Reedy
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Just built a system at work with a Conroe X6800, clocked it up to 3.4ghz and also got a 7950 in it ( dual 7900 card for quad sli ).
Rigged it up and got it running 3d mark 2001se. Haha, it kept getting 999fps so its gone off the counter rofl.
Amazing, im quite liking the conroe chips now, very powerfull.
p.s im still an amd man but the conroe chip has made me think about the rivalry.
Conroe poo's all over the fx 62 by the way.
[Edited on 28-07-2006 by Reedy]
[Edited on 30-07-2006 by Reedy]
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DarkBahamut
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conroe is the way to go right now. AMD wont have the K8L till mid 2007.
I'd think about buying a conroe, but all my gaming is done at 1920*1200, so CPUs do little for me, mainly all video card at that res. Bout time the G80/R600 came out 
[Edited on 27-07-2006 by DarkBahamut]
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Reedy
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quote:
Originally posted by DarkBahamut
conroe is the way to go right now. AMD wont have the K8L till mid 2007.
I'd think about buying a conroe, but all my gaming is done at 1920*1200, so CPUs do little for me, mainly all video card at that res. Bout time the G80/R600 came out
[Edited on 27-07-2006 by DarkBahamut]
well this system that i built has to be on border-line one of the best systems out in the uk.
Might put an extra 7950 gx2 in there and see what it gets on 3d mark.
i wrekon if i had an aftermarket fan for the processor i could push it alot more.
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by DarkBahamut
I'd think about buying a conroe, but all my gaming is done at 1920*1200, so CPUs do little for me, mainly all video card at that res.
The same as me, but you will find games like FEAR, HL2, Prey are starting to rely on your processor too.
Admittedly if you have a sweet gfx card as i do, it makes it a heck of alot easier.
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Reedy
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Originally posted by DarkBahamut
I'd think about buying a conroe, but all my gaming is done at 1920*1200, so CPUs do little for me, mainly all video card at that res.
The same as me, but you will find games like FEAR, HL2, Prey are starting to rely on your processor too.
Admittedly if you have a sweet gfx card as i do, it makes it a heck of alot easier.
Yeah 999 fps a second. Its just cool to say you have that 
It was imense, i get to play with again today woo. Might take some photos.
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Jamescorsa97
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Yeah get them posted up mate, and some sceenies of it off the counter haha
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Bart
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tbh, 3dmark 2001 is very basic, and 5 years ago the graphics/cpu was nothing compared to what it is today.
Download 3dmark 2005 from a torrent site and run that and tell us your score. Atleast we will be able to compare it to something modern 
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Reedy
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tbh, 3dmark 2001 is very basic, and 5 years the graphics/cpu was nothing compared to what it is today.
Download 3dmark 2005 from a torrent site and run that and tell us your score. Atleast we will be able to compare it to something modern
3d mark 2001 se is the best program to find any flaws in the machine.
If a machine has a problem, 3d mark 2001 will crash out.
Happened so many times, 3d mark 2003 and 2005 dont seem to pick up on it that much.
The score in 2001 se was 50,000..............yes 50,000
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Bart
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indeed, but if you are trying to impress us by the machine, why are you talking about using a program to find bugs/flaws?
install 3dmark 2005 which is a heavy benchmark, give us the score and i can atleast compare it to my machine.
that score means scuff all to me, as i aint used 3dmark 2001 for... 5 years
[Edited on 28-07-2006 by Bart]
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DarkBahamut
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quote:
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Originally posted by DarkBahamut
I'd think about buying a conroe, but all my gaming is done at 1920*1200, so CPUs do little for me, mainly all video card at that res.
The same as me, but you will find games like FEAR, HL2, Prey are starting to rely on your processor too.
Admittedly if you have a sweet gfx card as i do, it makes it a heck of alot easier.
Yeah, Ive use an Athlon 64 X2 4400+ however, and as upcoming games are going to start being mutli threaded, that wiill provide the extra power any newer games will be needed for the next year or two. Ive never encounted a problem with my CPU holding me back yet. I use a Geforce 7800 GTX 256 (got it last July), want to upgrade it but im waiting for the DX 10 cards to come out. Hopefully only another 2-3 months to wait.
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Conroe Core 2 Extreme are absolute beasts.
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Bart
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you'd hope so for the price tho lol
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DarkBahamut
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Too expensive for what they are though. To be honest i'd buy a E6600 (maybe an E6700) i'd i was getting a conroe. They OC just about as well and have the same cache and everything (unlocked multipliers arent a big deal). The Extremes just like the FX series are just overpriced CPUs for people who want to tell their mates they have the super mega extreme quad turbo gti edition of any given hardware  . The Extreme is only 260MHz faster than an E6700, but is nearing double the price (£411 vs £782). I wouldnt pay an extra £371 for something that will take me 10 seconds to do in the BIOS .
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Bart
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why spend £600 on a cpu and over clock it?
What application or Game actually requires or even benifits from that extra gain?
The only thing i can think of is large rendering applications. 
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DarkBahamut
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Depends what you use really. Games will see some small boost depend at what res you play in. Encoding will see a massive boost.
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Reedy
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why spend £600 on a cpu and over clock it?
some people get a kick out of having the fastest machine / processor mate.
I suppose it could be like cars, why have a db9 when you can have a skoda........ ok thats abit extreme but you probably get what im saying.
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Reedy
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for all of you geeks out there you will love these pics.
Akasa Eclipse case 
Yes i will tidy the cabling up, just was experimenting with the new western digital hard drives. They have a perspects top
Bart i will try and get you a 3d mark 05 score tomorrow.
Also how do you like 98 laptops hehe
[Edited on 28-07-2006 by Reedy]
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jamesw
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where you wrk out of interest?
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Cybermonkey
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drug dealers den
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Russ
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need new job 
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Reedy
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drug dealers den
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Reedy
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where you wrk out of interest?
gladiator computers mate.
Laptops have just been sent out now. I work quick
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Reedy
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I had to leave the computer on standard speeds but this is its 3d mark 06 score
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Bart
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yep, thats something to compare it to.
Nice score.
I managed 5.5k on my machine.
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Reedy
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yep, thats something to compare it to.
Nice score.
I managed 5.5k on my machine.
Impressive.
Remember thats the standard speed with one 7950.
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