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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: Kadri on July 08, 2010, 06:39:07 PM

Title: Six-Core Analysis, Part 2: Intel Core i7-980X Scaling
Post by: Kadri on July 08, 2010, 06:39:07 PM

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-gulftown-scaling,2663.html
Title: Re: Six-Core Analysis, Part 2: Intel Core i7-980X Scaling
Post by: piggy on July 10, 2010, 11:18:34 PM
Quote from: Kadri on July 08, 2010, 06:39:07 PMhttp://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-gulftown-scaling,2663.html


So .... Can TG2 scale to 6 core or stuck with the max of 4 ?

Anyone?
Title: Re: Six-Core Analysis, Part 2: Intel Core i7-980X Scaling
Post by: Zairyn Arsyn on July 10, 2010, 11:25:17 PM
it would have been awesome if they featured terragen 2 on their applications benchmarks page. :)
Title: Re: Six-Core Analysis, Part 2: Intel Core i7-980X Scaling
Post by: Henry Blewer on July 11, 2010, 08:28:17 AM
I think it should be able to. From what I read of the i7, it scales the processor as demand increases in a multi-thread application. T2 is one of the most demanding apps I can think of.
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