Intel Core i7 Processors [models & pricing] ! !

[gundamit]

Sorry if this is off topic ...

I stopped hardware purchases in order to prep my wallet for i7. Not sure I'll be an early adopter but I think I can justify my purchase since my curiosity about the new CPU has a practical gaming angle. Currently I'm running 5 instances of EQ2 on a Q6600 @3.43ghz with 8gig of memory on an old Asus 965 mobo. My main toon gets his own rig. All is well and it runs smooth and problem free outside of the fact the mobo/4x2gb memory combo is holding the OC down a bit. EQ2 is an odd game in that if offloads some of the graphics work on the CPU. Can't really crank the graphics without a lot of CPU power. Old 8800GTX doesn't seem to have problems rendering at 16x10x5.

I can't help wondering how I would fare with an i7 and GTX 280. Sony just issued a multi core patch and I'm wondering how it'll assign the workload with HT. Not that I need more rendering power or FPS since I mostly just look at my main toon's 24" screen.

Meh. Reading this post makes me think I'm stretching my "practical" gaming reasoning a bit for an i7, buts it more than most gamers have. Crunchers on the other hand ...

[Jacky]

What exactly does CrystalMark 2004R3 do and why is nehalem slightly slower than penryn overall? I guess it's a single threaded benchmark?
What relevance does it have for realworld testing? I know the sieve of eratosthenes and fibonacci calculations are realworld algorithms, but are they (and all the others) relevant to real software?

Can anyone elaborate?

I see it is 32 bit, so now that macro-ops fusion is enable in 64bit this should give a boost of a couple percent to nehalem in contrast to C2D in realworld 64bit code. Thus they'd be at least eqal in FPU/ALU tests I guess.
Why is nehalem faster in the GPU tests, does anyone know? (it seems they also make us of the CPU?)

Are there any 3dmark experts here?
Could someone compare nehalem with penryn: http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showth...?t=3978&page=7 (link used to work)
Nehalem 3,2ghz, 9800 GTX+ default
memory IIRC: tripple channel 800mhz (7-7-7-21)
scores 62781 in 3dmark01.

[Blauhung]

Can anyone elaborate?

I see it is 32 bit, so now that macro-ops fusion is enable in 64bit this should give a boost of a couple percent to nehalem in contrast to C2D in realworld 64bit code. Thus they'd be at least eqal in FPU/ALU tests I guess.
Why is nehalem faster in the GPU tests, does anyone know? (it seems they also make us of the CPU?)

Are there any 3dmark experts here?
Could someone compare nehalem with penryn: http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showth...?t=3978&page=7 (link used to work)
Nehalem 3,2ghz, 9800 GTX+ default
memory IIRC: tripple channel 800mhz (7-7-7-21)
scores 62781 in 3dmark01.

I can venture a guess as to 3D performance. Latency and bandwidth from CPU to PCIe are both greatly improved through using a direct QPI link to the PCI controller on the X58 chipset. There might also be several improvements on the controller to make use of these new found boosts.

[Chri$ch]

Intel Core i7-965 XE + Asus P6T-Deluxe + ATI 4870 CF

- Intel Core i7 965 3.2G
- ASUS P6T Deluxe 0401
- ASUS ATI 4870 TOP DDR5 512M x 2
- 3x1GB A-DATA DDR3 1600X Ver2.0
- Seagate 7200.10 320G (HDD)
- CoolMaster V8 (CPU Cooler)
- CoolMaster 1000W



SiSoft Sandra / Everest


3DMark06 single Card / Crossfire


3DMark Vantage single Card / Crossfire


SiSoft Sandra / Everest / 3DMark06 & Vantage CPU & Memory OC

(Source: xfastest.com)

[Slovnaft]

can the 'speedstep' looking thing on the 3dmark clocks be disabled?

[STaRGaZeR]

Chri$ch, can you upload the pics to a different place from now on? abload has that annoying popups.

[Chri$ch]

all upload sites have popups

[tiro_uspsss]

all upload sites have popups

if u have a hotmail account, use MS Skydrive

[Chri$ch]

fixed the screens (now on my ftp)

Online gallery with all Pics and screen -> http://www.muenster.de/~e30pics/index.html

[STaRGaZeR]

Nice

BTW Imageshack has advertisements, but no popups.

[Kondik]

I'm crying ... Is this possible ? It's amazing , after I see the folding result I'll want it .. badly ... Thanks Chri$ch so much for those

[Slovnaft]

oh man, at first i thought you were using 2x 4870x2 and I was clinically unimpressed. But now I realise that's just 2x 4870, and...damn.

[Chri$ch]

Intel Core i7-965XE + MSI Eclipse X58 + Geforce 9600GT SLI

Testsys:
Intel Core i7-965XE @ 3.85Ghz
MSI X58 Eclipse
3 x 1GB DDR3-1600
2 x MSI N9600GT



3DMark06 / GPUs @ stock


3DMark06 / GPUs @ OC


200Mhz BCLK

(Source: Coolaler.com)
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Intel Core i7-965XE @ Dice

(Source: OCXtreme)

[dieqast]

Gotta love coolaler, O M G that's some d*mn-nice i7-teasing

[breathemetal]

Hopefully the prices are "decent" by march

[Shintai]

Abit funny when certain "sites" said no OC etc.

Now we have been shown 200Mhz clock and a CPU at 5Ghz with SMT on.

[iboomalot]

Shintai isn't the extreme unlocked for high OCing ??

[xVeinx]

Shintai isn't the extreme unlocked for high OCing ??

There have been some really nice clocks on the 920 as well, which isn't unlocked -upwards of 4Ghz...

[[XC] hipno650]

one of these with the Madboris core optimizer is going to rock my supreme commander world!!! that 9600gt SLI result is just unreal. over 23k with only 9600gt's!!! all on air is just crazy. the CPU score in 3dmark06 stock is the same as my Q6600 @ 3.9ghz. and don't even get me started on the mem bandwidth. 2-3x more than the best Phenom setup is just outstanding. i am really looking forward to this!!

[Chri$ch]

VCore ~1.34v, VDimm 1.6v



more pics and screens @ awardfabrik

[safan80]

Chri$ch, can you upload the pics to a different place from now on? abload has that annoying popups.

I get no popups... oh wait I block scripts.

[ap4lifetn]

http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/...-out-wild.html

[STaRGaZeR]

I get no popups... oh wait I block scripts.

Try these: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=181

Now that his links point directly to the image all is fine, no popups

[Shintai]

http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/...-out-wild.html

Nice, first retails out. I took the picture out.
(1075$ for the CPU).

[ap4lifetn]

Mobo

http://www.centralcomputers.com/comm...=1225586501390

305.95