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Quad, future is all!

unexpected that you would be the first to reply..

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I just came back =;(

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quad core ofc

8 core!

yeah but there ain't any mobo's yet for that =( it's a shame

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+ too expensive :s

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agree, so I heard you're making my fragmovie with Fex :)

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wtf? :D me making a movie, thats the joke of 2008 :DD

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and 2009 :O

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http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Moederborden_Socket_771_-/Intel(R)/S5000PSLROMBR_5000P/-1066836/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Moederborden&l2=Intel

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GIGACORE

get urself a 16 core, you seem to have enough money for your pc anyway !
:DDD

link pls!

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lol how did you manage to get that pic :D did Fex gave it to you lol?

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das dus echt totaal ni grappig ofzo die pic e :s

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single core GHIHIHIHI

quad is for renderinf stuffs

get the dual if yu need for gaming

^- what nonix saidz

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so the quad core works worse than dual core for games :s?

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Not worse, but very few games utilize quadcore so it's a bit of a waste at the minute. Plus dualcores have higher clocks at cheaper prices atm >:)

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Call two names of games that support quad.

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Crysis
Far Cry2

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Neither of them support more than 2 cores. There's talk that GTA IV will be the first PC game to actually make use of quad >:(

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Crysis does support quad.

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Check your CPU usage, it's always one or two proc's that have usage spikes, never all 4. Either that, or it just isn't CPU intensive enough to really rape all 4!

Edit: my bad, ofc they support more than two cores. Meant that there are no games optimized for quad core gaming yet! You, dutchy, are correct >:D

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supreme commander
GTA IV
Crysis:WH
Doubt about far cry

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it's just more expensive

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zeKxa is so gay lol.

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idd, you just can't get more gay than zeKxa, he's the ultimate definition of gayness

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i second all post between Nonix and me.

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CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz, 3166 Mhz

in the first 2 years all games will be made for duel :D

why you think that? source :p ?

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they said to me when i bought my new pc 2 mounths ago :)

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"they"?

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@ computer store :)

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they tricked you :o:o

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fail :D http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=122237
soon more games takes advantage of quad
this is an unbalanced time for upgrades imo, should wait 1 more month before purchasing a system

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k this sux :(

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E8500 is a great deal, but expect it to be really slow in a year or so

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copy the link and go back to the store, call them a liar, then pull out your hand grenade and have them give u a quad or u will "start shit"

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duo

dont push down nonix journal !!!!!!

click to 'Popular' on right

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oh :D

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What you said "oh"

then check this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK36ytI_NkE

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you wanna say "oh oh"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv_7XpW9pZM&feature=related

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imo :o

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My name is Ben, Ben Dover

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nice D:

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I feel a sudden urge to spank someone O_O

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no doubt swedish...

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haha D:

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quad core,

most games that only use one core are so old they'll play just as well.

quadcore

quad > dual obviously but if you dont want to pay that much a nice dual core is also ok

obvious ? why , alot of people say duo is better for games atm so what makes you so sure?

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BECAUSE MOST GAMES DON'T SUPPORT QUAD

What are you going to do with your pc anyway ? movie rendering and some other design shit, or just gaming ? and are you going to play all the new upcomming games, or the old ones ?

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my brother uses photoshop and makes websites, we're gonna play cod 4&5, et, css and we wanna be sure that the pc can run all upcoming games nicely :)

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My Q6600 can play all of them easily and its nice for doing other stuff, like photoshop and vegas and all that shit. So if you want to play new games to, go for the quad, and you can still run the old games to easily. There is no reason why not take the quad. I had the same question a year ago, quad or duo, I took the quad and I'm happy I did it. (NICE GRAMMAR CBA TO TYP DECENT NOW, bored:( )

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k thxs for your awesome reply m8!

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how many ghz?

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3,0

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Q6600 €189,- 2,400 mhz x4
E8400 €159,- 3,100 mhz x2

Most of the games do only support 2 cores.
But in fact the QUAD CORE 6600 will win this core-fight.

Since I'm also building a new system I will still choice a E8400 instead of a Q6600

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He obviously overclocked it ;)

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duh, I bought my Q6600 more then a year ago =[

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How much can I overclock my E8400?

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I got the Q9550s quad and i must say im not disappointed that i got quad instead of dual. Besides even if dual core is better for games that would probably be for OLD games who will run perfectly on quad aswell.

So unless you wanna buy a dual and in a year or so having to upgrade again i suggests you get a quad and hf playing NEW games

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that's exactly what I also think :p

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quad > double, cause 4 > 2. its not that hard.

Call of Duty 4 Supports only DUO not QUAD

Random Dual Core: 3,0 GHZ 100e
Random Quad Core: 2,4 GHZ 100e

So in some occasians it's not.

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i dont care. i'd buy quad anyway.

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Me to.

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:D

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you guys are overrating they importance of cpus, just get decent rams and gfx since most games need these more than latest cpu that u will never see it's maximum

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cpu IS LIKE THE BRAIN OF HUMAN, THE HEART, WITHOUT A GOOD CPU YOUR PC WORTH NOTHING
soz for caps, not bothered to re write

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oh plz, and u are saying that u actually use the fucking 3 GHz that the cpu has? eg or maybe ram and cpu are related to each other and with shit ram u can have megaprocpu but it works on maybe 25 % of it's power coz of ram

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except from 1gb to t2gb, having more RAM does NOT improve ANYTHING in game
you obviously know nothing, dont make a fool out of yourself

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i wasn't talking about the amount of ram but the amount of mhz tardo

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oh ye i was browsing inet, forgot to add stuff about CPU

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E6300! :]]

Plz, this is like the worst place to ask anything about hardware.

Dual core ofc. Quad cores are for cf noobs whose logic is based on 4 > 2 thinking. You wont get any advantage from it unless you are into rendering. So if you are a basic gamer like most of us, buy dual core and save money.

k but if I get it right, a quad core will not be worse to play games with than a dual core?!

my brother is a photshop user so quadcore is also good for him ;)

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Ofc quad isnt worse than dual. If you have a budget for it, buy a quad core. Still I think getting a quad is a bit too early.

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you know what annoys me, the clear choice is E8500, but its so fucking annoying that you know not too far away youe E8500 will be a piece of junk compare to a Q9550 for example that you could purchase
should have never released a quad :/

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tbh quad would be MUCH better than duo if it ain't got such a high price different, why?
there NO 'huge' differences between E8500 and Q9550, switching between each process wont change your life, and Q is just a promise for life
currently every + is for duo, high OC, better cooling, more effective etc, but if you are playing on a very high resolution, i myself would get an Q9550, as the higher the res, the more GFX will take advantage over the CPU

in short: get E8500 and OC it, im also planing on buying a pc, but im not going fot the E8500 like i planned, instead im prolly having an i7, beats every duo, + its quad

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none, untill core i7 will be released

the RAM etc is gonna be fucking expensive for it I heard so no thxs

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yeah, who gives a shit, after the core i7 release, prices will drop by 30%...go waste your money now if u want

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but then I have to wait 3more months :s too long

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monday is the expected release

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I don't think prices will already drop very hard in the first 3months... and still it will be more expensive than a quad core and for what I'm gonna do a quad will be good enough don't you think? (in my profile you can see all specs that I'm thinking about buying, you have some comments on it, send it in pm pls :))

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for Vista we had to wait some months more after release date.
what about Intel?

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you can already purchase the i7 on sites............

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Ye, just like the 8800GT I preordered, had to wait another 2 months. The i7 is going to be just an hype like the GT

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there is no preorder, sites already purchased the core i7 systems, and CPU compare to gfx are totaly different
+ 2 8800GT can match an 260GTX

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link to site please.

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http://www.skypc.co.il/pl_product~sky250~88~0.htm
http://www.skypc.co.il/pl_products~3~0~48.htm

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crap language.
so it's being sold in the "unpopulated" countries?

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crap language.

so its being sold in "third world" countries?

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Indeed.

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i got a 6.6 ghz quadcore its fine

Quad isnt yet what it should be, will take some more time...

I'd say dual

quad

I was wondering if anyone would actually make that reply :)

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dual, unless you have too much money on your hands ;)

to much, is it possible?

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no I don't have too much money but I prefer paying more asek dan de pc wa langer kan gebruiken e :)

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Lol at changing your taal int midde van ne zin

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Core 2 Duo mate, you wont need quadcore for at least 1 1/2 years :D

and upgrade ur pc in 1 1/2 years? kinda waste, imo go for a bit more expencive and have this pc for a longer time
and an extra core is always useful, it 's not that u only play with ur pc

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You will still only need the quad core in 1 /2 years time for pure graphics work.

For gaming etc, you will need quad in 3 years or so. Then you only need to get a processor and thatll be 100$

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you're buying a computer together with ur brother?

dual core for gaming imo

Actually it's my PC which he thinks he'll be able to use aswell

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Get a good Core 2 Duo, Will be good for everything.

I can only say that quadcore fcking owns.

dual wied

depends

AMD 2500+

FRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaAAAAAAaaAaaAAAAaa

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I'd def. go for quad, but I do render stuff and so on.

I have Q6600 2.40ghz but its overclocked to 3.30Ghz

Same !

(except that I upped it to ~3,6)

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Still on air cooling? I might have to try that! I have the Antech Twelve Hundred case its uber cool!

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Yup, air cooling.

My case is the Antec Sonata III and I've changed the usual intel fan with an OCZ Vendetta (@ 12V) !

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What temps you running at in idle and also after a session of gaming?

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idle : 30°/32°
burn : depends which game... between 50°-60°

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90% of the guys who replied don't even know that actually, even vista doesn't fully support a quad core with the 64bits version. Take a e8400 and it will be ok for at least 1year except if you are working on videos making or so

source

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If I were you I would take Core i7 920. Better than Quad Extreme QX9770 and about 4 times cheaper.

Is a brand new socket, so involves buying a new mobo, probably DDR3 ram to get the most out of it too. So the money saved is spent v. quickly :D Plus, it's the first revision so they're likely to improve it in the not too distant future. (hellooooo g0 stepping!)

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Well, i7 920 is for about 600 $, qx9770 is for about 2000 $ so there's a little difference. You won't spend so much money on new mobo and ddr3 I think (well, i'm not really up-to-date with that things).

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It's not really better, you can't really overclock Core i7's (e.g. 920) yet whereas you can up Core 2's (e.g. QX9770) to +11GHz :D

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you can the core i7 965 to 7ghz ^^ the other two are hard to overclock

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+11GHz > 7GHz

imo.

:D

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yeah true, but ghz aint everything ^^ its better than the QX by far anyways :P (just wanted to show the extreme core i7 can be overclocked nicely^^)

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E8500 Overclocked @ 3.80Ghz

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