Download:intel 4core demo--Ice Storm Fighters

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Originally Posted by tcG

Single cores can still hold their own in gaming, can't they?

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Sure they can! Just wait for the DX10 games/programs (with DX10 videocard) and the CPU with 1core will be enough for gaming, the card will do ~all job

Hi All:

I run the Intel Capabilities Forum web site (www.intelcapabilitiesforum.net), which has made the Ice Storm Fighters (ISF) game engine technology demo available.

The main goal of ISF is to demonstrate a game engine that can generate n-number of threads, depending on the number of cores present (1,2,4,8, etc.). More cores enables more helper threads to be spawned, so more onscreen "actors" can be in the scene while maintaining playable frame rate.

I invite you to read about the demo here:

http://www.intelcapabilitiesforum.net/ISF_demo

Also, there's a related article about an 8-core system you can build today.

http://www.intelcapabilitiesforum.ne...res_no_waiting

Cheers,

Dave Salvator
EIC, Intel Capabilities Forum

Thanks for the info. That "V8" system is looking good... :)

I ran the demo. It's an interesting CPU test. In low quality mode the lowest FPS I saw was 47, and the highest 181. In high quality mode lowest FPS I saw was 16 and highest was 58 FPS.

Low Quality:

http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/5...testbt5.th.jpg

Hiqh Quality:

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/9...sthqkj0.th.jpg

We've got a couple of V8 systems here at XS. Need to get a better VC, though. :)

i think this game needs an big l2 cache, because an e6400 3.2ghz scores way lower then e6600 at 3.6ghz