Look what newegg's got on sale now

[loop2kil]

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...ion=19-116-198

Wow, these came outta nowhere. 64 bit intels are here with 2mb l2 cache. $259. Are the 915/925 boards compatible with these???

[Joel]

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...ion=19-116-198

Wow, these came outta nowhere. 64 bit intels are here with 2mb l2 cache. $259. Are the 915/925 boards compatible with these???

Yeah, 915/925 are compatible.

They did come out of nowhere, but I'm wondering how fast in 64-bit apps they actually are, compared to the Athlon64s.

Anyone have any benchies?

[loop2kil]

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...oc.aspx?i=2329

The roadmap for intel looks promising. but im with you i would like to see some benches.

[YARDofSTUF]

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1766984,00.asp

[cyberskye]

Can't imagine you'll get a huge performance bump until the OS is also 64bit - by then the prices will hit the sweet spot too.

[loop2kil]

Good read yos...still seems to be the case, if you want a pure gaming rig go A64, but for multitasking you just can't beat the HT of the intels....now i need to get back to work

[ScottE]

Good read yos...still seems to be the case, if you want a pure gaming rig go A64, but for multitasking you just can't beat the HT of the intels....now i need to get back to work

Work sucks. Have a beer, or 6.

[loop2kil]

Ok, where ya gonna meet me, guess im not working very hard huh??

[YARDofSTUF]

I think the A64's shine in 32bit use more than they will under 64bit operation.

[loop2kil]

Though i've been wanting to build an A64 machine just to mess around with, for me it's always about multitasking. I love the fact that I can encode and burn dvds while playing hl2 or css and never miss a beat. After looking at those benches I can comfortably say that I'm staying with intel for a little while longer.