$300 Intel Beats top AMD FX in Rendering

[RErender]

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...px?i=2795&p=11

[rpc212]

I'm assuming high score is better, right? I wish they would put these benchmarks in seconds because some random number is really meaningless to us all. How much better is 486 to 421? .5 of a second or what? Never the less, interesting.

[RErender]

Some more max numbers

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1988801,00.asp

http://firingsquad.com/hardware/inte...ance/page6.asp

http://www.sudhian.com/index.php?/articles/show/906/7

smokes the fx in MR by about 30%
http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q3.../index.x?pg=14

http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.aspx

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid...=expert&pid=11

[jujubee]

Yep. That's what people have been posting all over lately. Supposedly AMD is supposed to launch an up-coming counter-attack soon. In 2007, there is speculation that they will be rolling out quad-cores.

[RErender]

Intel should have quads about the same time

I cool thing heard about the x2's is that a chipset is coming too allow two to run together on one motherboard

edit: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1988736,00.asp

mmm, 2x x4 = 8x8


another cool thing about the intels is that for the first time in a long time they are unlocked and allow for oc'g

[Da_elf]

ummm. hello. boxx tech has been showcasing those systems for a little while now.

http://www.boxxtech.com/products/apexx4_Config_Intl.asp

not that pc magazine would know about that since if you do a search for hell, comcrap, and the others you will find them. but pc magazine will turn up nothing if you type boxx into a search. the people who usually read it are office people. not graphic people.

[RErender]

ummm. hello. boxx tech has been showcasing those systems for a little while now.

http://www.boxxtech.com/products/apexx4_Config_Intl.asp

not that pc magazine would know about that since if you do a search for hell, comcrap, and the others you will find them. but pc magazine will turn up nothing if you type boxx into a search. the people who usually read it are office people. not graphic people.

Umm, hello, these will cost somewhere around $2000

based on the x4's (or whatever they will call the quad equivilant of the x2's) they are not based on the expensive opteron 8 series.

[Da_elf]

i know. but like any boxx you can easily build your own for cheaper. im just pointing out the quad mobo's are not as new an item at pc magazine makes it out to be

[Da_elf]

oh. my bad. hehe. i had clicked on a link to pc magazine from another forum and i clicked on yours as well. his was showing the 4x mobos. yours is dealing with chips. i got the two mixed up.

[RErender]

mm, ok, anyways these will be dual socket boards which have been around even longer.

[muzzy]

It is better to wait and see. Those new intels are not 64 bit and those benchmark numbers will change after max 9 64 bit edition. I don't want to jump right away.

[teabag]

as far as i know conroe is 64 bit processor....

[RErender]

It is better to wait and see. Those new intels are not 64 bit and those benchmark numbers will change after max 9 64 bit edition. I don't want to jump right away.

The core duos (laptops) are not 64bit but the Conroes (core 2's) are and are the chips benchmarked above. They are said to have a better implementation of emt64 than previous intels.

[muzzy]

It is better to wait and see. Those new intels are not 64 bit and those benchmark numbers will change after max 9 64 bit edition. I don't want to jump right away.

The core duos (laptops) are not 64bit but the Conroes (core 2's) are and are the chips benchmarked above. They are said to have a better implementation of emt64 than previous intels.

Totally missed that, Thanks Rerender