New Intel quad core (icore7)

[VictorMoran]

Has anybody got the chance to test Ogre on the icore7?
If so was there a significant performance difference?

[xavier]

Have you been able to find one for sale? I checked with my usual suspects and I don't see it available yet.

[edit: hm, nevermind, Newegg seems well-stocked]

[Klaim]

I don't think it would change anything as Ogre's main bottlenecks are gpu bounds, isn't it?

I heard it's not a big performance boost for games, but anyway it is for most applications (i think it can help c++ compilation with some recent compilers...)..

[Evak]

Yeah the new core 7 is GPU bound. It screams in Far Cry 2 if you have 3xSLI GTX 280 though.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/intel-cor ... -review/18

The second graph is the most interesting, shows that with a single card the FPS is flat 52fps across all resolutions 1024x768 through 2560x1600

Stick in 3 GPUS in sli and 1024x768 runs at a whopping 139FPS!!! and a respectable 83fps at 2560x1600. Quite a leap from 52FPS with one GPU

[scratchyrice]

Only one with more money than brain would buy 3 280gtx's tho.

[nikki]

Only one with more money than brain would buy 3 280gtx's tho.

Hmm... How do you convert them into a common unit?

Money = 200 $
Brain = 100 ?? (brain-units? 'bu'?)

Anyway, I think money and brain would be orthogonal.

[nullsquared]

Great, now we're going to have a bunch of guys comparing brain sizes.

I've got the BIGGEST BRAIN, ITS A WHOPPING 12 BRAIN UNITS!

You've got to be kidding me, MINE IS 14 BRAIN UNITS!!!

Uh, guys, what's the average brain size, I'm kind of ashamed, my brain is only 5 units

LOL NOOB MINE IS 13 BRAIN UNITS

[betajaen]

Too late! They had to invent a new unit for my brain size; a beta brain unit.

It's equivalent to 1 * 10^24 bu or 1 βbu

[jacmoe]

rofl

I love this community.