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To: DRBES who wrote (239453)	8/28/2007 2:15:20 PM
From: fastpathguru	Respond to of 275872

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41970 Intel Spin Hotline: "All of our representatives are currently busy. Your call is very important to us, please stay on the line and we'll be with you as soon as possible. Tnank you... <elevator music>" fpg

To: DRBES who wrote (239453)	8/28/2007 2:18:27 PM
From: eracer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Very good news for AMD if the score is legit (run at default resolution, etc.). If that score is representative of what gaming performance will be like the enthusiast community would probably drop Core 2 Duo like a hot potato.

To: DRBES who wrote (239453)	8/28/2007 2:24:47 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Beats a 5GHz liquid nitrogen QX6850 rig with similar graphics hardware by 10%! tcmagazine.info OC enthusiasts Kinc and Shamino have put their experience to good use and have managed to break yet another record in Futuremark's 3DMark06. The final score set by the new uber-stressed system was 27,039 points and was achieved with a little help from a few overclocked parts. The record-breaking system consisted of a very cool (when cooled with liquid nitrogen) QX6850 that reached 5119MHz, an ASUS Blitz Extreme motherboard, Mushkin DDR3 1333MHz memory and a Crossfire setup made out of two Asus Radeon HD 2900 XTs clocked to 1175 MHz (core) and 950 MHz (memory). 'Proof pic', just below. Hmmm... Petz