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Which is faster? (OC'd i7 vs OC'd Phenom II)

Rigsta

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I'm eying up some of OCuk's gaming systems to replace my current rig and I'd like to know which of these is faster :

Intel Core i7 2700K 3.50GHz @ 4.80GHz
OR
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.20GHz @ 4.00GHz

On paper the AMD has more raw horsepower but I don't know how hyper-threading and overall efficiency might tip the balance. Seems to me they'd be pretty close, any pointers on real-life performance would be appreciated.
 
yes but in a gaming rig, both would do exactly the same job, essentially the performance would be tied to the Gpu used,

the i7 would be a waste purely for gaming because no games currently use 8 threads :)
so save your money buy the i5 model and invest the rest in a nicer gfx cards :D
 
Thanks, that answered my question :) No room for doubt with those responses!

As for why I'm looking at an OTT CPU, in the past I've found it much easier to upgrade a gfx card than it is to upgrade a CPU - remove drivers, replace card, install new drivers, done. Every CPU upgrade I've ever made has involved a mobo upgrade as well due to ever-changing sockets.
 
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Seraph said:
yes but in a gaming rig, both would do exactly the same job, essentially the performance would be tied to the Gpu used,

the i7 would be a waste purely for gaming because no games currently use 8 threads :)
so save your money buy the i5 model and invest the rest in a nicer gfx cards :D
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The Thuban would crap out long before the Intel.
 
Seraph said:
yes but in a gaming rig, both would do exactly the same job, essentially the performance would be tied to the Gpu used,

the i7 would be a waste purely for gaming because no games currently use 8 threads :)
so save your money buy the i5 model and invest the rest in a nicer gfx cards :D
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Indeed. That said, the engine used in Metro 2033 can theoretically scale to an insane number of course as it isn't module/task based as such. Dunno about other games, though. But yes, for gaming there's little sense in buying an i7. Or a Thuban for that matter. A good quad will be more or less just as fast.
 
Haha loving the comparisons!

Phenom gets raped by an i7, any i7, even any current Intel chip'll do it, hell even the previous generation!

It's like drag racing a Bugatti Veyron vs an OAP with a zimmer frame :D
 
Harpss1ngh said:
Haha loving the comparisons!

Phenom gets raped by an i7, any i7, even any current Intel chip'll do it, hell even the previous generation!

It's like drag racing a Bugatti Veyron vs an OAP with a zimmer frame :D
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its naive comments like this that cause flaming. bandwagon and jumping are two words that come to mind :o

i have ran both systems in gaming, and have found the AMD rig with 1100t to be much smoother game play, even at slightly lower FPS, generaly find Intel a bit choppy during games. but for encoding/compression/etc then intel wins hands down
 
soundood said:
its naive comments like this that cause flaming. bandwagon and jumping are two words that come to mind :o

i have ran both systems in gaming, and have found the AMD rig with 1100t to be much smoother game play, even at slightly lower FPS, generaly find Intel a bit choppy during games. but for encoding/compression/etc then intel wins hands down
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at last somebody with some common sence :D
 
Rigsta said:
Thanks, that answered my question :) No room for doubt with those responses!

As for why I'm looking at an OTT CPU, in the past I've found it much easier to upgrade a gfx card than it is to upgrade a CPU - remove drivers, replace card, install new drivers, done. Every CPU upgrade I've ever made has involved a mobo upgrade as well due to ever-changing sockets.
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the 1155 socket isn't going to be replaced anytime soon, they have the ivybridge due out in march/april that uses it. unless intel only plan to release a few ivybride cpus in 2012 then bin the socket shortly after.
 
soundood said:
its naive comments like this that cause flaming. bandwagon and jumping are two words that come to mind :o

i have ran both systems in gaming, and have found the AMD rig with 1100t to be much smoother game play, even at slightly lower FPS, generaly find Intel a bit choppy during games. but for encoding/compression/etc then intel wins hands down
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Nope, don't buy that for a minute. Either you had a terribly misconfigured and barely working Intel setup (if you really did have an i7 system) or you are wildly exaggerating to justify your own purchase.

Just about every comparison ever performed (with evidence to back up their claims) has shown the i7 to be better in most ways to anything AMD have to show for themselves.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/146?vs=287

Even the 2500k is more than a match for anything AMD have to offer,

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/146?vs=288
 
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Haven't had 2nd gen I7s but have had a few 920s (one a great chip at 4.4ghz) and didn't notice any difference when i sold up for a budget AMD rig. (as for games run smoother lololol)
for me at the moment the 2500K or 2700K are the only CPUs to be considering, Intel are a mile ahead so just choose one that is in your budget, for gaming at the moment any current quad with a decent GPU will max most games at 1080p due to being at the end of the current gens console cycle...this will change when the next gen consoles come out though which will be announced (but not released) next year.
 
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