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i7 processor choice question

Posted By: Frank Berger
Date: Thursday, 3 December 2009, at 8:01 p.m.

In Response To: i7 processor choice question (Chuck Bower)

I don't think QPI makes a decent difference with BG bots. You simply don't have to transfer so much stuff from the memory. The caches are so large that the critical set of instructions and data will fit in the cache and QPI is used to connect the outside RAM. I would guess that the frequency is more important here.

Messages In This Thread

• i7 processor choice question
  Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 3 December 2009, at 5:21 p.m.
  • i7 processor choice question
    eXtreme Gammon -- Thursday, 3 December 2009, at 6:42 p.m.
  • i7 processor choice question
    Frank Berger -- Thursday, 3 December 2009, at 8:01 p.m.
  • Thanks to Frank and Xavier, and conclusions
    Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 3 December 2009, at 8:34 p.m.
    • Thanks to Frank and Xavier, and conclusions
      Sam Pottle -- Friday, 4 December 2009, at 12:56 a.m.
      • Thanks to Frank and Xavier, and conclusions
        Frank Berger -- Friday, 4 December 2009, at 8:23 p.m.
  • Or wait a few years...
    Michael Petch -- Thursday, 3 December 2009, at 11:55 p.m.
  • i7 processor choice question
    dc-ohio -- Friday, 4 December 2009, at 12:48 p.m.
    • cheapest i7 build?
      Chuck Bower -- Friday, 4 December 2009, at 2:32 p.m.
      • cheapest i7 build?
        dc-ohio -- Friday, 4 December 2009, at 4:23 p.m.
    • i7 processor choice question
      Frank Berger -- Friday, 4 December 2009, at 8:32 p.m.
  • correction
    Chuck Bower -- Friday, 4 December 2009, at 2:20 p.m.