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Core i7 Dissected and Benchmarked! Does Intel’s Next-Generation Chip Live Up to the Hype? Hell Yeah!
Posted 11/03/2008 at 11:35:37am
http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/show_host_detail.php?hostid=929192
Currently a 965 is at 2,260 RAC at rosetta@home and climbing. As you know, it takes a month or more to reach maximum RAC. A Skulltrail maxes out over 5,200. This is very much a progress report. I expect this processor to get into the Rosetta Top 10 by Christmas.
Rosetta reports internal benchmark: 3296 Floating point million ops/second and 8945.9 integer million ops/sec.
I haven't done Folding@Home on this proc as I'm an FAH GPU fan.
Overall, the Core i7 model 965 is exactly as reported in the various benchmark reviews out today. It absolutely screams at multi-tasking. Roughly the same performance as a Skulltrail (and sometimes more) for thousands $$$ less.
Hope this helps.
- Pete
Core i7 Dissected and Benchmarked! Does Intel’s Next-Generation Chip Live Up to the Hype? Hell Yeah!
Posted 11/03/2008 at 11:05:09am
The pin-out will be around for a couple of years, which is as long as anybody can expect. Next year, it's likely the same socket will house a) an 8-core CPU and b) a CPU-GPU marriage with Larrabee.
Xbox Community App Store – All in One Entertainment Devices Emerge
Posted 07/27/2008 at 12:57:14pm
The free app at http://lifehacker.com/396881/turn-your-xbox-360-into-a-streaming-netflix-player will let you stream Netflix instant movies to your xBox 360 today, and you won't have to spring for a Gold membership.
With a PC, Apple TV, xBox 360 and whatever my cable company gets around to eventually, I already have too many video sources. It's the consolidation that I'm looking for. The shareware Netflix-toxBox app (above) is an example of what I am looking for.
-- Pete