Intel's new processors

[edyzmedieval]

So you guys suggest getting a chipset from this generation?
AMD64/Pentium IV?!

[Blodrast]

No, I suggest you not throwing away your money on top-of-the-line stuff
It's not worth it, you might not benefit from all its "features", and you might get the same visible performance from a cheaper thingie.

As a rule of thumb, it usually doesn't pay to be in the first wave that adopts any new tech.
Especially in computer-related stuff, where things get cheaper quite fast.

[Lemur]

Actually, if I were building a computer and I wanted it to be stable and great for gaming for, say, the next year, I would buy an AMD64 system. And not one of the new, fancy AM2 rigs, but rather the 939 pin version. Prices will be dropping, performance is only a couple of percentage points off the new platform, etc. And I certainly wouldn't wait for Conroe, which will need to get through its birthing pains before I would want to approach it.

So yeah. If you're building a rig soonish, I'd say go with AMD64. And for Pete's sake, don't buy the FX60. Grab an Opteron with one meg per core and overclock that sucker.

[hoom]

Conroe does not support 64 bit extensions.

Oh yes it does.

[edyzmedieval]

Thanks for the suggestions. Looking now....