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<P>I refuse to pay more than 1000 kr. for a CPU, even a quad core. Ah, life as a PC gamer... isn't it fuckin' marvellous?
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<P><B>On 08/28, 2004 Aemer wrote:
<P>>From: Aemer (king_gumshue@hotmail.com)
<P>>To: Jonas (jwaever@planetdeusex.com)
<P>>Subject: Quadcore
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<P>>I definately think it's worth upgrading your rig, it's just a
<P>>question of timing. Upgrade now, and the Phenom will have a
<P>>manufacturing defect with a rediculously low probability of
<P>>occuring; or you can use a patch they made, which cuts about
<P>>10% off of your performance. Upgrade in 2 months and they'll have
<P>>implemented a fix in hardware with phenom revision 3, meaning
<P>>that there will no longer be a bug; but seeing as it's generally
<P>>accepted that the price is currently lower due to the bug, you risk
<P>>paying a disproportionate premium for waiting (conventionally the
<P>>price should drop, but you might actually see it increase).
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<P>>The best you can do, I believe, is wait about 3 months and see
<P>>if you can snag a revision 2 CPU after the rev. 3 has been released,
<P>>and people therefore refuse to buy the rev 2.
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<P>>Or you can snag a Phenom triple core revision 3... that basically
<P>>means buying a quad core with one defective core, meaning you won't
<P>>save anything on power, but only on price.
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<P>>Still, quad is definately the way to go... eventually ;-)