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[connorss]

The new core i7 980x is fail. like c'mon who's gona pay 999$ for a cpu while amd has a cpu that is around as good for 200$.

Edited by connorss, 16 March 2010 - 08:33 PM.

[Pargy]

....it has 6 cores

[connorss]

yeah i know but who actually needs 6 core's.some of my friends who game dotn even need 2 and they get good preformance

[Quinn]

You don't need it for gaming, but for CPU intense things, I'm sure you could find a good use for 6 cores.
P.S. AMD's response is coming soon, they already have engineering samples of a Phenom II x6 out.

[matty0]

The new core i7 980x is fail. like c'mon who's gona pay 999$ for a cpu while amd has a cpu that is around as good for 200$.

6 cores... i do audio engineering at 96Khz quality (im sure that means nothing but just imagine a really big number ) but some systems (with that sorta cpu) can go up to 148khz, and edit blueray quality video simultaneously. try that on your $200 cpu and watch your computer crawl to a painful hault.

i agree that for the AVERAGE user it is useless, but if you had $999 to spend on a single component, chances are you dont want an average pc... yes?

ps... i would call it more of a win. 6 cores would be epic

[jmdalmighty]

i has it check out my pc



joke

[Quinn]

6 cores... i do audio engineering at 96Khz quality (im sure that means nothing but just imagine a really big number ) but some systems (with that sorta cpu) can go up to 148khz, and edit blueray quality video simultaneously. try that on your $200 cpu and watch your computer crawl to a painful hault.

i agree that for the AVERAGE user it is useless, but if you had $999 to spend on a single component, chances are you dont want an average pc... yes?

ps... i would call it more of a win. 6 cores would be epic

This is a perfect example.

[connorss]

6 cores... i do audio engineering at 96Khz quality (im sure that means nothing but just imagine a really big number ) but some systems (with that sorta cpu) can go up to 148khz, and edit blueray quality video simultaneously. try that on your $200 cpu and watch your computer crawl to a painful hault.

i agree that for the AVERAGE user it is useless, but if you had $999 to spend on a single component, chances are you dont want an average pc... yes?

ps... i would call it more of a win. 6 cores would be epic

ok true u beat me there i cant wait for amd responce

[Slidell]

....it has 6 cores

I only have one =(

[matty0]

This is a perfect example.

thanks

ok true u beat me there i cant wait for amd responce

diddnt mean 2 be agressive, but yeah point proved

[gruntmods]

thanks


diddnt mean 2 be agressive, but yeah point proved

Most apps arnt coded for that many cores, so it doesnt make much of a case.

[Quinn]

Most apps arnt coded for that many cores, so it doesnt make much of a case.

Well, then those apps don't need 6 cores. But the apps for industry pros can utilize 6 cores, many can handle more than that. For instance there is a motherboard out that can hold 4 AMD processors, with 6 cores each. Thats 24 cores, and apps can utilize those too. Of Course, the average windows system cannot utilize more than 1 CPU, but thats beside the point.

http://www.pugetsyst...o.php?part=6643

http://www.pugetsyst...o.php?part=6655

[gruntmods]

Well, then those apps don't need 6 cores. But the apps for industry pros can utilize 6 cores, many can handle more than that. For instance there is a motherboard out that can hold 4 AMD processors, with 6 cores each. Thats 24 cores, and apps can utilize those too. Of Course, the average windows system cannot utilize more than 1 CPU, but thats beside the point.

http://www.pugetsyst...o.php?part=6643

http://www.pugetsyst...o.php?part=6655

Thats a sever motherboard though, which is far above any end user.

[Quinn]

Thats a sever motherboard though, which is far above any end user.

=Ahh, but we are not talking about the "end user", We are talking about large company's that need a very fast central server (maybe the schools should take a lesson in that, instead of the slow as shit ones my school has =.=), but your right, the average user cannot use a server mobo & CPU. But this is just proving the point that CPU's with more than 4 cores can be useful.

[gruntmods]

=Ahh, but we are not talking about the "end user", We are talking about large company's that need a very fast central server (maybe the schools should take a lesson in that, instead of the slow as shit ones my school has =.=), but your right, the average user cannot use a server mobo & CPU. But this is just proving the point that CPU's with more than 4 cores can be useful.

actualy, Microsoft released a new mainframe os.
but if you were going to do that you would use a xeon, not a core i7

Edited by gruntmods, 19 March 2010 - 08:20 AM.

[Quinn]

actualy, Microsoft released a new mainframe os.
but if you were going to do that you would use a xeon, not a core i7

This is mainly true, but for a multipurpose system, why not an i7? Xeon's are mainly for servers.

[gruntmods]

This is mainly true, but for a multipurpose system, why not an i7? Xeon's are mainly for servers.

But a mainframe is a server

[Quinn]

But a mainframe is a server

Percisly, thats where you would use an Xeon or Opteron. But for a system that would be used for video editing, for example, you would not use a server motherboard & CPU.