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| Author: | Linux_User [ Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Core i5 vs Phenom II 955? |
Conceivably, am I going to see much benefit to using the Core i5 over my 955? Or should I start saving and be looking at a then cheap(er) Core i7/Intel's next offering? |
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| Author: | phantombudgie [ Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Core i5 vs Phenom II 955? |
It'll give you a bigger benchmark score, and satisfy your shiny-new-stuff instincts. But I'm pretty sure you'll have to try quite hard to see any real world difference in normal use (with the exception of extremely CPU-intensive tasks). I overclocked my CPU by 52% and didn't notice any non-benchmark related differences except the jump in power consumption (and my RAM blowing up after a while). Personally, I'd put the money to an SSD instead, but of course you need Winsdows 7 for TRIM support 
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Core i5 vs Phenom II 955? |
Well I do a lot of number-crunching with BOINC or sometimes F@H (all under Linux), if the i5 would lead to a noticeable reduction in work unit times it might be worth it, at least for me. |
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| Author: | saspro [ Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Core i5 vs Phenom II 955? |
The i5 & i7 fold like demons. A 920 i7 would get 10k ppd in F@H running the new SMP client. |
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:10 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Core i5 vs Phenom II 955? | |||||||||
I don't suppose you have figures for the 955 for comparison (stock speed)? |
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| Author: | saspro [ Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:57 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Afraid I don't but I know it's a lot lower. |
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:19 am ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Core i5 vs Phenom II 955? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OK thanks. Just need to convince the girlfriend now that it's necessary and not a waste. 
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| Author: | okenobi [ Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Core i5 vs Phenom II 955? |
I can't see that a 750 & board would be that much more expensive than a 955 and board. And Sas is right, the quad core Phenoms are shockingly underpowered when compared with i5, let alone i7. |
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:25 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Core i5 vs Phenom II 955? | |||||||||
You'd get much more ppd from a GPU based folding client rather than running a CPU based one. |
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:41 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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I don't generally fold though - I use BOINC and it doesn't have GPU support for Linux. |
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| Author: | Geiseric [ Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:15 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Core i5 vs Phenom II 955? | |||||||||
Interesting, I still have that i5 MB kicking about. Sounds like I need to get that up, running and folding asap. Should boost my ppd with the 260 I brought a few weeks ago. |
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| Author: | saspro [ Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:58 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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All depends on the project. The new core A3 SMP projects are worth alot of points, the linux bigadv's are worth up to 60k & I can complete one in 2 days |
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