if amd did it?

If pigs could fly

If AMD had such a processor, then Intel would have a 4.5ghz processor, and AMD would be in the same boat.

If AMD could have put out a Phenom at 3.4 ghz, I'm sure AMD would have. And if AMD had spent the time and money that they put into are the marketing hype on research instead, maybe Phenom wouldn't have so many problems. But for the past year and a half, we kept hearing about how great the new architecture was, how fast it was, how it would beat Intel's C2D and Intel's quads. Now we know; the new architecture stinks, the Phenom is slow, and it can't beat the older AMD X2 chips, much less any of the C2Ds and quads.

You can follow the "if only" story forever, but it can never make up for reality.

Jeez guys, what if we answered his question? It's a hypothetical.

Intel could counter it with a 3.0-3.2 GHz Quad, and probably push it to 3.6 GHz if they wanted to in order to compete.

Intel's highest clocked non-extreme quad is still 2.66 GHz (soon to be 2.83 GHz).

I saw yours, and I think it's an exagerration.

It would simply increase the default clock speeds of it's current Processors.

The 45nm Quads easily do 4.0Ghz already.
And the Penryn are about 20% faster than the Phenom so that would be about a 4.8Ghz vs the 3.4Ghz Phenom.

So Even a AMD-FanBoy Wet Dream can't match what Intel has to offer today.

It might make more sense to glue two 5000+ BEs together and give them a high clock, since the 5000+ BE is a 65nm part. Of course, gluing two X2s together would mean admitting that Intel had it right when they did that, and AMD does not want to admit that they made a mistake when they made a "native" quad core.

I thought this was impossible due to the IMC.

If anyone was looking today, amd came out with a black edition of their quad core phenom... and it still stinks to high heaven.

Even if the bug was worked out of it and they came out with a stock 3.4 quad... Intel would respond with 4.0 or a 4.5 stock quad.

so for everybody thinking amd is gonna come out with a quad that is fixed and runs @ 3.4 anytime soon
.....I see a lot of flying MC rib sandwiches.....

It was hypothetical.

But then again, I dont think it was really that far off base. the E8400 can be easily pushed to 4ghz already. And assuming that AMD could produce a better chip, I still think Intel would be able to "one up them."

I think its possible that IF IF IF AMD had a 3.4ghz quad it may compete with the Q6600.

You got that right... who knows what is lurking back in the shadows of Intel... methinks a 10.5ghz monster is hidden somwhere in the secret dungons of their Santa Clara, CA main offices.

Lol.. true enough.

I'll upgrade with Westmere. (If I don't get a Penryn).

Tesla

Hydra or Scylla.

Medusa only had a single head, she just had snake hair.

Yea, but she wasn't considered "multi-headed" in a "classical" sense. You know what I mean?

Of course I do, I'm just difficult.

Perfect name!

And the CPU dies from heat...

Whatever this was a perfect hijack thread. My favorite thing to do.

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I got a new one, Barbara.

We discussed Kiki.

As if right now,...whats Intel's fastest quad extreme?

No, you and I talked about Kiki.

I've broken up with chicks that scratched my car.

No kidding.

If they kicked my PC.. meh. I like my computer, but my car is my baby.