Posted on 04/19/2010 9:07:41 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
If Linux is the flavor that's your choice, why worry about it? You'll probably have an version available that is more functional than the ones out now and still work fine with whatever modern CPU you choose. Regardless the ones available now won't be obsolete.
If 7 is you choice do you really expect MSFT to have an new OS 2 or 3 years from now? :-)
Thanks for the info, will definitely check it out.
I’ve been looking at the the i7 870 so I could stick with a P55 mobo (although the X58 mobo’s have dropped considerably.)
I am constantly amazed at the price vs. performance ratio.
I read a few years back that, for every 10 degrees you lower the CPU temperature, you double its life. So, lap the hell out of your heat sink and don't skimp on fans.
Granted, my 3 work computers loaf along, but I've never seen the CPU temperature above 98 degrees Fahrenheit. Then again, one of them sounds like a vacuum cleaner when it's running.
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They usually run away with those benchmarks.
I think they fall under SSE4 ...?
not sure if I have that right.
Must be somewhere in
Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manuals
LMAO! I’m not challenging the cost of the chip. Just giving you the actual cost of a chip once everything is in place.
I don’t know. It’s kind of an obscure application for most general public computing.
Here is the AMD Chipset announcement that delivers on the new devices....
AMD 890GX SB850 Chipset Debut: Phenom II X6 Ready
And one board from ASUS:
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890GX HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
The only CPU bound activity I have is converting HD video from MPEG2 to MPEG4.
With the i7, it is now fast enough that I can finish a project in one evening. Three years from now I’ll be drooling over the new hardware but the i7 has given me enough speed that I can live without an upgrade.
I basically wore out the cooling fans on two dual core pentium computers that I had running day and night crunching video. The older dual core computer would require over 24 hours of computing time for one project.
Of course I say that now but when next year’s systems come out all bets are off.
Wouldn't think floating point would get used since we are talking Financials....Games use Floating point heavily usually.
Sand doesn’t cost much.
From that chart, there doesn’t seem to be a real reason to upgrade from a Core 2 duo or quad at this point. Unless there is a clear doubling of processor power, an upgrade won’t be very noticeable.
There is only a 10% gain between the C2d and the lower end i3 and i5 processors. That’s not really worth paying for.
See #20...but notice the CPu Freq are set at 2.4.
See #28. also.
Did you notice that all were run at the same freq?
Asus M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 Motherboard Review: AMD's 890GX Chipset Makes Its Debut
Gigabyte may have a board out too ...I think.
Bingo
That’s one feature I’ve always liked about AMD.
Their sockets tend to have a great “shelf life”.
As for USB 3.0, PCI-e cards are already available for $30, and will certainly be much cheaper in the near future.
Cons: - no CPU unlocking
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