Intel Core i7-965: 50% more performance than QX9770

[Blacky]

According to some reviewers who had their hands on the upcoming Bloomfield, the new CPU runs great. But how huge improvement it is compared to today’s top dog?

In a recent document sent to partners, Intel pointed out that when comparing Core i7-965 with QX9770, we can get 52% more 3D gaming performance, 38% more rendering performance and 41% more movie editing and conversion performance. (Core i7-965 platform: X58, DDR3 3G, Discrete VGA card, QX9770 platform unknown.)

Yes, the numbers are quite vague, but it is directly coming from Intel. Compared to a more expensive product, we can’t expect more. (QX9770>1450USD, Core i7-965=999USD)

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[zanzabar]

i call BS, unless u have integrated there are no games that u could that boost from since most games are 1-2threads there could not be that improvement

and x58 isnt integrated VGA so im confused

[dinos22]

here are some real numbers

http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=3978

[NeedMoMegaHurtZ]

Maybe they meant 3D Chess "gaming" @ 640x480 ?

I was just reading that earlier Dinos, nice thread

[Blacky]

nice stuff there dino

[safan80]

here are some real numbers

http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=3978

wow 12.7 at stock! my 4.0Ghz yorkie does 12.2 in the 1M superpi

edit: I see he got SLI working on that intel X58 nice!

[Nasgul]

wow 12.7 at stock! my 4.0Ghz yorkie does 12.2 in the 1M superpi

Indeed...........people forgot what Intel said about Conroe before it was released.

The streets will flow with blood of the non-believers

[dinos22]

Indeed...........people forgot what Intel said about Conroe before it was released.

The streets will flow with blood of the non-believers

yeah but that was a different time
it was a bit of a PR battle and it was really hard to believe they would smash AMD and OC as good as it was talked about

but it turned out every bit as good and crushed AMD the day it got released

i dont know that we will really see such changes in tech from Intel's model changes alone though....there is obviously difference between new and old tech but not to same degree we saw with Conroe vs A64

[safan80]

Im holding out for an 8 core westmere.

[Zytek_Fan]

It's hard to concentrate between the CPU-Z and the girl

[villa1n]

wow 12.7 at stock! my 4.0Ghz yorkie does 12.2 in the 1M superpi

edit: I see he got SLI working on that intel X58 nice!

isnt the faster superpi due to the better l2 latency in nehalem?

[T_Flight]

Indeed...........people forgot what Intel said about Conroe before it was released.

The streets will flow with blood of the non-believers

In the true old school Judas Priest wail...

"SOME HEADS ARE GONNA ROOOOOOOLLLL!"

[quake6]

I have question about those extra pins on a front side of CPU. What are they for?

[savantu]

isnt the faster superpi due to the better l2 latency in nehalem?

Weren't people saying that cache size is all that matters ?

[saaya]

i think you people missed the foxconn renessance benchmark results on thg about... 4 months ago?
http://www.tomshardware.tw/590,news-590.html

then again, its thg which not many people here read

[Sampsa]

Sorry but Nehalem gaming boost over QX9770 will be 5 - 10 % :| Only 3DMark Vantage's CPU-test and Lost Planet's Cave timedemo will get huge improvements since those support 8 threads.

[saaya]

I have question about those extra pins on a front side of CPU. What are they for?

debugging/programming of the cpu multipliers/cache etc i think

[azza21]

Saaya do some work your not employed by foxxcon to message on XS

I saw these i7's on UK e-tailor overclockers, the Extreme i7 cost around £870, rather cheap eh.

[Bellisimo]

wow 12.7 at stock! my 4.0Ghz yorkie does 12.2 in the 1M superpi

edit: I see he got SLI working on that intel X58 nice!

12.7 is really slow for 4ghz

isnt the faster superpi due to the better l2 latency in nehalem?

triple channel DDR3, really fast l2 and 8mb of fast L3 might help....

Weren't people saying that cache size is all that matters ?

have you actually ever run superpi? guess not, judging from your clueless statement

[Blauhung]

Im holding out for an 8 core westmere.

Westmere is 6 core for UP and DP, and 12 core for MP platforms with its 32nm refresh of Beckton. There is nothing with 8 or more cores for desktop coming out till probably 2010.

[LuckyNV]

its been removed, so ignore what ever prices Overchargers put up. I'm hoping some cpu coolers ot at very least LGA1366 brackets be released for current coolers, not getting this if that means using a stock cooler :\

[informal]

This 50% claim is pure BS marketing.But to anyone who "plays" 3D Vantage or Lost Planet tests,it will hold water for sure.

As Sampsa said,5% over Yorkfiled is what to expect(and as we saw from pconline last week,it can be even slower per clock in some games and non gaming tests... with turbo hopefully being off)

[saaya]

Saaya do some work your not employed by foxxcon to message on XS

not? *checks contract*

[JargonGR]

Damn me those things are coming out soon and I have not even managed to build my latest pile of computer parts and watercooling stuff.

I have an Asus Rampage Extreme, an E8500, a Q9550, 4GB DDR3, 2 ATI 4870X2 with EK Blocks, 4 Radiators (3 PAs on TFC360) and 6 1TB HDs and LOL all are sitting idle because I don't have FREAKING time to built that thing.

By the time I make it Icore 7 will be running at 10GHzzz and my parts will have gone to waste.


Do you think I should sell them now before I even build them (M/B - CPUs) and get a Nehalem? But I really don't want to deal with all the initial M/B bugs this time.

[rozzyroz]

12.7 is really slow for 4ghz

maybe, but the benchmark was ran at 3.2ghz