AMD Phenom II benchmarks out!! Goodbye Q94xx

[MetalheadGautham]

I see gigabyte motherboards with support for AM2+ and AM3 sockets. And they have 780G chipset.

Don't you get it ? AM3 CPUs fit in AM2+ Mobos but not vice versa.

So if you buy a Phenom II 920 now, it would be very obsolete in a few months because it lacks DDR3 support and HT 3.0 support. But if instead, Phenom II 925 was launched, you could enable DDR3 and HT 3.0 support in a few months after buying an AM3 DDR3 mobo.

And yeah, SB700, SB750 still stand in AM3 boards. And perhaps the inclution of SB710 may happen.

 

[comp@ddict]

^^ I would say, instead of gettnig core i7 965, get core i7 920 and get 2xgtx295.

btw, am hearing lot of news that seagate 1tb drivers failure rate is very high. keep an eye on that!!!

GTX295 is going to be sooo short lived that we'll can't oops b'fore we get it.

U see,nVidia will launch 40nm 384Shader Gfx card, which will almost equal GTX295, although a li'l down in performance, but price much lower(HOPE nVidia sees sense).

So, this is money minting season for nVidia.

 

[desiibond]

^^ you mean gtx285???

 

[comp@ddict]

No, the GTX295, GTX285 both are gonna be shortlived

I'll still wait till April 1st till my exams get over and the next day I'll pick up the best hardware available for gaming.

Same here, planning on a 70k rig. But I'm determined on a Corei7, problem is DX11 hardware will come in June, but there's hope as some are saying that DX10.1 will support DX11 so hope that's true,then I'll settle for a HD4850x2 itself.

 

[desiibond]

i am also planning on a core i7/phenom II rig in two months time. cpu+mobo+ram+gpu.

but for my 19", i think core i7+hd4870 will be overkill.

 

[damngoodman999]

i7-965--50k
gtx 295 is 500$ in the US but i expect it to be around 40k as even gtx 280 was 500$ at first and it was 40k during release.
corsair XMS3 1*6GB (2*3gb tri-channel not available here)--15k
2*1 tb segate--12k
MOBO--either Asus Rampage 2 extreme at 30k(very low vfm imho) OR gigabyte GA-EX58 extreme--20k
Tagan BZ700 700W PSU--7k
antec 1200 gaming cabby--10k
blu ray writer--around 11k
creative SB X-fi etreme--5.5k
not sure abt speakers.
logitech G15--5k
logitech MX 518--2k
samsung T220--16k

The total will come upto 2.04L excluding speakers.

evey thing u listed is gr8 , what abt PSU 700 watts ???

Better go for ANTEC 1000 watts or CORSAIR 1200 WATTS or COOLER MASTER 1200 watts

which cost around 13K all

any way 2.25 lakhs for all , hmmm

i can get corei7 920 and OC , then i can go for 2 X HD 4870 X2 ,

Getting a rig for 2.25 lakhs is really a sh!t , it only last for 1 or 2 year !!!

 

[desiibond]

instead of core i7 965, get a core i7 920 + xbox 360

 

[SunnyChahal]

^^
Refer to my sig. Got almost all consoles except Wii which I'd never buy as it is for noob gamers.
@Compaddict,the rig you are planning is kewl but I'm a nVidia fanboi.
Temme a rig which can handle crsysis,warhead and GTA IV at good frames with a 22" LCD.
I've already got a T220,G15,MX518 and a coolermaster 850 Real Power Pro PSU.

 

[damngoodman999]

if u r getting GTX 295 on a single hand , go for GTX 280 in a 3 way sli more & more faster than HD 4870 X2 on crossfire

i heard that palit GTX 280 is available for 26000/-

 

[desiibond]

^^
Refer to my sig. Got almost all consoles except Wii which I'd never buy as it is for noob gamers.
@Compaddict,the rig you are planning is kewl but I'm a nVidia fanboi.
Temme a rig which can handle crsysis,warhead and GTA IV at good frames with a 22" LCD.
I've already got a T220,G15,MX518 and a coolermaster 850 Real Power Pro PSU.

ah okay. didn't see your sig. great then. for you I would say, GTX260 build 216. or just wait for gtx285/295.

 

[amitash]

Same here, planning on a 70k rig. But I'm determined on a Corei7, problem is DX11 hardware will come in June, but there's hope as some are saying that DX10.1 will support DX11 so hope that's true,then I'll settle for a HD4850x2 itself.

Just curious how much does a 4850x2 cost?

 

[comp@ddict]

i am also planning on a core i7/phenom II rig in two months time. cpu+mobo+ram+gpu.

but for my 19", i think core i7+hd4870 will be overkill.

Thankfully, mine will be full upgrade.

But I'm considering BenQ full HD, and HD4850x2 if no DX11 hardware comes up May end.

 

[desiibond]

Just curious how much does a 4850x2 cost?

I don't think it's even available here yet.

 

[comp@ddict]

Very few shops, very few, no online one yet. Importing costs about 17-20k.

 

[amitash]

^instead of paying 20k for that you can buy 2 sapphire 4850s and crossfire them for 17k

 

[desiibond]

And here come's the price cuts

AMD Phenom II X4 940 is now retailing for 235$ (down from $275)
AMD Phenom II X4 920 will be retailing for 200$ approx.

that's in response to Intel's price cuts (someone was shouting that price cuts is not going to happen)

no cuts for core i7

Q9650 gets 40% price cut and is now available for $317
Q9550 gets 15% price cut and is now available for $268
Q9400 gets 18% price cut and is now available for $219
Q8300 gets 15% price cut and is now available for $187
Q8200 gets 16% price cut and is now available for $167

E7400 gets 15% price cut and is now avaiable for $117

 

[amitash]

So it all comes down to whether you will buy Q9550 30$ more expensive than P2-940 but performs around 5% faster...I still feel like consumers should wait for AM3 phenoms.

 

[desiibond]

after the price cuts,

920 is in direct competition with Q8xxx and it easily beats them
940 is in direct competition with Q94xx and Q95xx and here, it's a tie.

For anything below $200 and above $300, it's Intel all the way.

 

[comp@ddict]

^instead of paying 20k for that you can buy 2 sapphire 4850s and crossfire them for 17k

But CFX performance a li'l weaker and not always 100% increase.

 

[hellknight]

I think that i should skip my decision to jot in Phenom 9950 BE and instead wait couple of months so that Phenom II comes down to the price of Phenom 9950 BE..

Q- Will Phenom II fit on my 2 year old AMD 690 G chipset based mobo.. the model is Jetway JM2A-692-GDG.. it currently holds 4400+ X2..