Quad Core - Schmaud Core - Hello Sexi

Discussion in 'Tech Talk' started by Vandiego, Mar 8, 2010.

  1. Vandiego

    Vandiego Guest

    Yep, you heard me right, hello Sex-Core :) They're going to be unveiled next week at GDC and I am PUMPED!

    SOURCE

     
    Vandiego, Mar 8, 2010
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  2. Seven

    Seven Guest

    Unfortunately it will not help the majority of gamers out there. For a long time to come the best bang for your gaming buck will be upgrading your Vid card(s) and RAM.
     
    Seven, Mar 8, 2010
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  3. EF2

    EF2 Veteran

    Or hard drive. More so video and hard drive than RAM these days.
     
    EF2, Mar 8, 2010
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  4. Ben K

    Ben K Veteran

    RAM you just need a sensible basis to work with. Shouldn't ever need more than 4 GB for most applications right now, but if you're working with uncompressed video you still need all you can get.

    I upgraded my machine recently and it's actually running slower than it was before, purely because I haven't changed the graphics card yet. Windows 7 from XP and a 3520x1200 display area from 1280x1024 completely negated the benefits of a faster CPU and four times as much RAM.
     
    Ben K, Mar 9, 2010
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  5. Nishua

    Nishua Veteran

    Well that means I won't be holding out for it. No way do I spend 1000 on a chip.
     
    Nishua, Mar 9, 2010
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  6. Erock

    Erock Veteran Crowfall Member

    exactlly why i went 1156 with the i7 860

    who has 1k to spend on a CPU that wont do what i can do with my 860 and a good card ... plus in 3 or 4 years ill just upgrade mobo and everything anyways for usb 4.0 and sata 4.0 hahahaha :)
     
    Erock, Mar 9, 2010
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  7. Sogetsu

    Sogetsu Veteran

    Cool and all, but...

    I think I'll be buying the i5-750 I think?
    Or waiting until the higher end i7's drop a little more.
     
    Sogetsu, Mar 10, 2010
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  8. Vandiego

    Vandiego Guest

    psssst sata is at 6.0 :)
     
    Vandiego, Mar 10, 2010
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  9. Vandiego

    Vandiego Guest

    Just wait til the new stuff actually gets put into production, then prices will drop rather quickly.
     
    Vandiego, Mar 10, 2010
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  10. Neptuno

    Neptuno Banned

    SSD's i was looking at aren't listed as 6.0 i don't think though.
     
    Neptuno, Mar 10, 2010
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  11. Sogetsu

    Sogetsu Veteran

    I can't wait any longer, my 2 year old box is just getting older.
    My little core2duo 3.0ghz and 8800gt 512 make me feel newbish.
    I'd like to play some of these newer games a bit better!
     
    Sogetsu, Mar 10, 2010
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  12. ss_hype

    ss_hype Veteran

    They'll be coming soon enough and they'll probably be at least double the price of the 3.0 ones.
     
    ss_hype, Mar 10, 2010
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  13. Vandiego

    Vandiego Guest

    Overclock the CPU and upgrade your card. No reason to replace your CPU til you blow up the old one imo :)
     
    Vandiego, Mar 10, 2010
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  14. dr_jay

    dr_jay Veteran

    dr_jay, Mar 11, 2010
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  15. Vandiego

    Vandiego Guest

    WOW, just plain WOW
     
    Vandiego, Mar 11, 2010
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  16. EF2

    EF2 Veteran

    Intel needs to make a 4GHz quadcore chip already. Overclocking is so yawn.
     
    EF2, Mar 11, 2010
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  17. Sirius

    Sirius Veteran Crowfall Member

    Don't think Intel has ever made 4 GHz chip yet - even going back to the Pentium 4 EE days, the highest I remember them making was a 3.86 GHz chip.
     
    Sirius, Mar 15, 2010
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