Testing out a Quadcore vs Duocore[views:2056][posts:34]______________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 9:54pm - the_reverend ""] I up'd my 2.13 E6400 duocore for a 2.83 Q9550 First off, 32-bit vista doesn't boot anymore. I'm going to install 64-bit vista tomorrow. so I'm comparing a run on 32-bit vista (c2d) with a run on 32-bit xp (c2q). 3000 pictures vista 32-bit 2.13ghz E6400 took 47 minutes to process xp 32-bit 2.83ghz Q9550 took 29 minutes to process I'm going to tweak on xp 32-bit and run again. then load it in to 64-bit win7 and try again. |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 10:14pm - arilliusbm ""] testing out nerd vs. more nerd |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 10:23pm - porphyria ""] why the hell are you running 32-bit vista anyways? |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 10:32pm - arilliusbm ""] porphyria said:why the hell are you running 32-bit vista anyways? Very good question. |
| __________________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 10:59pm - Conservationist ""] Are you going to post charts and graphs? I love that shit. It looks so fucking tight. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 11:04pm - the_reverend ""] cause the CD was suppose to be 64-bit or 32-bit vista and it was just 32-bit. I'm getting 64-bit tomorrow. I have 7gb of RAM... so... |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 11:05pm - the_reverend ""] I just got sharing working on a computer for carina. ATOM 330 book with 2x1tb internal running ubuntu off a 16gb tumb drive. plus, 1xtb external and 2x500gb external. low power NAS rules. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 11:23pm - the_reverend ""] just did a few more things and got it to process the pictures in 27 minutes. rebooting to run in 64-bit win7 |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 12:03am - the_reverend ""] win7 seems to be working so much better. the CPU is pegged at 100% which is a good sign. It's taking 30 seconds per but instead of 4 pictures @ 6-12 seconds, it's processing 30 pictures at a time at 30 seconds each. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 12:12am - the_reverend ""] it settled into 17 seconds. |
| ______________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 8:00am - the_reverend ""] win7 took 33 minutes, but locked the computer more. |
| _________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 8:11am - reimroc ""] i've got my E8500 running @ 3.8 on air. |
| ______________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 8:15am - the_reverend ""] I could run the q9550 at 3.4ghz, but I think I would need a better heat sink + fan which won't fit in my case. I only have about and inch leeway above the retailfan if that. |
| _________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 8:44am - darkwor ""] pushed my q9450 to 3GHz and aside from getting a new video card for sli later (nvidia 9800gt) i don't think i'll need to upgrade for 10 years. |
| ______________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 9:32am - the_reverend ""] oh and I'm running vista at all cause I have a 16TB partition on my drobo and xp doesn't support over 2TB partitions. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 10:30am - reimroc ""] darkwor said:pushed my q9450 to 3GHz and aside from getting a new video card for sli later (nvidia 9800gt) i don't think i'll need to upgrade for 10 years. You probably wont. I'm running 2x8800GTsupers in sli on a mobo thats tri-sli ready and i still chew up and spit out games. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 10:32am - the_reverend ""] I've been thinking about getting a 1/2gb or 1gb ddr3 card, but I think I would need a new power supply. right now, if I install another hard drive it won't boot cause of lack of power. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 10:50am - reimroc ""] you will be fine with 500w and up if its a good name like corsair or cooler-master. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 11:00am - the_reverend ""] but I doubt a 500w will fit in my case. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 11:06am - reimroc ""] get a full-tower. you need it anyways if you plan on running any 8x/9x series cards. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 11:16am - the_reverend ""] no way. I like my little case and if I were to get a full tower, I would have gone i7 and not micro-atx 775. I also sure as fuck wouldn't build my own PC anymore. I would buy a $699 dell that would be better than any pos that I put together. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 11:38am - reimroc ""] lol rev its not hard to build you're own pc. it saddens me that you would stoop to buying some pre-built POS Dell. But hey if you like your micro-atx for what you use it for then thats all good. But if you plan on any time building a full-time stay at home, do not move desktop PC then do full-tower and build that beast yourself. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 11:55am - the_reverend ""] I have built countless shitty home computers for the past 13 years. they never work right and the last computer I built took almost 2 years, 2 motherboards, 3 sets of RAM, and a billion os's to get working. All of my dells once the bloat-ware is removed are charging like racehorses. I have a farm of 800Mhz machines that haven't hickuped in 8 years. a P4 optiplex that has been cranking builds for years with no issues. I'm typing on a D620 latitude that is 3+ years old and keeps up with most modern lappies. I also have a 5 year old 700m latitude that is running strong. dells are great and cheaper than building your own machine. plus, they work. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 11:57am - reimroc ""] i never had a problem building my own rig. next time consult me and i will help you. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 12:03pm - the_reverend ""] that exactly what everyone says and then they try to help and make matters worse. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 12:04pm - the_reverend ""] my machine 2 before the current, if you opened the case at all, it wouldn't start up again for 2 weeks. Then it would magically start after 2 weeks of rest and work until you open the case again. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 12:05pm - the_reverend ""] oh and I semi-lied. the P4 optiplex used to not weather power failures well and then would lock up on boot. but after a new image it worked fine. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 12:05pm - reimroc ""] the_reverend said:my machine 2 before the current, if you opened the case at all, it wouldn't start up again for 2 weeks. Then it would magically start after 2 weeks of rest and work until you open the case again. wut? Maybe you have bad luck? |
| __________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 12:08pm - reimroc ""] Its either bad luck or you're using the wrong brands(shitty) or the wrong components(non-compatible) |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 12:10pm - the_reverend ""] or maybe there is a reason I don't get paid to build computers and bench monkeys in india do. I didn't build my car for a reason. I'm not building a computer again. though since I originally said that I build that atom 330 machine for carina. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 12:12pm - reimroc ""] I want to get to the bottom of this. How the hell can so many custom machines fuck up on you? Must sleuth. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 12:16pm - the_reverend ""] cause building your own machine is shitty. My current desktop works well, but like I said, that is after almost 2 years, 2 motherboards, 3 sets of RAM, and a billion os's. Also, if I move the RAM, it wont work. the only way it works is if I have a specific 1GB in slot 3 and a 2GB in slot 1. the 1GB has to be 800Mhz I think. The others don't matter. That took a few nights to work out. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 12:32pm - reimroc ""] interesting.... |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 12:48pm - the_reverend ""] it's like when someone makes a car. "Oh the thing is mint.. but you have to put it in reverse, feather the gas and pat the dash with the radio off to get it to start." |
| __________________________________ [Jun 18,2009 12:50pm - reimroc ""] rofl awesome metaphor. |