General computer talk/advice

Why 390x when you can get a 970/390 for 100$ less and basically the same performance.

 

As for the whole dual GPU thing, (at least at the time) buying a second MSI 270 for me was cheaper than selling my current one and buying a 290 or something. (Paid $110-120 each.) It works great for games that support Crossfire, but for games that don't a single 270 just barely cuts the mustard for the settings I've come accustomed to at 1080p. (High settings, at least 40-50FPS.)

It's not a bad solution, but a single more powerful card is usually the way to go. Simpler to set up and use. (Dual cards are always cooler than single cards though.)

 

The new iphone 6s has about 2/3rds the single core processing power of my 4670k, and ~2/5ths of the multicore power. How's that possible when it's a 1.8Ghz dual-core ARM chip vs a 3.6Ghz quad-core Haswell chip?

Regardless of that though, the iphone 6s is a beast. I can't wait to get mine in.

 

Where did you get that? Doesn't sound very legit, ARM chips are still behind x86 and Haswell is really damn good. 2/3 the power at half the clock would mean 4/3 times as efficient clock for clock, which doesn't seem very possible.

Also, why the hell would you want that kind of processing power on a phone anyway, nothing you can possibly use on your phone will need it.

 

My hdd gets warmer than my cpu does when the entire rig is at full load, how strange.

wish I had money...

 

You can get hdd fan even for $4 in newegg.

 

Except view my location. I am British. Newegg don't operate here, that and a $4 computer part will be £4 in the UK, £4 better spent on food.


that and I don't have clearance or mounting points for one with my cases unusual layout.

 

Same reason why you'd get a 980 instead of a 970. It's about 10-20 fps more depending on the game, and sometimes even gets the same FPS as a 980 while its almost 100 euro less than a 980.

 

I guess he draws that conclusion by looking at the numbers (https://browser.primatelabs.com/processor-benchmarks).

But my best guess is that x86 just isn't performing well in that benchmark, some numbers just don't add up.

- 32 bit single core is slower than 64 bit single core
- 32 bit multi core is faster than 64 bit multi core
- Core i7 5960X @ 3 Ghz being faster than Core i7 5930K @ 3.5 Ghz in single core

According to TechCrunch (http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/22/review-apples-iphone-6s-and-6s-plus-go-tick/#.iyldcl:k99c) the Apple A9 scores 2515 single/ 4367 multi (no mention of either 32 or 64 bit test). That would put it in Core i3-3220 (32bit) or Core i3-2120 (64 bit) territory just by the numbers.

 

Geekbench runs. I can't remember exactly but the 6s scores around 1600 single core while my 4670k scores somewhere in the 4000s. (My memory is really bad, sorry ) Highly clocked 4670ks are scoring over 5500 though, which seems more reasonable. With 4 cores though my 4670k scores around 10k while the 6s scores about 3000. The 6s actually beats the new MacBook Air by a fair amount, though the Air is a Core M 1.1Ghz.

This performance paired with 2GB RAM and about the same battery life as the 6 sounds amazing. I mean the A9x in the iPad Pro can edit 3 streams of 4k video at the same time. That's a pretty big deal.

I kinda wish the 6s had more ram, I mean 2GB is nice but with that much performance 3-4 would be a huge deal.

 

Urgh, geekbench, one of the worst benchmarks about, one thats actually quite easy to trick into falsifying figures too...

 

Geekbench 6S: 2292 Single core, 4293 Multi core

Also, I can't decide wether Geekbench's good or bad, I'm not an expert on this stuff.

source: http://www.allaboutphones.nl/nieuws/29254/benchmarktest-verschenen-van-iphone-6s.html

 

I have no great love for geekbench, but it is one of the better benchmarks that works on all platforms.

 

hello
Ive been looking for a new graphics card lately for 150$ or less, and I'd just like to have the community's opinion on which one would get the most bang for my buck (I'm looking at nvidia cards btw)

 

And extra 10 USD or so buys you a GTX 950. They can be SLI'd and (coming from an AMD guy) are great little cards. Also, don't be afraid to look around the used market. I've used refurbished hard drives for a while and have a used power supply in a system and have had no trouble. To you'll find really great deals on eBay and at computer shops that sell refurbished hardware.

 

I would get some extra money and grab a GTX 750 Ti, seeing you're in Canada.

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How far do you think I can overclock my R7 370 (4GB)? I'm up to 1080 Mhz on core, and 5640 on memory. My temps have never gone above 70 degrees Celsius, and never used more than 45% fan power.

 

And an extra 20 USD would get you a 960, a card that utterly destroys it. The 950 is a good enough card its just in a stupid price position.

 

GTX 960s are like $280 CDN here, the 750 ti / 950 is the only option for most.

 

Except it does generally perform poorly on comparing RISC versus CISC architectures, it's actually optimised for RISC. It's also easily fooled.

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The benchmarks I like are rare, full source code to a set of algorithms with the time taken to complete instead of an arbitrary figure

 

I hope i can throw this in here, but removing monitor bezels is awesome lol. Looks better imo, i think once i paint the lcd edges black it will look a hell of a lot better.

Also different topic, but i am looking at a new or new to me graphics card. I am torn between the 950/960 depending on the price, or a used 670.


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