Comments on: Intel announces high-end CPU price cuts

By: Jackle

Jackle — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:08:51 +0000

@ 35

It’s not an opinion, its FACT you idiot. Here is a list from almost 2 years ago: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/94969-13-dual-core-supported-games, the list of games that support dual core now would be too long to even post. LOL dumba$$

By: BigDawg500

BigDawg500 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:44:10 +0000

heck..I am running most games on single-core P4 2.8 Ghz
with 1 Gig Ram and a GeForce 7600 GS ..I couldn’t do Crysis last I checked..but Bioshock ran fine and it kicks Crysis ass lol..rich kids need 1500 dollar CPU’s like bull needs udders lol

By: Anant

Anant — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:49:22 +0000

@38 486dx2

hehe u made me roll on the ground … is this the same elder brother of 386? i still remember getting first 386 and having 100mb Hdd n i went bragging about it….

well as for upgrades you buy HP Dell n rest brands u pay through ur nose. Assemble one its lot more fun n trust me its damn easy.

as for playing Crysis COD or Assassins creed …. yeah simple dual cores u cant get same FPS with all features n shadows n lights on.

I got presently a AMD X2 4400 n 8600GT…4GB ram … things are fine …. however eyeing a Phenom and a 4850. Surprizing no one mentioned 4850… its beating 8800GT OC handsdown

By: Chin Lu

Chin Lu — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:05:36 +0000

@41 Yes. Yes it can. But only if you buy the games. Pirate copies won’t work! They must be Genuine Advantage. Because if you don’t have Genuine Advantage then you have Disadvantage. Disadvantage in a game is bad. Why play games if you’re Disadvantaged? Why have a computer if you don’t play games? Why indeed.

By: Costa200

Costa200 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:12:29 +0000

Forgot to say, 39 bil goats is right. Most games DO NOT use even dual cores, even when they say they do. Do your own testing and notice how only one of the cores is actually working during your gaming while the other is idle.

By: Costa200

Costa200 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:09:31 +0000

All this talk about crysis, a game that sucks completely and requires monster rigs to be played in full detail because the game’s coding sucks also. There is nothing on that game in terms of graphics that hasn’t been seen already in games that have much lower requirements!

By: GAMIAS GR

GAMIAS GR — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:43:55 +0000

I have a Spectrum ZX with the Zilog Z80 chip.
Is this enough for today’s needs?

Can I run the Latest games?

By: Embers

Embers — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:16:16 +0000

Those Intel prices are ridiculous for the consumer market. I’m personally thinking about an AMD 790FX/SB750 motherboard with Phenom 9950BE X4 cpu and ATI HD 4870 gfx card. This will cost me much less than one $999 cpu and I will for sure be able to play any modern game at maxed out settings.

If Intel and NVidia had no competition by AMD, everything would be so ridiculous expensive.

By: Bill Goats

Bill Goats — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:40:40 +0000

#33 prove it. I’ll say again majority of games don’t make much use of multi-cores. The newer ones maybe but still that leaves majority of existing games which don’t.

Now if you’ll excuse me I need to go drive my Bugatti Veyron to my personal lake, where I can then cruise around with my personal yacht. After that I might drive to the airport and fly my learjet.

By: Protoculture

Protoculture — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:55:08 +0000

I guess I’m gonna stick with my 486DX2 compy.

By: NMD

NMD — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:01:25 +0000

RANDOM RESPONSES:

Bloomfields are Nehalem. Wiki: Nehalem And I’m pretty sure these chips are not Bloomfields. Not if they are putting them in 775 boards. Supposed to be a new socket for them.

Crysis will not play on an 8800GTX @ 60fps all high setting with AA on. But will run ~30 on my rig with 4x or 8xQ.(8800GTX E6850 2GB RAM)

DX10 is a big factor as well. 8 series cards on not great for DX10.

You do not need a $1000 processor or quad core for games. Spend your money on the GPU’s. High end SLI is where its at.

You will be lucky to get a Q6600 to 3.6 and will need some serous cooling setup and OC know-how.

The major benefit to the “Extreme” chips is to the hardcore overclocker. You can do some crazy things with the right set-up.

That HP pc is a joke, if your tempted to buy one send me half the money and I’ll give you twice the Gaming PC.

By: anti-everything

anti-everything — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:16:16 +0000

35 you are an idiot calling other people idiots who call other people idiots just cause they don’t share your opinion.

By: Zwolf

Zwolf — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:35:04 +0000

33 you are an idiot calling other people idiots just cause they don’t share your opinion.

By: The Machine

The Machine — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:22:34 +0000

i’ve had mine since november. totals out to 9.6Ghz.
i like it.

By: Heeef Lejjer

Heeef Lejjer — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:11:49 +0000

26 you are an Idiot. Almost all new games use 2 cores. Its quad cores that most games do not take advantage of.