Glad I didn't wait for Bulldozer. I miss the days when FX 64 raped everything Intel had.
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Glad I didn't wait for Bulldozer. I miss the days when FX 64 raped everything Intel had.
Proud owner of an Athlon X2 and Phenom X4..but now AMD, RIP.
I think the biggest problem is that an i5-2500k, which isn't a flagship processor, beats out all the new flagship 8150 Bulldozer chips... Then there's the flagship i7-2600k and i7-980x which both just completely destroy the Bulldozer 8150's.
On top of that Intel is going to be releasing the i7-2700k or whatever the replacements are going to be soon. Plus Ivy-Bridge with 22nm processors.
At this point, Intel has pretty much proclaimed that "resistance is futile" to AMD.
Quoted for truth. I'm still rocking my Socket 939 Athlon 64 3200+.Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrickssj6
Freelancer, AMD not doing well here is also bad for Intel. If AMD goes under, Intel may face scrutiny and a possible split. It's also bad for us. Intel now knows for sure that AMD can't compete, and so they are free to hike prices on the high end parts.
All the same, looks like my new rig will be sporting a blue sticker instead of a red one.
AMD has more to work with than Intel, they still have their GPU line.
Except that Intel also has a hand in the GPU market and, in fact, has the majority share of it thanks their long history of integrated graphics.
Intel is already being watched thanks to their scandal early last decade with AMD. They should be wary of a weak AMD.
One failing will only make the other stronger, there's no other competition.
So I'm having a bit of a heat issue with my current machine. The issue is most prevalent when I'm playing more demanding games, such as, Crysis, BC2, and BF3. the problem seems to be with my CPU temperature. On average it's temperature reads at around 40c. When gaming for a lengthier amount of time the temperature shoots up to about 49c. It's at about this point that without warning my entire machine will completely shut off; One second everything is all hunky dory, and then, all power shuts off. The only thing I can do to stop it at the moment is shove a big box fan next to my tower; that usually keeps it at around 45c.
does anyone have any recommendations on a new cooling system that may solve this problem? my current system specs are as follows:
Motherboard: Asus P6X58D-E
CPU: Intel Core i7 950 (4x 3.06GHz/8MB L3 cache)
CPU cooling: Liquid cooling system, with 120mm 2800 rpm fan
Case cooling: Two standard 120 mm fans at 1600 rpm
GPU: GTX 460 1GB soon to be GTX 570
Memory: 6 GB DDR3-1600
Power supply: 700 Watt (no cooling)
50 degrees isn't anything to worry about. My 2500k hits 80 degrees when I' benchmarking... Got to be something else.
There is no other consumer x86 competition in the world apart from AMD, and AMD is only able to compete now because they used to work for Intel and because of a technicality back in 1994. If AMD goes bankrupt and isn't bought by another company with the intention of producing x86 parts, then Intel has a monopoly. Because the entire home computing industry relies on x86, customers have no choice and have to pay whatever Intel wants them to for a new computer. Unless ARM takes the home and business PC markets by storm (and it might), Intel will be split into two smaller companies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Freelancer
Caboos001: First, is your system clean? Second, do you have adequate airflow for the fans? Even on liquid, it helps. Third, are your coolant levels OK? I might suggest removing the heat sink on the CPU, cleaning off the old thermal paste, and applying new paste. Oh, and what are your GPU temperatures? Also, 'Lancer, he's not running a Sandy Bridge Core series, he's on Nehalem. Different tolerances.