Fairly impressive http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/desktops/0,1000000968,39284700,00.htm
MovieCutter macrumors 68040 Original poster May 3, 2005 3,342 2 Washington, DC Nov 14, 2006 #1 Fairly impressive http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/desktops/0,1000000968,39284700,00.htm
Eidorian macrumors Penryn Mar 23, 2005 29,190 386 Indianapolis Nov 14, 2006 #2 I'd love more cores but I'm still stuck with raw clock speed until I get more mutlithreaded applications. Interesting to see Kentsfield lead the gaming benchmarks.
I'd love more cores but I'm still stuck with raw clock speed until I get more mutlithreaded applications. Interesting to see Kentsfield lead the gaming benchmarks.
Cromulent macrumors 604 Oct 2, 2006 6,817 1,102 The Land of Hope and Glory Nov 14, 2006 #3 Eidorian said: I'd love more cores but I'm still stuck with raw clock speed until I get more mutlithreaded applications. Interesting to see Kentsfield lead the gaming benchmarks. Click to expand... Lead? It was the slowest. At least the Xeons were, the standard one did better mind.
Eidorian said: I'd love more cores but I'm still stuck with raw clock speed until I get more mutlithreaded applications. Interesting to see Kentsfield lead the gaming benchmarks. Click to expand... Lead? It was the slowest. At least the Xeons were, the standard one did better mind.
Eidorian macrumors Penryn Mar 23, 2005 29,190 386 Indianapolis Nov 14, 2006 #4 Cromulent said: Lead? It was the slowest. At least the Xeons were, the standard one did better mind. Click to expand... The QX6700 is on top for the Quake 4 benchmark.
Cromulent said: Lead? It was the slowest. At least the Xeons were, the standard one did better mind. Click to expand... The QX6700 is on top for the Quake 4 benchmark.
Cromulent macrumors 604 Oct 2, 2006 6,817 1,102 The Land of Hope and Glory Nov 14, 2006 #5 Eidorian said: The QX6700 is on top for the Quake 4 benchmark. Click to expand... Isn't that the standard Intel CPU class in the same bracket as the Core 2 Duos etc? Oh well, I see what you mean .
Eidorian said: The QX6700 is on top for the Quake 4 benchmark. Click to expand... Isn't that the standard Intel CPU class in the same bracket as the Core 2 Duos etc? Oh well, I see what you mean .
Eidorian macrumors Penryn Mar 23, 2005 29,190 386 Indianapolis Nov 14, 2006 #6 Cromulent said: Isn't that the standard Intel CPU class in the same bracket as the Core 2 Duos etc? Oh well, I see what you mean . Click to expand... It does fall under the X####-Series of Extreme processors. So it's not a Xeon but a Core 2 Quad. You get unlocked multipliers for fun OC times.
Cromulent said: Isn't that the standard Intel CPU class in the same bracket as the Core 2 Duos etc? Oh well, I see what you mean . Click to expand... It does fall under the X####-Series of Extreme processors. So it's not a Xeon but a Core 2 Quad. You get unlocked multipliers for fun OC times.
theblotted macrumors regular Nov 10, 2006 211 0 Los Angeles Nov 14, 2006 #7 i was gonna wait out for the 8 core Mac Pro's... but i couldn't cuz my G5 died. even tho this benchmark is not official from a real 8 core MP, at least i don't feel too bad getting a 3GHz MP for now. thanks!
i was gonna wait out for the 8 core Mac Pro's... but i couldn't cuz my G5 died. even tho this benchmark is not official from a real 8 core MP, at least i don't feel too bad getting a 3GHz MP for now. thanks!