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My Intel Core i7 and Phenom II 940 Comparison

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Take it easy. Health should always come first.

nothing serious. But its just robbed a lot of time bro. I'll get those runs done, just give me a bit.
 

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Take it easy. Health should always come first.

Yeah dude Take it easy for real, Hope All turns out well man. Whatever it is thats plaguing you CP, just be positive and crank up your internal voltage :toast:
 
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you guys crack me up :roll: Thanks for the tips guys, much appreciated. :toast: THats why I love TPU.
 
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here is the benchmark for 3dsage, the encoding one or whatever it is :laugh: This is HT on my daily settings.

HT off comparison with the Phenom coming up next.

 
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3.65 GHz both CPU's

Intel

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3.65GHz both CPUs

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Intel

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The I7 is a complete ass whooping robot,
Was that .x264 run with HT on the I7?
 
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The I7 is a complete ass whooping robot,
Was that .x264 run with HT on the I7?

I did HT on my daily settings, and then at 3.65 GHz HT off to compare with the pHenom. Check again, first post was updated as well.
 
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i7 4GHz HT on - 41132
i7 3.65 GHz HT off - 34943
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i7 4GHz HT on - Relative Speed 29.90 / Kilo Nodes per second 14351
i7 .365 GHz HT off - Relative Speed 22.05 / Kilo Nodes per second 10583
Ph II 940 - Relative Speed 18.32 / Kilo Nodes per second 8795


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i7 4GHz HT on - 10353
i7 3.65 GHz HT off - 7554
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HOLY SMOKE!
 
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Wow, Great find's with these bench's!
 
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I am going to run the 3dmark CPU test, and wprime at 3.8 GHz with the i7 and hyper threading on. To see the difference since I ran it with it off.
 
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hey chicken what where the NB speed for each CPU ?
and next time I would try to keep QPI and HT at lower speed since HT can't really reach over 2.6ghz. and QPI seems to fly past 2.6ghz up to 4.0ghz
 
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hey chicken what where the NB speed for each CPU ?
and next time I would try to keep QPI and HT at lower speed since HT can't really reach over 2.6ghz. and QPI seems to fly past 2.6ghz up to 4.0ghz

I can't keep the QPI lower than what it is. Default is 18x and since its not an unlocked multi I cant overclock unless I raise the BCLK. meaning the QPI will go higher regardless.


The NB speed I honestly don't remember. I'll tell you now though, even if the AMD had a lower NB which most likely it did, Results won't change much bro. This i7 crap is a freaking monster bro.
 
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I can't keep the QPI lower than what it is. Default is 18x and since its not an unlocked multi I cant overclock unless I raise the BCLK. meaning the QPI will go higher regardless.


The NB speed I honestly don't remember. I'll tell you now though, even if the AMD had a lower NB which most likely it did, Results won't change much bro. This i7 crap is a freaking monster bro.

hey would you mind adding a cost summary for each on the first post? cpu/mem/mobo it would complete the review

edit: just read that and it sounded completely lazy lol

Core i7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202
288.99$
not sure what evga x58 you used so it's either
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188039
299.99$
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188046
259.99$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231237
136.99$

comes to
USD 725.97$ or 685.97$ depending on the board.

Phenom II X4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103471
214.99$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136056
149.99$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148210
42.99$

comes to
USD 407.97$

as I said above it would help complete the review.
 
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Honestly he could have gotten similar results with a lower quality i7 system. i7920s can be found for $240... ddr3 for $50 for a 3gb set... gigabyte mobo for $200
 
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Honestly he could have gotten similar results with a lower quality i7 system. i7920s can be found for $240... ddr3 for $50 for a 3gb set... gigabyte mobo for $200

true but actually I thought the price difference would be larger. you'd be surprized how little 280$ matters to someone looking for high performance. I mean shoot look how many peopel pay 500$ for a single gpu.

and yeah it all can be found cheaper, you can get a 790 board for 100$ too. but for the setup used here, those are the prices. which it isn't that bad of a difference for the performance you recieve.
 

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He didn't pay those prices for that gear, and in some cases spent a lot more/a lot less for the parts. In all... I don't like the price comparison. A lot of the time i7 is more expensive because of what brand name a buyer chooses, and not the performance he is getting for the extra dollar. System Viper has clocked higher than anyone else on these forums with 4 cores 8 threads on a motherboard that is less expensive than what anyone else who posts regularly on TPU uses. Fitseries proved that 1066MHz ram can easily be overclocked to 1600MHz cas 8 without much trouble to keep ram below $100. I'm just making a note of this because of the state of the economy. To me it's much more sweet to get the performance of the i7 at a price well below the starting premium. The things people really should be paying for is 2000MHz+ ram, D0 chips, and boards with flexible bios/power options. :toast:
 
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Of course ram would make a huge difference.
 
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hey would you mind adding a cost summary for each on the first post? cpu/mem/mobo it would complete the review

edit: just read that and it sounded completely lazy lol

Core i7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202
288.99$
not sure what evga x58 you used so it's either
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188039
299.99$
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188046
259.99$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231237
136.99$

comes to
USD 725.97$ or 685.97$ depending on the board.

Phenom II X4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103471
214.99$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136056
149.99$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148210
42.99$

comes to
USD 407.97$

as I said above it would help complete the review.

I wouldn't mind doing this at all, trust me, but its pointless. People can go back and forth about this all day.I spent $720 on board/cpu/ram. I could have saved money getting a cheaper board and RAM, and it could have even ran better. But back then nobody new and had the knowledge we have now about this maturing platform. Really I don't see a reason why not to go i7 nowadays. Im sure binge will agree with me. :toast:
 
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