C-zom is getting a real comp!

[wethepeople]

Yeah, tiger kinda sucks balls. Lol.

Vector the fastest Phenom is as fast as the slowest quad core from Intel. They blow ass.

[eliminat]

AMD's quad-cores are not expected to even catch up to Intel's in terms of speed or power/heat.  AMD's stock prices have PLUMMETED because the industry doesn't expect AMD to have a truely comparable processor.  It's sad for me as well.  AMD's had a better product since the original Athlon came out till Intel's Core 2 architecture has come out, but right now, for gamers or power users, I have to recommend Intel's Core 2.  And early next year then Penryn is expected to launch with a 10 - 50% increase in speed over current-gen.  All before AMD's first true quad-core is released.  I would love to recommend AMD, but unless you're buying on price alone, I can't.


Tiger Direct sometimes has good deals....
but I suggest Newegg, ZipZoomFly, or Buy.com over TigerDirect almost every time.

[Vector]

well even still,
There are almost no programs yet that need or even can use a quad core to it's full potential
while it will have its time (when the dual cores first came out, many said it was a fad again) that time is not yet
for right now, pick up and amd 6000+ black ed and that will run anything you want


well w/e personaly I am okay sacrificing power that i dont need at the time (i can run any game i want, or up to about 30 IE or firefox windows at once with out toping out) for the huge amounts of cash i will save. If your looking to run programs that need an insane amount of power than an intel guad core extreme is the best but thats only for those spend upwards of 4 grand on their comps

[schneereich]

definitely don't go with an athlon. the core 2 6750 beats the athlon x2 6000+ in every benchmark, despite being roughly the same price. quad-core is still a bit to pricey and unsupported to worry about. if you're upgrading in 2-4 years, you'll want a new motherboard anyway to take advantage of new stuff (like ddr3, wireless usb?, new processor features, pci express replacement?, etc) so its not worth planning now to upgrade in the future with an am2. ive tried it before and you end up replacing it all anyway.

as for video cards, nvidias are really expensive. i have an x1900xtx and it doesnt give me problems. the ati card should be fine.

[dester55]

definitely don't go with an athlon. the core 2 6750 beats the athlon x2 6000+ in every benchmark, despite being roughly the same price. quad-core is still a bit to pricey and unsupported to worry about. if you're upgrading in 2-4 years, you'll want a new motherboard anyway to take advantage of new stuff (like ddr3, wireless usb?, new processor features, pci express replacement?, etc) so its not worth planning now to upgrade in the future with an am2. ive tried it before and you end up replacing it all anyway.

as for video cards, nvidias are really expensive. i have an x1900xtx and it doesnt give me problems. the ati card should be fine.

I like everything he just said