Quote Originally Posted by informal View Post
Hmm exactly,something is off with this bench..Either HT isn't working correctly or it is working stellarly and is producing 2x the scores ..Which in turn is highly unlikely (how can a HT enabled Nehalem chip score 2x the physical scores with HT enabled??).We need actuall points per day the Nehalem puts out,not the built-in tool to benchmark it.The actual ppd will tell us is the HT really this good or is it messing with the scores.
Dave or anyone else. Any speculation as to this problem?


Quote Originally Posted by savantu View Post
On a similar note , I'd expect the Nehalem IMC to be more sensitive to memory and especially voltage.Because it is incorporated into the CPU , it is made with 45nm.That causes problems when linked to higher voltages needed for RAM links ( 1.5V ).Being in the chipset alleviated this problem since chipsets are usually on n-1 or n-2 process tech which matches better the voltages used in RAM.
Could you / someone please explain this a little better? I thought RAM voltage only affected the RAM itself, and not the memory controller

I know, I have alot to learn.