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bitWISE
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Sick AMD deal

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God Damn!
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It curdled, and then I couldn't drink it. So I mixed it with some water, and it was alright again.

I am now sick.
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"If you're a gamer, this is definitely the one for you, don't go dual core."

why is it better than dual core?
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Post by mjrpes »

Games are still mainly single threaded programs so they aren't able to take advantage of dual cores.

However, if you want to compute pi while playing your favorite game... dual cores come in very handy.
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Post by R00k »

Or if you want to run virus software while playing a game, or listen to mp3's, or leave other applications open...
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Post by d3mol!t!on »

S@M wrote:"If you're a gamer, this is definitely the one for you, don't go dual core."

why is it better than dual core?
It's not. They're trying to making out the value for money is better than dual cores (specifically aimed at Intel's Conroes I should imagine, if this is an offer actually coming from AMD), but they worded it all wrong anyway, even without saying "fuck Intel, their Conroes might beat our top dual cores, but we're going to make sure the cheaper market goes for us instead of them".
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Post by Scourge »

I seriously need to upgrade to a socket 939. Methinks a new MB and CPU is in order.
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scourge34 wrote:I seriously need to upgrade to a socket 939. Methinks a new MB and CPU is in order.
939 is soooooooo yesterday. AM2 is where it's at.
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Post by Scourge »

mjrpes wrote:
scourge34 wrote:I seriously need to upgrade to a socket 939. Methinks a new MB and CPU is in order.
939 is soooooooo yesterday. AM2 is where it's at.
Jeez, I'm behinder than I thought. :tear: Sporting a raging 754, yay?
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eh... i'm still on a northwood. *shrug*
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Dr_Watson wrote:eh... i'm still on a northwood. *shrug*
You dare bring Intel into an AMD thread? Heathen.
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Post by Dr_Watson »

just lettin you know my chip is mad older than yours.
but if i wanted a new one i'd get a conoroe... but since the city stole all my money, i'm gong to wait until the quad core joints are out.
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