XxHellxRaizerxX Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 (edited) I can see where an i7 would have been a good choice for me as well. Most of the videos I end up rendering are over 10min long and in 720p or 1080p and these can take 15+ minutes to finish. An i7 would undoubtedly cut through these significantly quicker than my current processor. But seeing as I'm not exactly wealthy the Phenom II was a GREAT alternative for me. Now all I need is a better motherboard so I can overclock this little guy some more, being stuck at 3.5GHz with only 1.4v has me feeling like a race horse stuck behind the starting gates Edited October 15, 2009 by XxHellxRaizerxX Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Smith Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 I see what you were talking about. Now if you make those files into 4,8,12,16gigs or bigger you will see what I was talking about 10, 15 20,mins etc. Well it depends which application you use. WinRAR is single-threaded so the 3.4GHz Phenom II pwns the 2.66GHz i7. Even the Q9650 beats it(Bu not much). But when you get to 7-zip which can exploit the eight threads of the i7, it's quite the opposite. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenitaL Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 (edited) For anyone choosing an i7 simply because the MOBO allows for Both Crossfire AND/OR Sli I would Go Here: http://www.xdevs.com/e107_plugins/content/....php?content.30 All i say now on this matter is Enjoy. Now on to other things, me being a Gamer (and overclocker) Primarily MY aim is to get the best performance in my Games, Anything Else such as zipping, video encoding Ect... Can wait. We tailor make our PC's to Suit our individual needs, or atleast thats what we should be doing I came from an Intel Pentium 4 Up to a Phenom 2 and the performance gains have been Phenomenal to say the least, Keeping this in mind i am More than willing to have a little PATIENCE and simply wait the extra 10 mins or whattever for a big file to finish zipping, hell id probably use the time to make me a hot pocket! Enjoy your life while you still can people! Senital, Signing out B:) Edited October 15, 2009 by SenitaL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxHellxRaizerxX Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 I came from an Intel Pentium 4 Up to a Phenom 2 and the performance gains have been Phenomenal to say the leastSenital, Signing out B:) Pentium 4 2.8GHz with that uber Hyper Threading Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magekyou Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 Perfect answer Senital! Awesome website btw Also for all the people that wanted to go LGA1156 instead of AM3 ONCE AGAIN, not only you will never get 6 cores or 8 cores while LGA1366 and AM3 will, but also you might want to reconsider if Overclocking is a must for you people: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3661 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/budget...rd,2436-15.html Things look bad for Intel, I ALWAYS said that LGA1156 was bound to fail ANYWAY... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Smith Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 For anyone choosing an i7 simply because the MOBO allows for Both Crossfire AND/OR Sli I would Go Here: http://www.xdevs.com/e107_plugins/content/....php?content.30 All i say now on this matter is Enjoy. Amazing I knew this was in the works, but I did not know it had made it that far! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 Perfect answer Senital! Awesome website btw Also for all the people that wanted to go LGA1156 instead of AM3 ONCE AGAIN, not only you will never get 6 cores or 8 cores while LGA1366 and AM3 will, but also you might want to reconsider if Overclocking is a must for you people: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3661 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/budget...rd,2436-15.html Things look bad for Intel, I ALWAYS said that LGA1156 was bound to fail ANYWAY... That's not the fault of the chips, that's the fault of the socket producer (Foxconn in this case). There are no absolutes in computing no matter how tightly you try to define your problem though... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedghawg71 Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 Very informative and top notch post dude. I have both a 955BE and an Intel i7 860. Both are overclocked and perform very well. The 860 gets a slightly higher score than the 955 but the 955 "seems" to run alot smoother in games. I will probably end up selling the 860 setup in favor of the 955 setup being topped with 5870's just because the differences are very minimal at best in what I do with my computer. So what if it takes a whole 1.1 second more to winzip my entire hard drive or two seconds more to rip a DVD to my hard drive with the 955. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowKing Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 just thought i'd throw that in to just mess with you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulktreg Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 (edited) FPS are all very well but aren't we getting to the stage were the human brain/eye and more importantly the monitor can't see things any differently? Cheers Paul Edited October 15, 2009 by paulktreg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkrow21 Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 FPS are all very well but aren't we getting to the stage were the monitor and more importantly the human brain/eye can't see things any differently? Cheers Paul 40FPS vs. 60FPS is quite a difference that's noticeable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulktreg Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 It's monitors that interest me more. If a monitor as a refresh rate of lets say 60Hz, and a lot do, and a game as a FPS figure of lets say 120FPS (which could be written as 120Hz?), how does the monitor display the picture at the games intended rate? Cheers Paul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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