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Jericho.u.k said:
So if i want really good performance i should be looking at a cpu with hyper threading then instead of a average i5 2500k?

I havent upgraded in years so i may aswell make it a great upgrade :)
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Only will get a gain if said app was designed to use hyper threading. Some games do I belive but its mostly video encoding and stuff like that that do at the mo.
 
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Jericho.u.k said:
Hmmmm so metal mackey cpu would be 3 times as fast (if) he had 12 real cores and it was ran on this same test.

But didnt he mention a multi core multi thread test? which as far as i know this superpi does not do?

My cpu knowledge is limited but im sure metalmackeys cpu would have hyperthreading whereas phil2008s cpu would not.

In a straight up multi core multi thread cpu test surely metalmackeys cpu would obliterate phil2008s?

I need to learn as much as possible as my cpu is ancient and needs upgrading as it can badly bottleneck my 5970
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Yes of course it would be faster if you were using the multi core version of superpi,

The only diff beween i5 and i7, you get more cores plus the virtual ones too(hyperthreading).. But there are no other diff between the i5/i7 and thats why the i5 and i7 produces the same time in 1core superpi(at the same clock speed)
 
Well from what i see superpi is a very old program so its not excactly a thorough and good test for multi core cpu`s

Thanks for the advice guys i think i will be saving for a decent speed i7 as i dont just game but i do have some of the games mentioned which do utilise the better functions.

I have not upgraded my cpu in a good while so i may aswell make it a decent upgrade rather than a stripped down inferior i5.

And to suarez..............nice name and sig pic mate ;)
 
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Jericho.u.k said:
Well from what i see superpi is a very old program so its not excactly a thorough and good test for multi core cpu`s

Thanks for the advice guys i think i will be saving for a decent speed i7 as i dont just game but i do have some of the games mentioned which do utilise the better functions.

I have not upgraded my cpu in a good while so i may aswell make it a decent upgrade rather than a stripped down inferior i5.

And to suarez..............nice name and sig pic mate ;)
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Yeah if I were upgrading now I would go i7 over i5 any day as those extra cores will take advantage in the near future for games, so basically will last longer then the i5 on gaming terms. But what I was saying, core for core i5 and i7 are both equal:)
 
Now im confused????????
On 1 hand you say you would get the i7 over your i5
Then you end it with core for core they are equal which i dont think is true.
Its ok i know a bit of a expert on all things pc...............ill go ask him ;)
 
Its the hyper threading and a few extra fetures that makes the I7 more expensive than a I5. The 2600k is an I7 I belive and that has 4 cores like the 2500k but has hyper threading.
 
Jericho.u.k said:
Now im confused????????
On 1 hand you say you would get the i7 over your i5
Then you end it with core for core they are equal which i dont think is true.
Its ok i know a bit of a expert on all things pc...............ill go ask him ;)
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i5 - only 4cores, no virtual cores
i7 - 4cores and and the same number of virtual cores, virtual cores are know as hyperthreading. The higher priced i7s has more then 4cores

Atm most games fully use 4cores properly and very few games use more then 4cores if any, so for gaming the i5 and i7 are equal because of this. But soon enough games will be able to use more then 4 cores, so this mean the i7 then will be faster then the i5 so both wont be on a level playing field anymore.

But yeah I would have bought a i7 instead of a i5 if the prices hadnt of been much of a diff,, as I knew before I upgraded, that games would take advantage of more then 4 cores long before I upgraded my system again.. Ah well the i5 will keep going for 3+years yet in the gaming world, so not that much of a biggy.
 
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I5 3570k at 4.5ghz, (speedstep/c1e etc enabled). Ram at 9-9-9-24, 1600mhz.
 
This is an interesting thread Pi 32mb shows how well tuned a system is not just in terms of raw speed but RAM efficiency too.

RAM timings pay dividends with this one.
 
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