Intel Core i7

[Prophet]

Anyone using one? How does BS/LOMAC like it?

 

I had this shipped today;

Core i7 920

ASUS Rampage Too Extreme

3*2GB Corsair Dominator PC12600

[rapid]

Well my friend you will have a very up todate system when its built. but I doubt you'll see anything different from what the core 2 users see.

 

What card you got?

[Groove]

Im eager to see the performance compared to a 3ghz core2duo.

 

Congratulations on this top class hardware Prophet!

[hitman]

Im getting an i7 core chip and new motherboard in the next week. I would also like to know how good this stuff is. :D

 

What I want to know is why it comes with 6 memory slots instead of 4...can expect it to work with 64 bit systems like that, but with 32 bit apps its pointless. Ill move to 64 bit system again when Windows 7 comes out. Vista x64 is garbage with a raid array.

[rapid]

Dont get me wrong guys This is the best chip on the market right now. I just dont believe that BS will look any greater than say a top of the range 775 socket out at the moment.

 

The new 1366 socket supports 3 channel memory and not 4 in other words it uses 3 memory slots...you can use two if you wish........but i wouldn't.

[hitman]

So instead of using dual channel, you need 3 memory modules to run "tri channel"?

[stealthtemplates]

Yep 3 memory modules gives you tri channel, AMD next year will be moving to quad-channel also ;)

 

Core i7 is highly a multi-core CPU, DCS is only single core (dual core with the hack) you'll be getting about the same performance as an E8500. I hope you didn't buy it just for DCS

[hitman]

Nope. Havent bought em yet, but Im going to. And definately NOT just for BS. Got the Crysis saga, ArmA, LOFC, BS, World in Conflict, CoD4, FSX Gold, X Plane 9........that and I want my computer top of the line by the time I graduate college.

[rapid]

Nope. Havent bought em yet, but Im going to. And definately NOT just for BS. Got the Crysis saga, ArmA, LOFC, BS, World in Conflict, CoD4, FSX Gold, X Plane 9........that and I want my computer top of the line by the time I graduate college.

 

you realize that as soon as you build it...................it will be out of date lol.. such is the world of the PC.

 

you'll run every game out there with no problems.....................what card you getting?

[hitman]

Looking at getting a Core 216 GTX260. Not a GTX280, I know...but Im not forking out 1000 bucks for 2 gpu's.

 

And I dont care if my desktop is outdated in a few months...I built my current one 6 months ago and its vastly outdated now. I just want one that can be upgraded without too much fuss in the future.

[Pilotasso]

I dont think its vastly outdated for the simple reason you will never extract from i-7 any of its new features with the current software. I may be mistaken but LOMAC and BS may not benifit much untill it gets the multi thread upgrade and start puting a test on the FSB of previous gen CPU multicores.

 

I would conserve that Q6600 of yours till secon gen I-7's. I am willing to bet by then their perfomance is going to kill all current CPU's.

Edited November 27, 2008 by Pilotasso

[Flyby]

this article might be somewhat useful

 

over at SimHq, but I think they're slipping a bit

http://www.simhq.com/_technology2/technology_111a.html

let me know what you guys think. I'm torn between trying to squeeze out the bucks for an i7 system or going with a Penryn. I'm actually hoping for something that will run Oleg's Sow_Bob smoothly, but who knows what that will take (a Cray?). Also Rise of Flight seems to require at least a dual core processor: http://www.riseofflight.com/en/Gameinfo.html

Flyby out

[qrazi]

Purely for gaming, I'd let the price decide. At the same clockspeed, penryn en nehalem are pretty equal...

 

If you also do any content creation (encoding, database stuff, 3d modelling), nehalem is the way to go....

[Groove]

It seems like one GTX 280 is not fast enough for the CPU.

[Flyby]

It seems like one GTX 280 is not fast enough for the CPU.

just the eternal "bottleneck" hot potato between the gpu and the cpu. The idea of a GTX 280 being "too slow" is just symptomatic of that ageless struggle.;) Of course a 4870X2 might have the legs to keep up.:music_whistling:

[Groove]

Nah, one 4870x2 isnt enough either :)

[Flyby]

Nah, one 4870x2 isnt enough either :)

now THAT's hardcore!!:lol:

[Mustang]

Mmmmmm http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1668/corsair_dominator_1600mhz_triple_channel_ddr3_memory_kit/index.html

[rapid]

Mmmmmmmmmmm you underate the power of the 4870x2

[hitman]

Well...one last thing I would like to know is if the current water cooler blocks made for core 775 processors would fit on an x58 motherboard. I like how the new x58s are compatible with both crossfire and sli.

[Flyby]

hitman, I wish I could answer your question definitively, but I can't. I can only assume that since the i7 socket is slightly larger than the 775 socket that a water cooling unit from one won't fit the other. I have read that one must buy an adapter to fit a cpu fan from a 775 processor to an i7 processor, so I just assumed...:music_whistling:

Flyby out

[hitman]

The only thing Im really concerned about are the bolt holes on the motherboard. My copper block is fairly large.

[Swetrekki]

the new proc is great, i had the opportunity to play around with a setup that intel dropped by the office with prior to its official release actually... the best thing about that rig was that if the application only used one core it could turn up the power to that core and overclock it while turning down the other ones and by dooing so keeping the watts in check. its a great overclocker aswell. (no im not hired by intel)

 

Im quite happy with my E8500 though and i will keep running that for quite some time, but if i was on the market for a new cpu today there wouldnt be any doubt where i would put my money...

 

// Trekki

[hitman]

I just found out that the 775 boards have 75mm spacing between the bolt holes. the X58 has 80mm spacing between the bolt holes. HOWEVER, on the eVGA forums, someone suggested using zip ties to tie the water block down, and it works quite well! Ill report back on this when I give it a shot next week.

[Flyby]

Whatever you do, hitman, please let us know how BS runs on your i7 system. With that memory you've selected I guess you'll be able to overclock the 920 to 3.8 np. But if you want to water-cool the processor what is your ghz goal?