RedOctober Posted April 27, 2010 Content Count: 222 Joined: 01/17/09 Status: Offline Share Posted April 27, 2010 New Arrival to NewEgg! This is a heads up to all who are looking to build/upgrade soon. If I were you Ide save up and get one of AMD's new 6 core processors! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849 'AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor ' Link to comment
kabLe Posted April 28, 2010 Content Count: 2206 Joined: 08/30/09 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2010 Aren't there already Octa-core processors? Link to comment
Micro Posted April 28, 2010 Content Count: 561 Joined: 04/03/09 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2010 Nice find, thanks. Link to comment
Chaoz` Posted April 28, 2010 Content Count: 1740 Joined: 04/04/10 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2010 Aren't there already OctO-core processors? yeah but they're from Intel and it's Octo-core Link to comment
kabLe Posted April 28, 2010 Content Count: 2206 Joined: 08/30/09 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2010 yeah but they're from Intel and it's Octo-core So isn't AMD a little behind then? lol what would be the point of introducing a 6 core processor if they are already beaten out with an 8 core processor. Link to comment
b0red Posted April 28, 2010 Content Count: 4360 Joined: 04/25/09 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2010 Aren't there already Octa-core processors? 4 real 4 virtual. Link to comment
Chaoz` Posted April 28, 2010 Content Count: 1740 Joined: 04/04/10 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2010 So isn't AMD a little behind then? lol what would be the point of introducing a 6 core processor if they are already beaten out with an 8 core processor. actually the Intel 1 is not really and original Octo-core, they are 2 quad-core stuck together, whilst AMD is a 6 core they all are seperate cores, or something like that, it was the same fror the Core 2 Quad from Intel, those were 2 duo-core stuck togther. so i think that the 6-core from AMD is better then the Octo-core from Intel Link to comment
KScorp Posted April 28, 2010 Content Count: 470 Joined: 04/04/10 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2010 I don't think many games benefit from 4 cores yet, let alone 6. Although this would be great for multitaskers and those who work with video editing. (Don't Valve games have some trouble with multiple cores?) Link to comment
Bilbo Baggins Posted April 28, 2010 Content Count: 326 Joined: 08/29/09 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2010 review over at Tom's Hardware Link to comment
RedOctober Posted April 28, 2010 Content Count: 222 Joined: 01/17/09 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2010 actually the Intel 1 is not really and original Octo-core, they are 2 quad-core stuck together, whilst AMD is a 6 core they all are seperate cores, or something like that, it was the same fror the Core 2 Quad from Intel, those were 2 duo-core stuck togther. so i think that the 6-core from AMD is better then the Octo-core from Intel .... not to mention that you get 6 separate cores at 3.2GHz all for $309.99 and Free Shipping! Intel can't give you that all for $300! Link to comment
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