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   #41. Posted at 04:53 PM on Nov 7th 2007 Edit   Reply
TNeed4Speed
22.7 GFLOPS - QX6850 running 21-28 C in full loaded high end 3D graphics.

TNeed4Speed
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   #40. Posted at 01:39 AM on Oct 31st 2007 Edit   Reply
Damage
I've updated the graphs on the folding page for the Amber and Tinker WUs. The previous graphs had incorrect scores for the Core 2 Quad Q6600.
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   #6. Posted at 09:29 AM on Oct 19th 2007 Edit   Reply
SuperSpy
The Apple guys will want to look at this one carefully, since everyone knows that all CPU performance ultimately boils down to a few select Photoshop filters.

Classic!
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#6, Almost spewed my coffee.  :  Mr Bill  (#39)  «

   #28. Posted at 06:58 AM on Oct 21st 2007 Edit   Reply
green
typo:worldbench:
The QX8650 continues to lead all reasonable competition
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#28, That isn't a typo. Reasonable competition means just about e...  :  titan  (#38)  «

   #23. Posted at 10:23 AM on Oct 20th 2007, Edited at 06:05 PM on Oct 20th 2007 Edit   Reply
matdem1
Vintage Scott Wasson:

Great review. Nice to see your sense of humor in High gear again.

How about doing some Damage Vids a la Hexus TV? Your witty sense of humor may land you a big TV ROLL as a Tech Anchor!
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#23, Sorry, I had thought you were some other user that has troll...  :  Krogoth  (#24)  «
#24, Wasn't meant as a "troll".... It is meant as a honest com...  :  matdem1  (#26)  «
#26, The guy is an idiot, I've noticed his posts becoming p...  :  AbRASiON  (#29)  «
#29, I thought that the dude was some of the new trolls ...  :  Krogoth  (#32)  «
#32, It didn't read like a troll at al :/  :  AbRASiON  (#35)  «
#29, Just trying to express an opinion. Not trying to pr...  :  matdem1  (#34)  «
#34, I was talking about Krogoth, not you.  :  AbRASiON  (#36)  «
#24, To be honest I'm just a noob. I wouldn't know what trolli...  :  matdem1  (#33)  «
#33, TROLL. The power of Christ compels you.  :  BoBzeBuilder  (#37)  «

   #8. Posted at 10:34 AM on Oct 19th 2007 Edit   Reply
z-man
Long-time TR readers know about my aversion to paying the big premiums to get top-end products when reasonably priced alternatives are available.

And there is the reason I keep coming back to TR for my hardware fix. It gets told like it is.
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#8, Agreed totally.  :  AbRASiON  (#31)  «

   #3. Posted at 03:04 AM on Oct 19th 2007 Edit   Reply
fpsduck
The Core 2 Quad Q6600 was secretly the star of our show today

Totally agree!
I'll upgrade from E2160 to Q6600 very soon. :-)

Thanks for the nice review, as always.
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#3, i ditto dat as well  :  vdreadz  (#25)  «
#3, I did exactly that, couldn't help myself, got 3.2ghz on the ...  :  AbRASiON  (#30)  «

   #17. Posted at 04:27 PM on Oct 19th 2007, Edited at 04:28 PM on Oct 19th 2007 Edit   Reply
gerbilspy
I liked this review, especially the part about "cubic assload of flying doodads". :)

For some reason I laughed my ass off at this. And I haven't even started drinking yet!

This review was more fun to read than most! Nice job Scott!
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#17, That was a very good line.  :  flip-mode  (#27)  «

   #22. Posted at 07:52 AM on Oct 20th 2007 Edit   Reply
deinabog
Guess it was a good idea to buy the Q6600 after all :-).
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   #21. Posted at 02:48 AM on Oct 20th 2007 Edit   Reply
slot_one
In situ is a Latin phrase meaning in the place. It is used in many different contexts.

From the, um, Wikipedias.
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   #18. Posted at 04:28 PM on Oct 19th 2007 Edit   Reply
DrDillyBar
Well done as always. ;)

I'd have myself a Q6600 aswell if I wasn't doing so well getting a 1333 FSB on my P5WDH and E6420 (pleasant surprise to say the least). Still no need for Quad just yet on my end.
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#18, Aye. That old E6600 I have running at a rather tame 3.6GHz i...  :  Chrispy_  (#19)  «

   #10. Posted at 10:51 AM on Oct 19th 2007, Edited at 12:38 PM on Oct 19th 2007 Edit   Reply
Krogoth
Great review, but you were clearly bored. ;)

QX6850 is hardly that exciting. The sight clockspeed boost is what providing the marginable boost over QX6800 (3.00Ghz versus 2.93Ghz). 1333Mhz FSB does absolutely nothing for C2Q, because it is not quite FSB limited yet.

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#10, Yeah, but humor is a great pancreas.  :  Damage  (#11)  «
#11, laughter is the best insulin.  :  willyolio  (#12)  «
#11, ROFL, I think that I have successfully created a new meme...  :  Krogoth  (#15)  «
#11, and then there is the "cubic assload"  :  nstuff  (#16)  «

   #14. Posted at 12:13 PM on Oct 19th 2007 Edit   Reply
Prototyped
Dudes. An E6850 (3 GHz, 1333 MT/s FSB, 4MB L2, dual-core, in other words, half a QX6850) would've been a better comparison chip than the E6750. Sure, the E6750 is probably the Intel sweet spot right now, but the E6850 would have been a better apples-to-apples comparison owing to a clock speed similar to the QX6800, QX6850 and X5365 parts.
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   #13. Posted at 12:09 PM on Oct 19th 2007 Edit   Reply
mortifiedPenguin
funny Scott even included the fx-74... i had completely forgotten about its existence. then remembered why.
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   #9. Posted at 10:45 AM on Oct 19th 2007 Edit   Reply
Gungir
Excellent review. I get the feeling Scott was a little giddy thanks to testing the best single CPU out there on the best motherboard available with a ridiculous amount of earth-shaking RAM.

But who wouldn't be?
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   #7. Posted at 10:18 AM on Oct 19th 2007 Edit   Reply
hans
Anyone have info on what Penryn might do to the price of the Q6600?
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   #5. Posted at 06:20 AM on Oct 19th 2007 Edit   Reply
indeego
"Heck, the iPhone is locked down tighter than Fort Knox."

Man if Fort Knox had iphone's security, we'd have even more of a financial crisis on our hands! No gold!

http://secunia.com/product/15128/?task=statistics

But I'm sure you mean the development platform.
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   #4. Posted at 06:09 AM on Oct 19th 2007, Edited at 05:45 AM on Oct 22nd 2007 Edit   Reply
Jigar
Now i really feel that it was a good idea going with Q6600.
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   #2. Posted at 02:02 AM on Oct 19th 2007 Edit   Reply
End User
If you are a gamer you cannot go wrong with a Q6600 @3.x. Save you money for a next gen graphics card.
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   #1. Posted at 01:53 AM on Oct 19th 2007, Edited at 02:29 AM on Oct 19th 2007 Edit   Reply
Usacomp2k3
Really good read though. Thanks muchly!

Thanks also for explaining about updating the testbed. Stuff like that has to happen. Now I just need to decide if it's worth $300 to upgrade from an x2 @ 2.4ghz to a c2d. Hmm. Probably no :P
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