Core i7 (in general) vs AMD Phenom II X4 3.4 GH

fastdude

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Funny how some people are die-hard intel fans........ The X4 series are like 3 times cheaper and yet are only..... wel.... SLIGHtLY slower:good:
 
3x cheaper holy dooly this guy's having a laugh. :D but seriously though its up to you but the i7's are a tremendous processor.
 
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The i7-930 is $199 at Microcenter, about the same price. The i5-750 is $179 and is also faster.

Both i7 and the i5 are actually faster. Forget the ratings given by AMD.
 
The Core i5 750 Quad-Core is one of the best deals out there in my opinion. A very powerful processor for $200.

I admit that I do favor AMD because I like having two manufacturers that keep pushing the bar up higher on microprocessors. Since Intel does have most of the market I buy AMD. I am not disappointed at all with the processing power of my Phenom II 940 Quad-Core Processor.
 
my 4.2ghz i7 860 would stomp a mudhole in that POS x4's ass and i paid $199 for it at microcenter. my 4.0ghz 930 would do the same. kthxbai amdtroll.
 
87dtna said:
No Phenom II quad can hold a candle to an I7 at ANY cpu intensive task.
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i'm talking about raw speed and Gflops.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-phenom-ii,2119.html

you're barking up the wrong tree if you think that a phenom II will outbench and keep up with an i7, it might be able to handle an i5 at much slower clock speeds, but head to head with a comparable speed i7 the i7 will always win.

i'll just put this out there i'll challenge anyone out there with a 3.6-4.2ghz phenom II to bench vs. my cheap i7 860 with the dual channel memory just to be fair. all results will be posted and verified.
 
an0nym0us said:
i'll just put this out there i'll challenge anyone out there with a 3.6-4.2ghz phenom II to bench vs. my cheap i7 860 with the dual channel memory just to be fair. all results will be posted and verified.
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I accept your challenge!

I just want to see how they compare, not really looking to beat out your system. What benchmark did you want to use?
 
salvage-this said:
I accept your challenge!

I just want to see how they compare, not really looking to beat out your system. What benchmark did you want to use?
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nice... maybe cinebench or PCmark? if you have an HD5850 or a GTX 260 192-core we can also do a round of 3dmarks. also, we can do superpi 1m for just raw speed comparison... here's what i've gotten so far with my i7 860...

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here are the specs:

1156 setup
Intel Core i7 860 2.8ghz/8mb L3 cache/2.8GT/s
Gigabyte P55-UD4P motherboard
Gigabyte Radeon HD5850OC factory overclocked by Gigabyte
4gb Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 CL9 in dual channel mode
2x WD Velociraptor 300gb in RAID 0
Coolermaster Hyper 212+ Heatsink
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750w Power Supply
Lian-Li PC-7B with window

and here's the link to my motherboard comparison for screenshots etc. we can do an intel vs. amd thread, i think it will make for better presentation than hijacking this one.

http://www.computerforum.com/176699-gigabyte-motherboard-shootout-p55-ud4p-vs-x58a-ud5.html
 
an0nym0us said:
and here's the link to my motherboard comparison for screenshots etc. we can do an intel vs. amd thread, i think it will make for better presentation than hijacking this one.

http://www.computerforum.com/176699-gigabyte-motherboard-shootout-p55-ud4p-vs-x58a-ud5.html
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Sounds like a good idea to me. I'll have to round up some of the benchmarks that you mentioned.

...Looks like it is going to take me a while. Internet at school is really slow today. I have cinebench 11.5 and PCmark 05 downloading now.
 
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an0nym0us said:
nice... maybe cinebench or PCmark? if you have an HD5850 or a GTX 260 192-core we can also do a round of 3dmarks. also, we can do superpi 1m for just raw speed comparison... here's what i've gotten so far with my i7 860...

2ywe6w6.jpg


here are the specs:

1156 setup
Intel Core i7 860 2.8ghz/8mb L3 cache/2.8GT/s
Gigabyte P55-UD4P motherboard
Gigabyte Radeon HD5850OC factory overclocked by Gigabyte
4gb Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 CL9 in dual channel mode
2x WD Velociraptor 300gb in RAID 0
Coolermaster Hyper 212+ Heatsink
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750w Power Supply
Lian-Li PC-7B with window

and here's the link to my motherboard comparison for screenshots etc. we can do an intel vs. amd thread, i think it will make for better presentation than hijacking this one.

http://www.computerforum.com/176699-gigabyte-motherboard-shootout-p55-ud4p-vs-x58a-ud5.html
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What an... in-depth comparison :D
 
salvage-this said:
Sounds like a good idea to me. I'll have to round up some of the benchmarks that you mentioned.

...Looks like it is going to take me a while. Internet at school is really slow today. I have cinebench 11.5 and PCmark 05 downloading now.
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okay i'll remote into my server at home and download the benchmarks for tonight.
 
2048Megabytes said:
The Core i5 750 Quad-Core is one of the best deals out there in my opinion. A very powerful processor for $200.

I admit that I do favor AMD because I like having two manufacturers that keep pushing the bar up higher on microprocessors. Since Intel does have most of the market I buy AMD. I am not disappointed at all with the processing power of my Phenom II 940 Quad-Core Processor.
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Number 1 thank you. You are right, we do need at least two or Intel would not innovate.

Even though the i5/i7 win most comps they do not win by enough that most of us can tell the diff. If a game plays at 65fps or 63 I would not be able to tell. I do like Intel for CPU's and AMD (at the moment) for GPU's.
 
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