UL Benchmark Launches CPU Profile Benchmarking Software
Yesterday, UL Benchmark added CPU Profile to their 3DMark Advanced and Professional Edition benchmarking software. CPU Profile runs six tests on the CPU determining 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and maximum threads...
View ArticleCan someone link me a video of what HWMonior /HWInfo looks like when boosting
I feel like I'm crazy. I was under the impression that when watching the clocks of my 10900kf each core would clock from 3.7 to 5.3 based on load/temps. I had Dell replace my motherboard and CPU on my...
View ArticleSilicon Lottery Store Offering Prebinned Intel & AMD Processors Shutting...
https://www.techpowerup.com/287269/...-prebinned-intel-amd-processors-shutting-down ⇾ https://siliconlottery.com/ "Our online store will be closing on October 31, 2021. Any orders placed for...
View Articlebenchmark/y-cruncher_-_pi-25m
Well y cruncher wow i was going insane benching today then i came to this y cruncher why indeed Its the devils DoDo Cant remember this was bad last time never done it with 5950 omg im going insane...
View ArticleUpgrade from Intel 2550K
Is there a cpu today that has as much of an impact as the 2550K had way back with price and performance? My present video card is the GTX-460 with I think 768mb. Will this card perform better than say...
View ArticleIntel vs AMD.... Which one?
Hey... while I've been an Intel nut for years... since oh XP days, AMD has impressed me with their new CPU line. Currently got a i7 6700k @ 4.5Ghz (could do more but decided to keep it cooler). That...
View ArticleCPU Stress test, IPDT filed in intel i7 11th Gen.
Hi Everyone When i run a Intel Processor diagnostic Tool in i7 11th Gen, its getting failed, Its a 6 month Old PC, Can you please suggest any tool to run a stress test which we can set a time for...
View ArticleReplacing CPU
This is my first time replacing a CPU without doing a brand new build. Just wondering in what order to do the following... Install CPU, Update Chipset driver, Update BIOS I'm thinking it should be CPU,...
View ArticlePost Your Cinebench R23 Scores
As some of you know Maxon has released an update to its Cinebench benchmark, namely Cinebench R23. The update will take advantage of newer CPUs strengths like updated instruction sets etc.. I would ask...
View ArticleFaster game loading times with faster CPU?
Below was some testing I just did triggered on a discussion elsewhere about how much influence does storage performance has on game load times. That's when I thought, for now is loading time influenced...
View ArticleUpgrade Bundle
Hi, Upgrading Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 Gigahertz Edition Vapor-X + Core i5-760, been offered this bundle: - Intel Core i5-11400F Noctua NH-D15S Asus TUF Gaming Z590 Samsung 980 1TB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2...
View ArticleCPU ownership history
Might be a fun thread to start. Feeling a little nostalgic for my old hardware lately. Before 2000: Commodore 64 Pentium 133 2000's: Athlon Thunderbird 1400 - ran at 1600MHz Athlon XPM 2500+ - ran at...
View ArticleHarvard architected MCUs/CPUs: dead?
I used to program 8051 and 80251 MCU's in assembly. These were Harvard architecture MCU's where the data and instruction code were located across separate buses and accessed via separate instructions....
View ArticleInstalling An LGA CPU For The First Time
When I first saw my CPUs and saw it was tiny electronic plates I soon realized that it was a good idea not to touch them. Just instinct? My dual Opteron 6378 was my first CPU installation which didn't...
View ArticleAnyone thinking of switching companies?
I thought I’d take a quick poll along with my post. Is anyone thinking of switching companies with a new build this generation (AMD to Intel or Intel to AMD)? I made a post on the AMD forum that I was...
View ArticleCPUz bad for benchmarking?? (cache and branch predicition)
From a Tom's Hardware article..... I found this to be an interesting read. It's a really short read, but: The cache is a small amount of memory integrated into processors to lower the time spent...
View ArticleAnyone remember the NEC V20?
I upgraded my parents' clone IBM-XT w/a NEC V20. It was great for anything except some games -- which ran so fast w/the NEC V20 as to be unplayable. It was the most cost effective upgrade I ever made.
View ArticleIntel's Snake Oil & Completely Insane Anti-AMD Marketing
Intel released a series of slides in a presentation attacking AMD -- and bizarrely, it was an actually publicly available presentation. The bitter, out-of-character attack reeks of the glue era of...
View ArticleThe Intel Problem: CPU Efficiency & Power Consumption
Damn, some of these charts are brutal... "A lot of you have requested that we run power consumption tests for gaming on CPUs, so we've finally done that! And alongside fulfilling that request, we also...
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