Quote Originally Posted by dess View Post
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the idea of comparing 4/8 with 4/4 instead of with 2/4 is to isolate things to a single detail and test the crap out of that detail to understand it. if you add in clock rates or TDP then your looking at a scenario closer to reality, but not with scientific precision.

what chew is doing is great, but he would need to do about a dozen more tests with each scenario to cover everything. so instead he built a few real life examples and showed when either is better. i would just like to see if he can set up a turbo on the 4/4 to let it get a little higher clock rate when its a low threaded game. he might only get an extra 100mhz, but it might be enough to make it better in many more cases. i havnt seen enough examples of how turbo can be set up with overclocks and how well its working once set up.