i notice a difference in how the intel system handles a single threaded app, compared to the amd rig: the first core goes 100%, and remains there, while the others stay rather dormant, unlike what i'm used to seeing, where all the cores take turns sharing the load. these are early observations...
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My new Intel dual quad build
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Posted 31 December 2007 - 04:36 PM
i honestly don't see any speed increases, atm (just installed CS3 and Vmware last night, but haven't used them), though in cinebench and everest, it rips through the multi core tests like butter i notice a difference in how the intel system handles a single threaded app, compared to the amd rig: the first core goes 100%, and remains there, while the others stay rather dormant, unlike what i'm used to seeing, where all the cores take turns sharing the load. these are early observations...
i notice a difference in how the intel system handles a single threaded app, compared to the amd rig: the first core goes 100%, and remains there, while the others stay rather dormant, unlike what i'm used to seeing, where all the cores take turns sharing the load. these are early observations...
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Posted 31 December 2007 - 11:04 PM
here are a couple pics of everything settled in:
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Posted 01 January 2008 - 01:39 AM
Wow, had expected to see the large copper colored coolers, but it's been awhile since I've seen Xeons, and these being quad is altogether different. Nice!
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Posted 01 January 2008 - 05:54 AM
m.oreilly, on Dec 31 2007, 08:36 AM, said:
i honestly don't see any speed increases, atm (just installed CS3 and Vmware last night, but haven't used them), though in cinebench and everest, it rips through the multi core tests like butter i notice a difference in how the intel system handles a single threaded app, compared to the amd rig: the first core goes 100%, and remains there, while the others stay rather dormant, unlike what i'm used to seeing, where all the cores take turns sharing the load. these are early observations...
i notice a difference in how the intel system handles a single threaded app, compared to the amd rig: the first core goes 100%, and remains there, while the others stay rather dormant, unlike what i'm used to seeing, where all the cores take turns sharing the load. these are early observations...funny. I'd think the higher load on one core would produce more heat than if they were spred out. And yet it runs so cool.
I can't get over all those memory slots 
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Posted 08 January 2008 - 05:39 PM
Nvyseal, on Jan 8 2008, 07:58 AM, said:
Hey MO, look at THIS!
Nice looking rig
But for $2800 plus options I think I'd want to build my own like MO...
Plus they put "Leopard" on it- which could be a plus or minus depending on if you're a Mac fan or not.
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Posted 08 January 2008 - 05:58 PM
I really think MO might be able to run Leopard on his. GPU might be a problem though
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Posted 08 January 2008 - 07:24 PM
Realistically, what the hell would we do with 8 cores? Run Word really really really....really really really realllllllllllly fast? I guess you could run 8 virtual pcs huh?
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Posted 08 January 2008 - 07:31 PM
dave, what am i supposed to be looking at? 
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Christopholofigus, on Jan 8 2008, 11:24 AM, said:
Realistically, what the hell would we do with 8 cores? Run Word really really really....really really really realllllllllllly fast? I guess you could run 8 virtual pcs huh?
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Posted 08 January 2008 - 11:29 PM
m.oreilly, on Jan 8 2008, 02:36 PM, said:
lol, yeah, true. the virtual thing is cool, as your prerformance is not impacted. i was running ubuntu in vm, folding, and ripping a movie while doing a virus scan, and running word really really really fast...
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Posted 09 January 2008 - 01:57 AM
Christopholofigus, on Jan 8 2008, 01:24 PM, said:
Realistically, what the hell would we do with 8 cores? Run Word really really really....really really really realllllllllllly fast? I guess you could run 8 virtual pcs huh?
Solitaire....
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Posted 09 January 2008 - 02:26 PM
MO, can you play Minesweeper on your cores? That'd be sweet.
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Posted 09 January 2008 - 02:55 PM
banj0, on Jan 9 2008, 09:26 AM, said:
MO, can you play Minesweeper on your cores? That'd be sweet.
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