EggXpert

Why did they use DDR3 with the Q6600 setup and DDR2 with the Phenom 9600 setup? O.o

ish718:

Why did they use DDR3 with the Q6600 setup and DDR2 with the Phenom 9600 setup? O.o

Hahah, so tru. But you can't rely on numbers and benchmark tests, them people don't know how to test out a machine manually. Like i play games and doing a lot of encoding and video editing which people say phenom is a lot quicker than the Q6600. But i could care less if intel's chip is 5% faster, I've always stuck with AMD, I'm not changing now after 10 years. 

TripKore:

Like i play games and doing a lot of encoding and video editing which people say phenom is a lot quicker than the Q6600. But i could care less if intel's chip is 5% faster.

Not sure which people are saying the Phenom is faster than the Q6600 but, they would be far from correct.

The TechReport also did a review yesturday with the TLB patch that is susposed to correct the erratum that has been talked about with the Phenom's.

It absolutely kills Phenom performance.

This is more than enough to make the differences in the Q6600 and the Phenom's noticeable, regardless of if you are just looking at benchmarks or the screen experience. 

http://techreport.com/articles.x/13741/1

AMD's great hope of producing a true "native" quad core has failed drastically. Phenom gets clobbered with an Intel processor that has already been out for almost a year.

cman:

TripKore:

Like i play games and doing a lot of encoding and video editing which people say phenom is a lot quicker than the Q6600. But i could care less if intel's chip is 5% faster.

Not sure which people are saying the Phenom is faster than the Q6600 but, they would be far from correct.

The TechReport also did a review yesturday with the TLB patch that is susposed to correct the erratum that has been talked about with the Phenom's.

It absolutely kills Phenom performance.

This is more than enough to make the differences in the Q6600 and the Phenom's noticeable, regardless of if you are just looking at benchmarks or the screen experience. 

http://techreport.com/articles.x/13741/1

AMD's great hope of producing a true "native" quad core has failed drastically. Phenom gets clobbered with an Intel processor that has already been out for almost a year.

You took what i said out of context, i said in the encoding, video editing department, the phenom is faster. Also said i could care less if the Q is all around faster, i wont change from AMD. I also said those numbers in benchmark tests mean nothing, you have to test it out for yourself between what you do daily on a computer. Guarenteed theres only a 5% difference which you cant notice with the same hardware in the machine. 

You are right, but they should have make Intel and Phenom both run with DDR2 ram to make it a fairer comparison.  Obviously no intel and AMD mobos got the same setup, so the performance will be varies anyway.