Smithfield Users Where Are You?

[Pederv]

Intel had the 820, 830, 840 and 840EE out before the X2. Where are the posts for the overclocking results?

 

[Duvie]

There are some at the more iNtel friendly sites...PPL here are too smart even the intel faithful realize to sit this one out and wait for the dual core dothan style desktop offering....

I bet when it is all done here there will be at least 10 to 1 in X2 versus P D systems...


I am surprised I haven't seen the 820's with all the ppl who cried the iNtel was better priced.....I guess maybe they are hard to get, or hard to cool still...Who knows...

 

[Lonyo]

THG said there was much greater availability of the Pentium D's. Maybe that's not the case?
Them being wrong/saying something just to show Intel bias wouldn't be a first.

 

[Hacp]

Newegg currently has the smithfields in stock.

 

[Vegitto]

I think everyone's waiting for Dothan (AKA "The Beast"), Yonah or the Napa platform.

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: Hacp
Newegg currently has the smithfields in stock.

Yeah we all know that...anyone who could use pricewatch will see some retailers have them....

the question is why are we seeing threads and users talking about them???

 

[Vegitto]

Smithfield user, where art thou?

 

[clarkey01]

Would you really want one anyhow ? Whats the lowest priced X2 ? if it competes with the D's then whats the point. If none of the above is true then Im sorry.


Headroom on those suckers wont be magical, unlike the X2's. Might get an 4800+ X2 ( No i dont overclock) or FX 57, it's the first time I can recall not even considering an Intel product.

Price ( Well...See Zebo's spreadsheet for the reason why it's priced the way it is)
Performance
Heat
Underdog
Plus X2 sounds better then " Pentium D" or "Smithfield" - sounds like a farm.

I'd love to know how the tests on 300mm wafers on the 65nm process is going on in FAB 36, 3 Ghz X2 by the time yonah's out I bet, so dont bet on Intel just yet.

 

[fatty4ksu]

I hear they get great performance.

:thumbsup:

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: fatty4ksu
I hear they get great performance.

:thumbsup:

Yes, and that's why you're telling folks you have a X2. Why did you not buy a Pentium D? Can you every write more than one sentence or back-up anything you say? Most trolls disappear but you must like being considered a joke here.

But I digress. Actually, a number of folks have Pentium D's but are posting in ocforums and xtremesystems. We all know if anyone posted about their Pentium D, the folks/fanboys would give them crap.

From what I've read, folks are getting 830's to 3.6ghz stable on air and over 4ghz w/ water.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
From what I've read, folks are getting 830's to 3.6ghz stable on air and over 4ghz w/ water.

Wow, how long does it take to boil an 8oz glass of water placed behind the exhaust fan of the PSU?

I was going to get a PD 820 system about a month ago, or whenever those things first became available, because I thought the X2s weren't going to be available until late this year, and I needed a new computer "now." Fortunately, I heard (and believed) rumors that the X2s would be out much sooner than that, and I decided to wait a few weeks and spend a bit more to get something much better. :thumbsup:

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: Duvie
There are some at the more iNtel friendly sites...PPL here are too smart even the intel faithful realize to sit this one out and wait for the dual core dothan style desktop offering....

I bet when it is all done here there will be at least 10 to 1 in X2 versus P D systems...


I am surprised I haven't seen the 820's with all the ppl who cried the iNtel was better priced.....I guess maybe they are hard to get, or hard to cool still...Who knows...

Well, the performance increase of the 820s isn't all that great. They're greatly outperformed by the X2s, and for most things an overclocked single core athlon would be much better. The X2 allows the best of both worlds though, top end performance now, and top end multithreaded performance as well.

 

[Canterwood]

Originally posted by: Vegitto
Smithfield user, where art thou?

Apparently he was only out on day release and got taken back to the asylum early due to heat exhaustion.

 

[fatty4ksu]

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: Duvie
They're greatly outperformed by the X2s, and for most things an overclocked single core athlon would be much better.

$260 vs $600

Makes sense.

 

[clarkey01]

Originally posted by: fatty4ksu

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: Duvie
They're greatly outperformed by the X2s, and for most things an overclocked single core athlon would be much better.

$260 vs $600

Makes sense.

Im glad you agree. Now keep stum.

 

[Cooler]

Im Happy with mine got 6155 on 3d mark 05. I have no heat problems what so ever i got one of those nice cool shark cases and all feel is cool air from my box. I do some 3dmax work so this a good cpu for me. I did not OC my cpu yet check back in 3 year when my warnty is gone.

 

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: Cooler
Im Happy with mine got 6155 on 3d mark 05. I have no heat problems what so ever i got one of those nice cool shark cases and all feel is cool air from my box. I do some 3dmax work so this a good cpu for me. I did not OC my cpu yet check back in 3 year when my warnty is gone.

I think you'll find that the X2 4200+ is about 10% faster than the 840 in 3DSMax, and significantly cheaper...
X2 comparison with multithreaded rendering

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: fatty4ksu

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: Duvie
They're greatly outperformed by the X2s, and for most things an overclocked single core athlon would be much better.

$260 vs $600

Makes sense.

Hey FVCK NUT!! I didn't say that so DONT quote my name by something that was said by FOX5...

how can anyone take a person seriously who is too stupid to quote someone correctly....

 

[keeleysam]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
THG said there was much greater availability of the Pentium D's. Maybe that's not the case?
Them being wrong/saying something just to show Intel bias wouldn't be a first.

You trust THG for CPU stuff? lol

 

[stevty2889]

If I didn't have to replace my motherboard, I would almost consider getting one and overclocking since I already have water cooling, but for now it's not worth the price to go from a 3.4ghz single core @3.82ghz, to a much slower more expensive 2.8ghz dual core that won't likely reach speeds anywhere near 3.8.

 

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: stevty2889
If I didn't have to replace my motherboard, I would almost consider getting one and overclocking since I already have water cooling, but for now it's not worth the price to go from a 3.4ghz single core @3.82ghz, to a much slower more expensive 2.8ghz dual core that won't likely reach speeds anywhere near 3.8.

Slower? Do you mean clockspeed? Not to be obtuse but "so what"? Unless you do nothing but streaming, the P4 will still run slower...

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: Viditor

Originally posted by: stevty2889
If I didn't have to replace my motherboard, I would almost consider getting one and overclocking since I already have water cooling, but for now it's not worth the price to go from a 3.4ghz single core @3.82ghz, to a much slower more expensive 2.8ghz dual core that won't likely reach speeds anywhere near 3.8.

Slower? Do you mean clockspeed? Not to be obtuse but "so what"? Unless you do nothing but streaming, the P4 will still run slower...

He's talking about a Pentium D 820 and not a X2. This is a thread about Pentium D's, not a thread to question people's decisions. A lot of folks are happy with their Intel dual cores and that's all that matters.

 

[fatty4ksu]

Capt, is your 4400 up and running?

 

[BlingBlingArsch]

yeah, who cares about energy prices or the ways energy is produced. buy the damn 300watt cpu, buy the damn 40 litre Hummer car, dont care about anything as long as ur happy :-/

 

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: Viditor

Originally posted by: stevty2889
If I didn't have to replace my motherboard, I would almost consider getting one and overclocking since I already have water cooling, but for now it's not worth the price to go from a 3.4ghz single core @3.82ghz, to a much slower more expensive 2.8ghz dual core that won't likely reach speeds anywhere near 3.8.

Slower? Do you mean clockspeed? Not to be obtuse but "so what"? Unless you do nothing but streaming, the P4 will still run slower...

He's talking about a Pentium D 820 and not a X2. This is a thread about Pentium D's, not a thread to question people's decisions. A lot of folks are happy with their Intel dual cores and that's all that matters.

Ummm...no. He's talking about his own rig which is a P4 3.4E@3.82Ghz(225x17)

Oops...OIC what you mean...I'll just crawl back into this bottle for awhile, K? ;-)