Phenom vs C2D/Q Credits

[plonk420]

since none of my availble hardware seems to support ESXi, i'm thinking of doing a Q6600 for a router/server/DC (with the spare cycles) box... it also (MIGHT) use less power than a similarly clocked Phenom.

i do not OC (tho i will likely underclock/volt in the summer and kill DC in the hottest months). i do not use "optimized clients".

i run World Community Grid, Rosetta, Cosmology (may be just a short run), and the odd other project or three...

how does a Phenom at 2.6gHz compare to Core2Quad at 2.6 in work done and credits given? (preferrably on those projects) ...any one have some numbers for this question?

[Jerod Vandehey]

Yeah, does anyone have a phenom 9950 yet? I just found out that my old mb will take one (GA-M55SLI-S4)! I can go from a x2 3600 to a x4 9950! Then I can go from a sempron 2800 to the x2 3600! At this point I won't oc it much. I even have an extra 2GB of memory to put in. I am EXCITED!

[plonk420]

Yeah, does anyone have a phenom 9950 yet? I just found out that my old mb will take one (GA-M55SLI-S4)! I can go from a x2 3600 to a x4 9950! Then I can go from a sempron 2800 to the x2 3600! At this point I won't oc it much. I even have an extra 2GB of memory to put in. I am EXCITED!

my friend who throws lan parties has one and loves it.

and this comparison totally puts getting an i7 inter perspective if you have the current hardware that will support a 9950... http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Intel-Core-i7-Nehalem,2057-11.html

adding a 9950 to existing hardware is DEFINITELY less than 40% the cost of getting an x58 and new memory. tho, if you could get an i7 mobo with 90-95% the performance of x58 boards for ~$80, i'd likely be on it immediately (just get 3x512mb sticks .. you don't need THAT much for DCing)