Intel Quad Core

[loafer87gt]

I am pretty sure it is the average of the lowest FPS (min framerates for scenes) for the benchmarks and the average of the highest FPS.

[jujubee]

ha :P

[DaForce]

Will try the script on my 8800gtx later today and see how it goes. Dont think it will be all that good as drivers are still crap and it seems slower than my old 7800gtx.

[dlparisi]

If using directx 9 with a geforce 7950 what's the optimal driver settings inside of max for best performance? i.e. Used Cached DX3DXmeshes, Use triangles strips, Redraw scene, etc. These settings always kind of baffled me .

[natty]

Hi Guys

just took delivery of a new workstation today with a intel extreme Quad core.. the whole system cost £1200.. It just beat my dual opteron 275 dual core system by 4 mins on the same scene! i paid £2600 for the amd system 6 months ago! Gutted to say the least.

Any news on the amd Quads?

Natty

[pailhead]

Yeah, amd quads are actually very fast dual socket x2s, that don't require registered ram and other expensive stuff that 2xx opterons needed.
And they drink a lot of power...

At least this is the quad core solution that's supposed to compete with the kentsfields.

[armilla]

Hi Guys

just took delivery of a new workstation today with a intel extreme Quad core.. the whole system cost £1200.. It just beat my dual opteron 275 dual core system by 4 mins on the same scene! i paid £2600 for the amd system 6 months ago! Gutted to say the least.

Any news on the amd Quads?

Natty

Natty, hope you don't mind me asking, but which reseller was this from?

Thanks,

Andrew.

[Neilg]

just took delivery of a new workstation today with a intel extreme Quad core.. the whole system cost £1200..

shit... I'm jelous

What are the specs?

[natty]

HI guys ..

i get all my stuff from microdirect ... the spec

1 x Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad Core 2.66GHz 1066FSB LGA775 8MB cache OEM @ £555.00(652.13) each.
2 x 500 GB Seagate Barracuda® SATA2 7200rpm 16MB cache Hard Drive oem (Manufacturer's 5yr Warranty) @ £94.99(111.61) each.
1 x Asus P5W64 WS Professional Quad Core motherboard Intel 975X LGA775 Core 2 Extreme/ Core 2 Duo PCI-E ATX Motherboard @ £150.95(177.37) each.
1 x OCZ® Value Pro 2GB DDR2 PC5400 667Mhz Dual Channel Kit with Copper Heatspreader @ £135.80(159.57) each.
1 x HP DVD940i Super Multi DVD Writer Black DVD+/-RW RAM Lightscribe 18x IDE retail @ £22.85(26.85) each.
1 x Antec TX1088AMG Metallic grey SOHO file server case 480W TP2 PSU 4x 5.25" 2x 3.5" ATX @ £85.45(100.40) each.

Order Total EX VAT is £1,158.32.



Natty

[priad]

Hi Natty, Could you tell us something about the noise ?
Is this config silencious ?

[Neilg]

Thats not too bad, very similar to mine aside from the processor (6400)

I may just replace it in a few months. Should your processor hit £250 before the end of summer, I may even go dual.

Edit: I think I even have the same case, MB & HD's, haha.

[jujubee]

Interesting review on the Quad Clovertons (53xx server Xeon series) here below. To quote them (you should be the judge),

"We observed at least a 40% performance increase compared to probably the best dual core CPU of today: the Xeon 5160"

More info here:
http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=2897&p=11

[RErender]

good article, though I think the xeons "scale" better when you consider that you can buy 4 5345's and 2 MB's for the price of 4 880's and a MB. Will be very interesting to see if AMD can produce some quads at the intel pricepoint, I imagine they will be pretty quick with their better latency.

[natty]

Hi Natty, Could you tell us something about the noise ?
Is this config silencious ?

Hi Priad ..

noise, havent really noticed to be honest, but it doesnt seem any noiser than any other of our machines.

Natty..

[jaggos]

HI guys ..

i get all my stuff from microdirect ... the spec

1 x Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad Core 2.66GHz 1066FSB LGA775 8MB cache OEM @ £555.00(652.13) each.
2 x 500 GB Seagate Barracuda® SATA2 7200rpm 16MB cache Hard Drive oem (Manufacturer's 5yr Warranty) @ £94.99(111.61) each.
1 x Asus P5W64 WS Professional Quad Core motherboard Intel 975X LGA775 Core 2 Extreme/ Core 2 Duo PCI-E ATX Motherboard @ £150.95(177.37) each.
1 x OCZ® Value Pro 2GB DDR2 PC5400 667Mhz Dual Channel Kit with Copper Heatspreader @ £135.80(159.57) each.
1 x HP DVD940i Super Multi DVD Writer Black DVD+/-RW RAM Lightscribe 18x IDE retail @ £22.85(26.85) each.
1 x Antec TX1088AMG Metallic grey SOHO file server case 480W TP2 PSU 4x 5.25" 2x 3.5" ATX @ £85.45(100.40) each.

Order Total EX VAT is £1,158.32.



Natty

If you don't mind what OS are you using with? I am thinking of buying the same CPU and MB.
cheers