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LAN Party Forums => General Discussion => Started by: The Nstuff on November 03, 2008, 06:56:48 AM

Title: Core i7 benchmarks are out
Post by: The Nstuff on November 03, 2008, 06:56:48 AM

http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/15818

also, they did an article comparing a couple Core i7 based motherboards:
http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/15816

The core i7 takes a new socket, so no backwards compatibility with the Core 2 series.

Title: Re: Core i7 benchmarks are out
Post by: The Nstuff on November 03, 2008, 05:48:15 PM

wow, from the techreport article on mobos:  "Like previous Intel chipsets, the X58 Express has full support for AMD's CrossFire multi-GPU scheme, including three- and four-way configs. SLI will also be supported—a first for Intel platforms (not including uber-expensive Skulltrail systems). However, actual SLI certification will be done at the motherboard level rather than being tied to the chipset. Certified motherboards will have a special key embedded in their BIOS that Nvidia's graphics drivers will check prior to enabling SLI. To date, Asus, DFI, ECS, EVGA, Foxconn, Gigabyte, and MSI have licensed SLI for their X58 boards."

Title: Re: Core i7 benchmarks are out
Post by: Dwg115 on November 03, 2008, 06:03:06 PM

IM not really impressed with the gaming performance that i've been reading in various articles.  very incremental.  I guess the rumor of these chips being more geared for servers has some merit

Title: Re: Core i7 benchmarks are out
Post by: Dwg115 on November 04, 2008, 01:32:42 PM

I'll wait and see if thinggs get sny better once it's been erleased but f it doesn't i might get a qx9650 and see how far i can overclock it on standard voltages.  i'd like to see 3.8-4 gigahertz.  pair that with a new 380gtx or 5870x2 and maybe I'd get 60fps in crysis....yea right.