It will truly be a necessary purchase for global boints

I agree bro... i guess i will have to buckle down and start saving now

Am I missing something ... the only things it will destroy are wprime, where it wont be hurting our 4x cpu ranking, and vantage, where cpu test only makes a minimal difference in overall score?

No because the overclocks are going to be so much higher is why. If they only hit frequencies of 45nm i7's it wouldn't be that big of a deal. Retail is rumored to hit 5.8ghz+. Actually I think 6ghz is more like it for a good one.

Gotcha ... I still dont think the loss will be as fast or as dramatic as kal implied. epecially since a lot of us will be right there riding the wave :D

True words spoken buddy. I would never doubt more than a handful of guys having one or more really soon :D

A few factors should take down the immediate effects

The fact that not all of them are going to hit uber clocks is the main concern.
How disheartening would that be: $1000 for a bum chip......

The 3D benches will have to be re-run under Gulftown.
http://www.overclockaholics.com/Kal/...3414_Stock.JPG

is physx on for that mark?

dude physx doesnt apply on 3dm06

but the 32nm chips do clock better....

to put it in perspective.... imagine going from a old Q6600 to a G0


thats basically the difference were gonna see here.... they're gonna hit righteous clocks for sure.... we will have to start looking at this as a team....

we will need these cpu's.... and any globals are in danger, but we will still hold any hardware points we have for the most part, but me finally in a position that is much more OC friendly.... i believe i will be working on getting a cpu as quickly as possible...

we will need to work together to keep up with this.... but i think we will be ok :ohcrap::ohcrap: