Well, the Q9550 comes with 2x6MB L2 cache at 2.83 GHz, the i7-920 has 8 
MB-L3 cache at 2.66 GHz and the AMD has 4x512kB L1 + 6MB L2 at 3.0 GHz.

And this is my problem - Q9550 is quite fast with plenty of cache, the AMD 
seems to be fastest with 3 GHz but has less cache, the i7 has least GHz but 
newest architecture... and frankly I have no idea how these factors balance.


"Aydan" <hes### [at] hendrik-sachsenet> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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> For starters: Find out if your software is multi core capable. Especially 
> the
> video software.
> I know DixX supports multithreading but don't know how effective it is.
> For fun with povray I'd go for the i7 or the Phenom.
> Probably the Phenom because it has double the L1 and L2 cache of the i7.
> But to be sure what is best for you you'd have to run actual benchmarks on 
> the
> different CPUs
>
> just my 2ct
> Aydan
>

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