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bigadv units on intel core i3 or i5 processors?

twoodcc

twoodcc

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i've noticed that intels newer processors are in stores now. i wonder if anyone has tried folding with them?

i've read that some of these processors have been overclocked to near 5 ghz, but i can't find anything about folding with them
 
Not sure about i5, but fast i7 with 4 real cores plus 4 virtual ones can run bigadv. But SMP2 is pretty good, so you need a real fast i7 to get enough bonus to be worth it.
 
SciFrog said:
Not sure about i5, but fast i7 with 4 real cores plus 4 virtual ones can run bigadv. But SMP2 is pretty good, so you need a real fast i7 to get enough bonus to be worth it.
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well how do you think an i5 650 would do with the SMP2? stock is 3.2 ghz - but i've read they are easily overclocked to well over 4 ghz on air
 
twoodcc said:
will any amd quads do it?
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I have a couple of AMD quads and I know they would not be able to handle bigadv units, though it is possible the new chips might work ok. AMD don't have 2 threads per core, so the OS thinks there are only 4 cores instead of the 8 with Intel chips. My phenom II x4 965 did really well with regular units under Linux but now that I have 3 gpu's on it with windows - not so much...
 
lordonuthin said:
I have a couple of AMD quads and I know they would not be able to handle bigadv units, though it is possible the new chips might work ok. AMD don't have 2 threads per core, so the OS thinks there are only 4 cores instead of the 8 with Intel chips. My phenom II x4 965 did really well with regular units under Linux but now that I have 3 gpu's on it with windows - not so much...
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have you tried SMP2 in windows yet with it?

yeah i'm thinking i'll just wait on another system for now. it really stinks that all my folders are down back at my apartment 😡
 
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