haffeysucks wrote:
CrazeD wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
emmm... last time as I hear it went 4ghz with air... same as core i7. and in clock to clock scenario the Phenom II gets its ass raped hard..
Yes it's around 4GHz on air, but they've hit over 6GHz on LN2.
http://www.pcper.com/comments.php?nid=6455And clock for clock is not "ass raped hard". The Core I7 got about 2000 points more on 3DMark06. Better yes, but I said that it is very close to the Core I7's. When you add the fact that Core I7 is like a grand, and Phenom II fits into existing motherboards, there's a huge difference.
synthetic benchmarks = fail
the i7 920 is $295...a grand? yeah, maybe for the extreme version, which only suckers and rich bastards get.
I was factoring in the $300 CPU, $200-300 motherboard, and then $200 RAM. Not quite a grand, I was exaggerating. However, it is a lot more expensive than a $250 chip that works with existing motherboards, and existing RAM.
They are not synthetic benchmarks. A very select few people got their hands on the chips early. I think maybe it was k|ngp|n and the others, but not 100% on that.
Either way, Phenom II is a great alternative to Core I7 if you don't have that much cash, because it performs better than all the 775 stuff, doesn't cost much, is versatile, and OC's like a mother fucker.
