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Dixie
Imperium Technologies Sangre Azul
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Posted - 2009.01.05 04:36:00 -
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Edited by: Dixie on 05/01/2009 04:38:01 Edited by: Dixie on 05/01/2009 04:37:05 I upgraded from a Q6600 (3.3ghz) 8gb of ram to a i7 920 (2.66), w/1ghz overclock so far, 12gb ram. My video card is a standard 8800gt. I am running on the same xp64 install with the new system.
The difference has that before the quad, when i was focused on one eve window the 100% cpu usage would be spread across the 4 cores. Looking at task manager, i would see 25% approx on each cpu. With the new system, it picks a core and sticks to it, using 90% or more cpu. I consdier this a good thing. Was wondering if this is a automatic optimization of something that was designed for hyper threading now helping the i7? Possibly a chipset update, or just a smarter cpu.
This machine is fast, one of the main reasons i upgraded was increased memory bandwidth and ability to run lots of software, and virutal machines along with eve without system lag. Memory bandwidth is up from around 7000mb/s to 25000mb/s+
For those wondering about multi client performance. All approx. 8800gt, extreme settings (256mb cache) 1680x1080 windowed, geforce 178 drivers 1 client flying through busy gates 100-120fps 2 clients 60fps each 3 clients 35-50fps 4 clients 29-40fps Just quick stations multi-client was a mix of station/space.
The more clients i added the less the cpu they pulled while focused upon down to 60% of that core. Each core(well virtual processor with hyperthreading) with a client had somewhere around 20% cpu in the background. I set the affinity on a client to see if it was using hyperthreading to see why it wast peaking that core to 100%, it still did not. Before i did see some random spikes on the thread next and associated dips in the process of 50%. But a single client will stay on its own core.
I realize i am probably storing a bit much in video memory causing issues, and that my video card should be upgraded to actually achieve any sort of processor limit.
Client load time loading in jita with 700 people is around 20 seconds, with my fragmented install, although a raptor helps that.
Overall i'm real happy with this upgrade, have room to overclock some more. Definitely recommend it for the eve cluster or at least jita
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Elle D
The Taco Stand
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Posted - 2009.01.05 05:30:00 -
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Wow dude awesome machine. What do you run to require that much power while playing eve?
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Rhohan
Minmatar It's A Trap White Core
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Posted - 2009.01.05 11:52:00 -
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Edited by: Rhohan on 05/01/2009 11:57:46
Quote: The difference has that before the quad, when i was focused on one eve window the 100% cpu usage would be spread across the 4 cores. Looking at task manager, i would see 25% approx on each cpu. With the new system
I'm not sure what the deal was with your Q6600, but I have a Q9550 that has one core running at about 75%, another at about 50% and the other two idle when I'm running an Preium Eve Client.
This is with a ATI 4870 running at 1920 x 1080 res.
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Ecky X
Shadow Company
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Posted - 2009.01.06 07:52:00 -
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Q6600 here as well - with 2 clients, I get about 15-20% usage over 4 cores, evenly spread.
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Jovoich
Infestation. Eradication Alliance
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Posted - 2009.01.06 12:08:00 -
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I have a computer that came from the computer shop about 3 years ago. I get about 20 fps if I'm lucky in a none laggy system. Oh, I've also got a couple of raptors in my hanger, how do they help?
I call 'Bull****' CCP. Isn't it great that the alchemy process was introduced & can 'take up the slack?' |
Washell Olivaw
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Posted - 2009.01.06 12:55:00 -
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Omg! Look at the size of his...
Yes, I'm jealous.
Originally by: Signature Everybody has a photographic memory, some people just don't have film.
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Sokratesz
Rionnag Alba Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2009.01.06 13:27:00 -
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hmmmmm do want i7 *drool*
Wyvern & Chimera fitting flowchart
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Gabriel Karade
Celtic Anarchy
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Posted - 2009.01.06 13:41:00 -
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Looking forward to this, just bought one along with a GTX 280, upgrading from an old single-core Athlon 64 with a clunky 6800. I reckon I should see some improvement... --------------
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sahtila
hirr Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2009.01.08 15:13:00 -
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Originally by: Dixie
For those wondering about multi client performance. All approx. 8800gt, extreme settings (256mb cache) 1680x1080 windowed, geforce 178 drivers 1 client flying through busy gates 100-120fps 2 clients 60fps each 3 clients 35-50fps 4 clients 29-40fps Just quick stations multi-client was a mix of station/space.
I have same GPU with E8400 processor and getting about same framerates. So those results are definitively limited by your GPU. |
eWrath
Caldari The Omni Federation
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Posted - 2009.01.08 16:18:00 -
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Well, from experience, Premium = GPU, Classic = CPU.
When running multiple premium clients in windowed mode, GPU performance degrades no matter what CPU you're using.
So, unless you're running SLI with lots of bus bandwidth, I'd recommend switching to classic and testing this again.
By the way, I can confirm that there's an issue with threading in the client already, it's worse with the singularity revision than in the current TQ one. -----
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keepiru
Supernova Security Systems
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Posted - 2009.01.09 07:24:00 -
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Originally by: Dixie Was wondering if this is a automatic optimization of something that was designed for hyper threading now helping the i7? Possibly a chipset update, or just a smarter cpu.
The cpu has no control over that, let alone the northbridge: threads and thread schedulers are software, for reasons which should be apparent.
Its a change of behavior either in windows' scheduler or eve itself.
Also, lol XP64, that thing is less compatible than vista. |
Clansworth
Blackwater USA Inc.
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Posted - 2009.01.09 09:30:00 -
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have you installed CPU specific drivers for your i7? this would be the desired mode of operation for the i7. If it sees most of the use on just one or two cores, it will 'overclock' because it knows there is thermal room, as the other 2-3 cores are relatively idle (and on the i7, it can actually completely shut down idle cores). A smart scheduler, therefore, would load an i7 first on core 1, to about 75-80%, then start filling up core 2 to the same, and so on.
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