This was the last time Intel cared about performance.
This was the last time Intel cared about performance
Michael Williams
Dominic Edwards
Quality thread. Great topic to start a discussion. Because every one of us has at one point owned an i7 980 and can totally relate to this feeling of superiority.
End yourself
Brandon James
So, how do you explain the fact that later Intel CPUs have higher performance?
Joseph Martin
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Justin White
Last time AMD could compete
Evan Nelson
well on the plus side you can get one for under 2 bills on ebay now. makes me glad i didn't drop a grand for one back then. it's still better than anything amd has out now. maybe ryzen will change that but i'm not holding my breathe.
Chase Johnson
yeah buying used 980s is the way to go in 2017
Jose Stewart
of course it's cheap and more than powerful enough for anything a typical person would need plus it has triple channel memory which amd still doesn't have.
Luis Price
All those "XTREEEME" edition processors were just overpriced dickwaving. They were the fastest consumer CPUs, sure. But the performance per watt/dollar ratio was in the toilet. And they ran at a billion degrees. Fuck off with that manchild shit. If Intel goes back to making that crap, I will just laugh.
Justin Mitchell
eh at this point intel doesn't need to. they have no competition in the top end cpu market.
Jackson Bennett
I once """swapped""" a basic Athlon 64 for a 64 FX-62 on a library computer two counties away, in one of my ballsiest upgrades ever back in 2006, but it was worth it, as I was able to use that thing up until late 2009 without issue. There's really no point in $1000 CPU's anymore though, considering you don't even need to break $300 to get a powerful CPU in this day and age
It still took another two years to finally be able to play FEAR though, as Nvidia's 8800 refresh was the only thing that could handle soft shadows at the time
Mason Ward
got a i5 2500k years ago for 120€ and have no reason to upgrade it yet. maybe when the motherboard breaks if theres no cheap boards on ebay
Nolan Ross
>holding my breathe
Intel fanboys, folks.
Henry Parker
i'm not a fanboy, but amd kinda does have a history of letting people down.
Julian Lewis
Illiterate faggot here
The 7700 works with win 7 right?
Caleb Cooper
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Camden Young
>tempted to pair my gtx 980 with an i7 980
im letting my autism show, arent i
Luis Evans
i7-930 for $25 on amazon.
>I really want it for my Linux rig.
Jeremiah Cooper
was more so going for a matching cpu/gpu, since already have gtx 980 desu
what do the motherboards cost, if the cpu are so cheap?
Connor Gomez
>tfw still running a comfy X5690
but yeah I guess the consumer version was just as good
Wyatt Diaz
Sometimes more than original retail.
William Evans
should have used a xeon
Jonathan Watson
Daniel Long
Give it back Tyrone.
Lincoln Diaz
1st gen i7's are great value. paired mine with a used GTX 780. 4 cores + 4 threads, runs fallout 4 at 1440p with almost everything maxed out (mostly shadow quality and range reduced) 40-60 FPS depending on where you are. totally playable. could OC it higher but don't feel like i have to. never goes beyond 75C on air.
biggest problem is the LGA 1366 motherboards. i've got it running on a P6T Deluxe v2, which are still quite expensive despite its age. the board is actually my own, has been running almost non-stop for 7 years and still works like a charm with every single RAM slot filled (24 GB in triple channel).
amazing mobo even after all those years.
Asher Morris
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Levi Ortiz
What is AMD FX-8350?
Beat the shit out of Intel and Ryzen will do it again.