POLL: Are you going to kick your old system to the curb when Conroe ships?

[Cooler]

I have bad habit of keeping my old comps i still have an 8080 in my back room.

 

[Link]

Absolute0,
what kind of watercooling system do you have?

 

[nycdude]

Depends on how cheap all the components are (MB, RAM) and unfortunately for me, the vid card also.

also is the price/performance ratio worth it.

 

[Keysplayr]

I just sold off my desktop parts in anticipation of upgrading. Looks like Conroe is going to be it for me. So, not really kicking anything to the curb.

 

[iRONic]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
For those of you who previously owned Intel and went amd (or were always an amd user) have you already decided to change platforms?

You know what Im going to do, what about you?

Hells yeah!! I'm throwing this POS FX60 in a dumpster.

 

[Zim]

As a general rule, I do not consider upgrading unless I can double my cpu performance, and I don't see Conroe doing that for me anytime soon. The jury is still out on Conroe performance. I'm not an AMD fanboy and will always go for the best value, but some of the results I'm seeing are less than exciting when compared to dual core AMDs such as my oc'd Opty 165. Also, the lack of native 64-bit support is of concern. Not a big deal right now, but in a year or two's time it could be.

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: Zim
As a general rule, I do not consider upgrading unless I can double my cpu performance, and I don't see Conroe doing that for me anytime soon as jury is still out on Conroe performance. Some of the results I'm seeing are less than exciting when compared to dual core AMDs such as my oc'd Opty 165. Also, the lack of native 64-bit support is of concern. Not a big deal right now, but in a year or two's time it could be.

Umm, where did you come up with the lack of 64bit support? Conroe/Merom/Woodcrest all have 64bit....

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: iRONic

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
For those of you who previously owned Intel and went amd (or were always an amd user) have you already decided to change platforms?

You know what Im going to do, what about you?

Hells yeah!! I'm throwing this POS FX60 in a dumpster.

I :heart: that PSP "hells yeah" commercial featuring the two squirrels. Check it out on google video.

ps. Let me know which dumpster you pick.

 

[iRONic]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

ps. Let me know which dumpster you pick.

It's the big green one labeled "AMD."

 

[OvErHeAtInG]

Originally posted by: Zim
As a general rule, I do not consider upgrading unless I can double my cpu performance, and I don't see Conroe doing that for me anytime soon. ...

:thumbsup:

 

[Viditor]

Nope...I'm waiting for K8L!

 

[Faikius]

Since I'm already running Intel, I'm planning to upgrade to Conroe. Shouldn't be that big of a deal, just a CPU + MB swap. Will keep the rest of my system as is.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Faikius
Since I'm already running Intel, I'm planning to upgrade to Conroe. Shouldn't be that big of a deal, just a CPU + MB swap. Will keep the rest of my system as is.

You currently use DDR2, but what speed is it? You may consider faster mem in your upgrade price as well. Dunno.

 

[xtreme26]

Right now i have a p4 northwood system. i was planning to build a s939 system, but might as well build a "next gen" system with conroe, dx10 video card, ms vista etc. so i'm going to probably build this next gen system around the end of the year

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: Markfw900

Originally posted by: Avalon

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: Avalon
Please don't post stuff like this.

Why?

Because I can see where this is going, and I asked nicely?

Where is this going ? Felix is just expressing himeself like some people do. Have you PM'ed a mod on it ? You should if you feel that way, right ? Isn't that what you do when you don't like what somebody says Avalon ?

I don't know, you tell me where it probably would have went?
I don't understand what your problem is, Mark. I haven't done anything to you, and I certainly don't go running to mods everytime someone makes a post, so please don't even bother trying to insult me by saying that. The one time I report a thread regarding the general behavior in it and you getting a vacation for a week is not my fault, it was yours.

 

[Munky]

Yes, I'm going to waste my money on a sidegrade to Conroe because it will supposedly give me bigger gains in gaming performance than an upgrade to the r600. No, wait, actually it wont... I guess I'll be keeping my opty165 for a while longer then.

 

[stelleg151]

<< Waiting for 4 cores

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: munky
Yes, I'm going to waste my money on a sidegrade to Conroe because it will supposedly give me bigger gains in gaming performance than an upgrade to the r600. No, wait, actually it wont... I guess I'll be keeping my opty165 for a while longer then.

Marked for future reference.

 

[zephyrprime]

If only I had the $$$

 

[Canterwood]

Conroe can wait, cos I ain't changing my cpu, mobo and memory anytime soon.

I'll be sticking with my Opty 170 well into 2007.

 

[f1y]

I'm happy with my Socket 478

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: Absolute0

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles

Originally posted by: Absolute0
4 GHz probably not, i'm banking that 3.5+ Ghz won't be too hard to get on air cooling though

Rather optimistic considering the 2.66GHz stock highend. Getting merely to 3GHz would be amazing enough if the previews aren't too good to be true. Although I'd be happy to hit 2.66 with Intel's cheapest Conroe solution.

That being said I definitely would not kick anything to the curb, I'd put it to good use.

Actually the highest clocked version is the 3.33 Ghz Extreme Edition Conroe, and there is a 2.93 Ghz model as well.

News straight from Intel? These will be available right away? What about all the speeds in-between 2.66 and 2.93? You're just posting speculations and rumors. So far all the roadmaps I've seen still show the EE specs to be in question (the AT preview speculated 3.0GHz, not 3.33GHz), and even the 2.93GHz part to be released maybe Q4. What, yields aren't good enough to hammer all the nails on AMD's coffin? If the 2.66GHz can trounce a 2.8GHz FX60 across the board, why not show off their's at 3.5GHz if it?s going to be so easy to do it on air? ? they certainly allowed the FX to be overclocked to a speed that isn?t ?too hard to get on air cooling.? Why not bump up their entire line by 200MHz?

No, I?ll remain realistic about the situation, but hopefully your optimism is true, I?d love a 3.5GHz Conroe on air, but I?m not going to get my hopes up for much more than 3GHz, and like I said before, I?d be happy with 2.66GHz if the previews aren?t too good to be true.

Hopefully you are right.

 

[degeester]

I will likely go to Conroe. If performance holds true and Conroe is cheaper than equivalent AMD, it's a no brainer. Price comparison with AMD & Intel Citing Anandtech's DailyTech

 

[Zim]

Originally posted by: stevty2889

Originally posted by: Zim
As a general rule, I do not consider upgrading unless I can double my cpu performance, and I don't see Conroe doing that for me anytime soon as jury is still out on Conroe performance. Some of the results I'm seeing are less than exciting when compared to dual core AMDs such as my oc'd Opty 165. Also, the lack of native 64-bit support is of concern. Not a big deal right now, but in a year or two's time it could be.

Umm, where did you come up with the lack of 64bit support? Conroe/Merom/Woodcrest all have 64bit....

I said *native* support. I could be wrong, but doesn't Conroe have just EMT64 which isn't true 64-bit processing.

 

[Markfw]

Originally posted by: degeester
I will likely go to Conroe. If performance holds true and Conroe is cheaper than equivalent AMD, it's a no brainer. Price comparison with AMD & Intel

First, prices may not really be that for Conroe, we will see when it all happens. Second, platform cost, as in motherboard could also be a lot more for Intel. And lastly, without final shipping hardware, and multiple site doing reviews, all these previews don't make me feel comfortable.

BUT: If the prices are close, the benchmarks are close and the platform is not more than $50 difference, I might get one also. Thats a LOT of ASSumptions.