Barcelona benchies out!

[Sir. MatDef]

I know its just anandtech, and the whole thing is pretty rushed, but its a good start to the avalanche of reviews that will soon be coming out.

http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=3091&p=4

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3092

Faster than k8, but almost the same as the core 2 line.


Here's to hoping that with higher cpu speeds amd will come out on top again. :nod:

[AllFoamNoBeer]

Aren't the Barcelona's meant to be that "true quad core" thing that AMD was boasting about?

[Sir. MatDef]

Aren't the Barcelona's meant to be that "true quad core" thing that AMD was boasting about?

Yeah, but that seems to be a pretty stupid point to me, since as long as I see this:


I don't really care how they went about doing it. :)

[AllFoamNoBeer]

I am soo jealous of that screenshot...

[Namakan]

yes me too

[Chewy_Solo]

not me he he i get it all the time :yay:

[JoeG]

*...Looks at mine*


*...looks at his*


Cries a little...:salute:

It looks better in X64... but I need... NEED... 4 cores... NEED THEM I TELL YOU!

[looqas]

There was a bench out pitting E6850 and Q6600 out against each other. Very surprising results. Go check them out.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...uad-q6600.html

What comes to Barcelona I feel a little bit disappointed.