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2012-02-03 14:28:41

#9876

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6561

Beduin wrote:
10-core Ivy Bridge-EP Sample Tested

The Ivy Bridge LGA1155 processors inbound for April are mom and pop PC chips in front of the monstrosities Intel has planned for the enterprise (and possibly high-end desktop/HEDT) markets, based on the architecture. An 10-core Ivy Bridge-EP engineering sample, made it to the right hands in Taiwan (wrong hands for Intel), that wasted no time in putting them through some tests.

The 10-core Ivy Bridge-EP/EX chip (LGA2011, 2P-capable) features 10 next-generation cores clocked at 2.80 GHz, with 256 KB L2 cache per core, 30 MB shared L3 cache, and HyperThreading technology that enables 20 logical CPUs. This chip crunched WPrime 1024M in 158.5 seconds, and scores 41.78X relative speed in Fritz chess when just 8 of its 20 threads are put to use. You can also find some pretty screen shots of CPU-Z with its long processor selection list and Windows 8 task manager.

http://www.techpowerup.com/159900/10-co … ested.html

lol @ the first comment

this will cost more than a car!

Last edited by bugz (2012-02-03 14:29:16)

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2012-02-03 14:46:49

#9877

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +691|6539|Washington St.

10-core Ivy Bridge-EP Sample Tested wrote:
30mb cache

wat.

2012-02-03 22:00:32

#9878

Naturn: Deeds, not words.; +311|6854|Greenwood, IN

I want to upgrade my CPU and GPU this week and I can't find a good solution. I'm running AMDs newest chipset(900 series), but bulldozer has too many issues to warrant me buying one. I want something with at least six cores for streaming video. Don't know what to do really. Any ideas?

2012-02-03 23:47:22

#9879

Beduin: Compensation of Reactive Power in the grid; +510|5999|شمال

whats wrong with the bulldozer?

الشعب يريد اسقاط النظام
...show me the schematic

2012-02-04 05:04:53

#9880

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7005|Scotland

Need an SSD for my Hackintosh as I will be installing Lion soon and I want (need) it to be very fast.

Current specs:
i7 920
Asus P6T
6GB DDR3 OCZ RAM
Corsair Professional Series AX750 modular PSU
HD6990 / 8800GTS 640MB (the latter is used for OSX as the 6990 is not supported)

I'm currently looking at these versions:

Samsung 830 128GB
OCZ Vertex 3
Intel SSD 510

Now I'm taking my thoughts from here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd … 115-6.html

Fact is, I don't want pure speed, I need a good balance between speed and reliability. I know all about the controllers and which ones offer better speed over reliability and the opposite, but I just don't know what to go for as I've not delved in this part of computing yet.

If someone can convince me that a 256GB drive is better than getting a 128GB or so, then I'll listen and get that. The reason for the 128GB is that I don't see myself using more for applications/server/coding.

SATA III is a must as I want it to be relatively future proof when I upgrade from my 1366 board.

So, suggestions?

2012-02-04 06:13:51

#9881

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5217|Dundee, Scotland.

Force 3 120gb, I have one, running it on sata II atm, and it's ridiculously fast.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-02-04 06:29:28

#9882

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7005|Scotland

Camm wrote:
Force 3 120gb, I have one, running it on sata II atm, and it's ridiculously fast.

It's a tier 4 on the tomshardware list and the 830 rapes it in every aspect for pretty much the same price.

2012-02-04 07:11:21

#9883

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5217|Dundee, Scotland.

Zimmer wrote:
Camm wrote:
Force 3 120gb, I have one, running it on sata II atm, and it's ridiculously fast.
It's a tier 4 on the tomshardware list and the 830 rapes it in every aspect for pretty much the same price.

Tbh zimzim whatever ssd you get you're gonna notice a huge performance increase

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-02-04 07:18:57

#9884

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7005|Scotland

Camm wrote:
Zimmer wrote:
Camm wrote:
Force 3 120gb, I have one, running it on sata II atm, and it's ridiculously fast.
It's a tier 4 on the tomshardware list and the 830 rapes it in every aspect for pretty much the same price.
Tbh zimzim whatever ssd you get you're gonna notice a huge performance increase

I understand that, but I don't see the point in getting an SSD that is worse than another one at the same price when I want to upgrade in the future.

2012-02-04 07:20:04

#9885

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5427|Sydney

SSD's are overpriced IMO... well, that's what I tell myself to stop me from buying one

2012-02-04 07:34:39

#9886

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7005|Scotland

Jaekus wrote:
SSD's are overpriced IMO... well, that's what I tell myself to stop me from buying one

They really aren't. If you want the most significant performance increase on a computer then an SSD is your only option. CPUs have massively outperformed everything else lately, and if there is no SSD to be paired with an i core processor, then you're seriously bottlenecking your computer.

Also, in the current HDD pricing status, SSDs are cheaper than anything really. Seeing as a 1TB HDD now costs over £100, shelling out £140 for a 128GB SSD that has a massive performance upgrade over the 1TB HDD is a worthwhile investment.

I told myself that 1 year ago, but not anymore

2012-02-06 11:47:44

#9887

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5217|Dundee, Scotland.

Gentlemen... I ask you a question: I'm getting an sli board in a couple of weeks, and my GTX460s will be running 8x/8x. Will this still be decently fast?

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-02-06 11:55:40

#9888

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6816|NYC / Hamburg

Yes

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2012-02-06 12:23:45

#9889

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6037|Catherine Black

I already told you that you prick

2012-02-06 14:07:29

#9890

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5217|Dundee, Scotland.

Finray wrote:
I already told you that you prick

Oh last night. I forgot

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-02-06 18:36:11

#9891

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5607|London, England

Anyone have any idea why my intranet is so much slower than my internet? File transfers between computers take for-fucking-ever and yet downloads from the internet are lightning fast. It takes me like six hours to move 3 gigs through my router. What gives?

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-02-06 18:42:05

#9892

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6881|949

How are you transferring the files?

2012-02-06 18:54:52

#9893

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5607|London, England

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
How are you transferring the files?

Over wifi, but I get the same result if it's wired.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-02-06 18:57:46

#9894

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5607|London, England

The one machine is a six year old XP box that I assume has a throttle on it somewhere...

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-02-06 19:01:00

#9895

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6941

Sometimes when I hit submit with Opera mobile the page just refreshes and my post is erased.

x

2012-02-06 19:04:29

#9896

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5607|London, England

...why would you use opera mobile?

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-02-06 19:09:49

#9897

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6037|Catherine Black

On a mobile perhaps?

2012-02-06 19:10:55

#9898

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6941

What Finray said.

x

2012-02-06 19:11:01

#9899

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5607|London, England

There's no reason not to use the built in browser on a mobile phone.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-02-06 19:14:33

#9900

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6037|Catherine Black

the built in browser on my BB is vastly inferior to Opera Mobile, as was the same story on my old non-smartphone phone.

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10-core Ivy Bridge-EP Sample Tested wrote:

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Finray wrote:

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

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