Originally Posted by gosh
Why don't you explain how prefetchers work and when they work?
While doing that you can also explain the differences in how the cache work on i5/i7 vs Phenom II
It is one thing to just say someone don't know, but to explain is another ballgame
You have some graphs (Phenom II cache)^^ ?
I've read so many reviews, it's hard to keep them all in my head... ouch!
on topic:
The i7-860 looks to be a winner!
Sure, you give up a little memory bandwidth, but gain slightly in everything else, over the i7-920. (at lower wattage too)
I'm looking to stick with low db air cooled gamer rig. OC, and 27/7 operation. I think the i7-860 is the real winner in the enthusiast market. We'll see this chip @ $219 before the Superbowl.
The P55 seems to be kind to memory, so a nice 8GB, 7-7-7-20 @ 1866Mhz seems easily doable for a near quite system. (Raven 2 case)
Strictly gaming and video encoding, etc...
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