[darkninja67]

It seems the Intel price drops have already started. Mwave and newegg have dropped prices on the Q660 and the E6750 processors.

This is a good time to upgrade that slow C2D and get into some quad-core action.

Anyone here going to build or upgrade soon? I will probably wait a bit for the G0 stepping Q6600s to come out.

 

[Konig]

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Originally Posted by darkninja67 /img/forum/go_quote.gif It seems the Intel price drops have already started. Mwave and newegg have dropped prices on the Q660 and the E6750 processors. This is a good time to upgrade that slow C2D and get into some quad-core action. Anyone here going to build or upgrade soon? I will probably wait a bit for the G0 stepping Q6600s to come out.

are there any CONSUMER programs out there that makes use of quad core?

 

[Seaside]

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Originally Posted by darkninja67 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Anyone here going to build or upgrade soon? I will probably wait a bit for the G0 stepping Q6600s to come out.

My second com, which my wife currently use, is quite old. I am in need of upgrading, and what you're thinking is basically the same as what I am thinking of.

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

I'm a consumer, and I use photoshop

 

[PrototypeX2]

Eh...I'll wait for Penryn

 

[dj_mocok]

I am photoshopping just fine with c2duo. I'm not that industrious I need a quad to process my PS.

 

[D-EJ915]

I really could use a dual quad core system, but the prices just keep me away

I have uses for multithreading btw, not just some power-sucking freak

The virtualization possibilites have me going :O omg <3 lol

 

[003]

I'm upgrading when UT3 is released.

 

[adanac061]

I'm waiting for AMD Barcelona Quad core in september.


Should be interesting.

 

[floydenheimer]

Alan Wake (upcoming PC game) has been reported to make use of quad cores.

 

[terrymx]

i don't see the multicore as faster yet, but the ability to do more at once. could be good if you do a lot of video editing.

 

[unclejr]

this might mean that 5150/5160 processors for my 2.0 GHz quad core xeon mac pro will be less expensive ... good news for me

 

[GAD]

I have a 16.7 MP digital camera and process RAW files constantly, so Dual core rocks for me. I also shoot HD video (though not as much), and rendering HD video is a PC crusher without at least dual core.

With quad-core I could do both AND continue to do other stuff. Seriously - each process can take hours, even on my Dual Athlon 64 X2 4200+ w/2G RAM. When I'm writing, I need to be able to do other stuff in the background. The more the better too.

GAD

GAD

 

[braillediver]

Using my Pentium II 450 mhz until it melts.


Mitch

 

[mrarroyo]

I have a 4 year old computer using a 2.6 Ghz Pentiun 4 chip. Just about anything would be an upgrade!