-priced boards, but do they both offer cheaper boards as well? That might tighten the gap a tad...
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well lets say FX has $100 boards and $1000 processor = $1100
lets say conroe is $500 + $250 board (i doubt that tho) = $750 and the FX is only compareable and conroe still beats it in MOST tests...people are just looking at those few tests that make the FX look better and saying "whew AMD made it" which really is major fanboyism... i like both companies, i respect that the AMD at this point isbetter then Intel and i have been a AMD fan but now i see Intel comming back with conroe, and i see that INtel is replacing the conroe earily 07 with the Kentsfield (2 dual-core conroes in one package making 4 cores), while AMD doesn't do it's first quad core till early 2008... (instead they are just doing a special dual-core FX which is gona be waayy more expensive then the Kentsfield seening as the Kentsfield are a replacement of the conroes)
 
Point is, you can get Conroe's for around $300-$600, where as the FX line is over $1000.
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yep, what more is there to say. Lesson over

as for the article, we the inquirer tend to lead there articles first, and retract errors later. As a result they tend to spin out junk a lot of the time, and this artcile had the feel and balance of a bull s* story. No real content, just shadows and dust, lets wait untill amd have something a little more tangible before we start discussing the successor to the popular k8
 
Point is, you can get Conroe's for around $300-$600, where as the FX line is over $1000.
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funny because i can't seem to get a conroe anywhere ;) haha
conroe will come in an extreme edition... just like athlon 64 comes in FX series... its that simple.
 
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