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3.2G OC'd CORE i7 940 vs. 3.16Ghz Stock E8500 vs. 3.2Ghz Stock QX9770 Complete Review
Looks like video games don't make a damn bit of difference with nehalem vs. penryn or 2 vs. 4 cores.:shrug:
source:
http://translate.google.com/translat...118/118851.htm
More mhz = win! :p:
http://hardware.mydrivers.com/img/20081016/02013134.jpg
Test Setup:
http://hardware.mydrivers.com/img/20081016/01252273.jpg
Conclusions (Translated from Chinese):
"[Summary of the test and feelings]
As the next generation of Intel's top-most powerful CPU, Core i7 very strong performance, basically all non-game-type projects are bypassing behalf of the Royal QX9770, with 20-30% of the under-frequency performance advantages bring To speed up the experience is perfect, no amount of computing in a number of heavy multi-threaded performance of the procedure under almost the trumpet is a "Skulltrail" platform, such as in Sisoft Sandra 2009, the performance is very good, far exceeds the contrast product platform.
Good finish, we are concerned at the lack of: First of all, many of the current software for multi-core CPU utilization is far from being in place; Secondly, no software can use to Nehalem's built-in memory controller, and then AMD memory controller into the CPU when the internal procedures we have in most years have seen nearly 20% of the performance; HT Hyper-Threading technology is still not the level of play; enhance the performance of the game is limited, you can see from this For fans of the game, you want to play cool games, the use of more high-end GPU is the best.
Prices of Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition i7-965 (3.2GHz, 8MB L3, LGA1366, Product Code BX80601965, QPI 6.4GT/sec), is expected to priced at 999 U.S. dollars. Intel Core i7-940 (2.93GHz, 8MB L3, LGA1366, Product Code BX80601940, QPI 4.8GT/sec), is expected to priced at 562 U.S. dollars. Intel Core i7-920 (2.66GHz, 8MB L3, LGA1366, Product Code BX80601920, QPI 4.8GT/sec), is expected to priced at 284 U.S. dollars. I am afraid that most people are concerned about is the lowest frequency, the lowest price of Intel Core i7-920, its overclocking performance in the end, the price could drop even further and so on are players who ask.
There are of concern to the memory / CPU voltage, although there are many articles that Nehalem's CPU and memory voltage is the voltage increase or decrease in sync, but we can only say that based on a different BIOS design, there will be a different situation, Intel was very Clear that if the voltage setting beyond the scope of 1.50V-1.65V, it may affect the life of CPU. While in previous tests we are used to adjust the voltage to a high extent to achieve a better level of performance, but this time we strongly recommend that all players are as much as possible to maintain the value of the voltage in the range Intel provided, in In the near future, the memory manufacturers are likely to produce some of the low voltage of DDR3-1066 to DDR3-1600 memory, and to maintain a very low delay, the current JEDEC standard DDR3 can be completely normal in the run X58, the delay is only slightly higher A number.
However, I personally still insist that if a good motherboard design work, a good cooling equipment, as well as excellent BIOS design ,1.7-1 .8 V voltage is acceptable (I purely personal opinion), so in the future The high-frequency low-voltage version of DDR3 memory will be able to lower the voltage to achieve the 1866-2200MHz frequency, while not meeting the extreme demands of enthusiasts, but for most of the players have accepted the terms. The author's personal experience is that if the three-channel state of 1.65V to achieve DDR3-1333 5-5-5-12, or DDR3-1500 / 1600 6-6-5-15, memory bandwidth is also considerable. So i7/X58 for the players, not the kind of user P45/X38/X48 similar high-low-frequency effects of delayed memory."
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