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What tasks are you yearning for more performance?
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| Posted: Mon, 15th Oct 2007 10:06 Post subject: |
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I mostly work with Photoshop/Illustrator CS3, , often at the same time.. I usually have many apps open (PS, Illu, MSN, Foobar, Firefox with a few tabs etc). I also thought i´d start getting into the PC games scene after being pretty absent since i got my 360 a year ago..
Watercooled 5950X | AORUS Master X570 | Asus RTX 3090 TUF Gaming OC | 64Gb RAM | 1Tb 970 Evo Plus + 2Tb 660p | etc etc
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| Posted: Mon, 15th Oct 2007 15:08 Post subject: |
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Being a gift wouldn't matter for shipping. Thats only for customs. As its second hand goods it wouldn't matter anyway.
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| Posted: Mon, 15th Oct 2007 17:58 Post subject: |
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| Jenni wrote: | | Being a gift wouldn't matter for shipping. Thats only for customs. As its second hand goods it wouldn't matter anyway. |
SiN is prob having me buy his stuff here in the states and shipping to him, only costs about 35USD using USPS |
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| Posted: Mon, 15th Oct 2007 18:27 Post subject: |
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yea i get my stuff shipped through newegg to a friend , then to me , i save a ton of money , cheap dolla ftw
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Oct 2007 22:29 Post subject: |
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You sure you dont want to wait for the new 45nm CPUs ?...they will be launched in January.
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Oct 2007 22:47 Post subject: |
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http://www.nfohump.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39020
I think you will find something there that will fit you budget.
I am thinking myself...maybe a
Q9950 2.83 GHz 95W 12MB $530
or the
Q9450 2.66 GHz 95W12MB $316
I guess that means a new mobo (current EVGA 680I SLI). EVGA has said that with a BIOS update you will be able to run the new 45s, but I am not so sure that will cut it 
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Oct 2007 23:02 Post subject: |
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| CaptainCox wrote: | http://www.nfohump.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39020
I think you will find something there that will fit you budget.
I am thinking myself...maybe a
Q9950 2.83 GHz 95W 12MB $530
or the
Q9450 2.66 GHz 95W12MB $316
I guess that means a new mobo (current EVGA 680I SLI). EVGA has said that with a BIOS update you will be able to run the new 45s, but I am not so sure that will cut it |
I'm sure that will be more than he needs for what he's doing, I dun think he's gunna be that big into PC games that a dual core couldn't handle |
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Oct 2007 23:06 Post subject: |
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the new 45nm CPUs will be pretty nice, but you would already see a HUGE performance increase by moving to a Core 2 Duo E6850.
ALthough I would recommend you get a 45nm compatible motherboard and get a cheaper 65nm CPU now, like an E6550 (~150$) and overclock it if you have to. Then you can just upgrade in half a year without having to switch out any other components and it'll be affordable if you feel you need more performance.
but then, it all depends on how badly you want to upgrade now. if you have no problem with waiting, then by all means wait as long as you can. the longer you wait the better parts you can get for less money. it's always like that.
But everyone has a different point where he just feels the urge to upgrade.
Personally I switched from an old 939 Athlon 64 single core to a Core 2 Duo E6550 about 2 months ago and it's really helping me out when working with adobe after effects. the rendering speed increase is just incredible.
So yeah.. bottom line is.. wait as long as you can... but you can't wait forever, and upgrading now is not a bad choice.
The 45nm CPUs coming out in November will of course be faster for the same price, but not like.. *new GPU generation* faster, so the new CPUs won't give you twice as much performance for the same price.
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Oct 2007 23:43 Post subject: |
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hmm can't help you with that. I believe Cox is pretty knowledgable concerning coolers.
I'm using my stock cooler and got my e6550 overclocked from 2.3ghz to 2.8ghz without any trouble. the stock coolers got a lot better in recent years.
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| Posted: Wed, 17th Oct 2007 00:15 Post subject: |
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why are those pictures comparing a single core AMD to a core 2 duo?
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| Posted: Wed, 17th Oct 2007 00:33 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Wed, 17th Oct 2007 04:27 Post subject: |
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Just realize with the heatsink, with so many choices from different companies, all of which for the most part do an excellent job you'll come within a few C of eachothers temps. So no matter what you're picking a winner.
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| Posted: Wed, 17th Oct 2007 08:00 Post subject: |
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| SpykeZ wrote: | | why are those pictures comparing a single core AMD to a core 2 duo? |
Yep that's the way Intel sees it also ha-ha
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