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(L) [2007/09/30] [Phantom] [Fast hardware] Wayback!Guys,
I am looking for a lighter replacement for Octopussy, since she suffered quite badly from the trip to I3D earlier this year (I stuffed the 20Kg machine in my suitcase). So far I found two options:
- A quad-core laptop, up to 2.66Ghz (e.g., the Eurocom Phantom 900C or so, 5.2Kg, nice model name);
- A quadcore barebone system, 4.5Kg, I believe Asus has one with up to 2.95Ghz, and the option to overclock.
Does anyone know of something more extreme, but equally or more transportable? Any eight-core barebones?
- Jacco.
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(L) [2007/09/30] [Ho Ho] [Fast hardware] Wayback!Can you wait for a couple of months? If yes then you could get a 45nm Penryn quadcore based system. It probably isn't much lighter than Core2 but will probably be faster per-clock
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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(L) [2007/09/30] [Phantom] [Fast hardware] Wayback!I think I'll have to be a little bit patient, there is indeed some cool stuff coming: Those new 8-cores and the mobile quad cores. I'm not sure I can wait for that though. [SMILEY Smile]
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(L) [2007/10/11] [lycium] [Fast hardware] Wayback!just a thread bump to say... 12ghz of processing power absolutely rules :) cpu reaches 45 degrees under full load with the poopy stock heatsink and stock voltage; after replacing that cooler with the massive one i've ordered and a minor voltage bump 3.4ghz should be attainable.
as a point of comparison, the "sponge" scene that comes with sunflow renders in almost exactly 1 minute!
(L) [2007/10/12] [jogshy] [Fast hardware] Wayback!Wait for the Penryns or the 2Ghz+ AMD K10 Barcelona... then fry them using some extreme overclocking for extra speed [SMILEY stick out tongue]
Also wait for DDR3 2133Mhz to be homologated.
Btw, for Nehalem you will need a new chipset because gonna require a VGA/HDMI/DisplayPort output connector on the motherboard.
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I know I ask too much... but i'm on panic mode and there is no panic button to press [SMILEY stick out tongue]
(L) [2007/10/12] [lycium] [Fast hardware] Wayback!phenom is of course a serious contender, but penryn is just an incremental improvement... probably my next upgrade will be for nehalem, or whatever amd strike back (?) with.
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