POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Value for money : Re: Value for money Server Time
29 Jul 2024 16:27:42 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Value for money  
From: Le Forgeron
Date: 25 Jul 2011 12:38:22
Message: <4e2d9bfe@news.povray.org>
Le 25/07/2011 17:57, Invisible nous fit lire :
> Intel Core i7 970
> Socket 1366 "Gulftown", 3.20 GHz, 6-core, 12MB L3 cache.
> Pass Mark: 9,919; Rank: 7th fastest.
> Price: $583 US (recommended)
> 
> 
> Intel Core i7 2600K
> "Sandy Bridge", 3.40 GHz, 4-core, 8MB L3 cache.
> Pass Mark: 9,804; Rank: 9th fastest.
> Price: $317 US (recommended)
> 
> 
> 
> The Core i7 970 has a Pass Mark rating which is 1.17% higher.
> The Core i7 970 has a price which is 83.91% higher.
> 
> So which one do you think is best value for money? :-P

what is your CPU usage ?

povray : (#core*HT -1)*Speed is best (HT: hyperthreading(2) or not(1))
wordprocessor: a 100MHz should be enough

Not in your equation: the motherboard, and the memory.


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