Originally posted by: aigomorla
Originally posted by: SickBeast
There's nothing wrong with people saying that the Phenom 2 can compete with the i7 chips at a higher clockspeed. If the P2 can run at a higher clock, then great. It's not AMD's fault if the i7 can't hit 3.8ghz, and loses to a highly clocked P2 as a result.
Are you saying that you would complain if your $200 Phenom 2 could beat a $450 i7 after a simple overclock? I wouldn't.
no but a i7 after a simple overclock would wipe the floor on the PHII
this is what were trying to get at.
Can we just accept it? I7 is the TOP, there is no guy looking to tip the ladder on intel.
How come you guys just cant understand that?
There is no i7 comparision. Its like the cayotee vs road runner. No matter how far the cayotee thinks he is, the road runner is BEEP BEEP ahead.
PHII was after yorkfield. NOT BLOOMFIELD.
And GAINESTOWN.... oh boy... what do you think AMD has in prep of a 16 thread 8 core monster that out produces Intels current 16core Harpertown packages?
^ sorry.... AMD lost this one and not by a small margin either.
If you have a current AM2+ setup, then yes this chip will rock your world. Its a nice chip, and it will take you to where the yorkfield people have been dancing on.
If your looking to get this chip because you thought it was the fastest, umm... maybe next decade you'll get lucky with amd.
my friends who reviewed the chip even said in a non bais tone, its nice for the AM2+ people.
For us XS people, get an i7.