P4C to QX6700 and hello!

Linz · 9 Jan 2007 at 22:40

First post, hiya folks!

I finally decided to upgrade my P4P800-E 3Ghz P4, 6600GT system to allow me to get some faster renders on 3D apps (1st priority) and sims like FSX. I tried FSX on my old system but it was too jerky when thing got busy, I hope my new kit speeds things up a bit. Some of my Vue 5 Infinite test renders took over 21 minutes per frame with my P4, so I can’t wait to see the quad-core (and generally faster components) improvement. I also do a lot of Photoshop filtering stuff which occasionally has me tapping my fingers, so I look forward to the improvements there too.

It was scary spending this much money, a little voice kept suggesting I was nuts, but I hope not to need to upgrade for another 3 years. Here’s what I decided on:

Intel Conroe Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad Core
Corsair 2GB TWIN2X2048-8500C5D
Asus P5B Deluxe
Seasonic 600w S12 Power Supply
MSI GeForce 8800GTX
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 PRO

I’ll scavenge the old PC for the other bits when I try fitting it all together tomorrow.

I’ve never really tried over clocking seriously at all –my efforts so far were setting the ’10 percent’ auto-overclock on the P4P800 bios LoL! But hey, it served me well all those months. I want to give this new setup a more serious attempt though to get those render times down.

Nice forum this, lots of great advice, but omg all those hairy-assed mugsy avatars! –where’s the Ma Baker?

PinkFloyd · 9 Jan 2007 at 22:56

Should be a huge boost for rendering.
I have to put up with P4s at uni for rendering in max, takes ages, much much faster on my own pc (the Oppy170)
Will be even better when my core2duo arrives.

Wish I could have afforded a quad core though.....

kmistry · 9 Jan 2007 at 22:57

Welcome to the forums

That is one Ace setup you have opted for and Im sure you will not be unhappy with the performance increases! Good choice of components and it looks as though coupled with your 8800GTX you will be able to save the computer for a few years! Im not too sure how well the QX6700 clocks but tbh even if you got it to 3GHz from its stock (which is 2.66 iirc) that will be a significant improvement! Happy renders!

Kiz

Linz · 9 Jan 2007 at 23:01

PinkFloyd said:
...Wish I could have afforded a quad core though.....

So did I, damn them credit cards :rolleyes:

PinkFloyd · 9 Jan 2007 at 23:06

Linz said:
So did I, damn them credit cards

Haha

Technically I could have also bought one, but then I wouldn't have been able to be my rent, and would have been evicted, I'm sure a high clocked e600 will do for now

Linz · 9 Jan 2007 at 23:09

Just out of interest for 3D stuff, I found a site (dunno if it would be fair to post the link as its a trader) which has some benchies on the 'Cerro Verde' scene in Vue 5 Infinite:

<snips>

- In rendering parameters, choose render quality 'Broadcast', 'Render To Screen', and 800 x 600 size.

34 results listed.

Dual Xeon 5160 @ 3000 MHz : 3 mn 31 (211 s)
Mac Pro Dual Xeon 5150 @ 2666 MHz : 4 mn 19 (259 s)
Dual Opteron 285 @ 2808 MHz (ov) : 4 mn 20 (260 s)
Dual Opteron 285 @ 2612 MHz : 4 mn 39 (279 s)
Dual Opteron 275 @ 2442 MHz (ov) : 4 mn 57 (297 s)

Dual Opteron 280 @ 2400 MHz : 5 mn 01 (301 s)
Apple Mac G5 Quad @ 2500 MHz : 5 mn 25 (325 s)
Dual Opteron 275 @ 2200 MHz : 5 mn 28 (328 s)
Athlon 64 X2 4800+ @ 2880 MHz (ov) : 8 mn 00 (480 s)
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 2710 MHz (ov) : 8 mn 35 (515 s)

Core 2 Duo @ 2330 MHz (ov) : 9 mn 24 (564 s)
Athlon 64 X2 4800+ @ 2400 MHz : 10 mn 06 (606 s)
Athlon 64 X2 4400+ @ 2200 MHz : 10 mn 22 (622 s)
Apple Mac G5 dual core @ 2300 MHz : 11 mn 14 (674 s)
Dual Xeon @ 3200 MHz : 11 mn 29 s (689 s)

Core 2 Duo T5600 @ 1830 MHz : 11 mn 58 s (718 s)
Dual Xeon (Nocona) @ 2800 MHz : 12 mn 57 s (777 s)
Intel Core Duo T2300 @ 1667 MHz : 13 mn 04 s (784 s)
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 2000 MHz : 13 mn 20 (800 s)
Dual Xeon (Prestonia) @ 2800 MHz : 13 mn 22 (802 s)

Apple Mac G5 dual @ 2000 MHz : 15 mn 50 (950 s)
Apple Mac G5 dual @ 1800 MHz : 16 mn 22 (982 s)
Athlon 64 3500+ @ 2450 MHz (ov) : 18 mn 27 (1107 s)
Athlon 64 3700+ @ 2400 MHz : 19 mn 05 (1145 s)
Athlon 64 3400+ @ 2400 MHz : 19 mn 17 (1157 s)

Dual Athlon MP @ 1540 MHz : 19 mn 18 (1158 s)
Pentium 4C @ 3400 MHz : 19 mn 58 (1198 s)
Athlon 64 3200+ @ 2000 MHz : 20 mn 47 (1247 s)
Pentium 4C @ 3200 MHz : 21 mn 21 (1281 s)
Pentium 4E @ 3400 MHz : 21 mn 53 (1313 s)

Athlon XP 3200+ @ 2230 MHz : 24 mn 49 (1489 s)
Athlon XP 2400+ @ 2200 MHz (ov) : 26 mn 09 (1569 s)
Celeron M 360 @ 1400 MHz : 33 mn 07 (1987 s)
Mobile Pentium 4 @ 2400 MHz : 1 h 23 mn 06 (4986 s)

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Wonder where the overclocked X6800 and QX6700 will rate against the mighty dual Xeons...

PinkFloyd · 9 Jan 2007 at 23:31

Interesting results there

Was expecting the Nocana chips to compare better with the AMD64 setups in this.
For example I have a Dual Xeon system (2 Presonias clocked at 3GHz)
Its much quicker at rendering in 3dsmax than My Opteron