SLI vs Dual Quad Core

[PeteRoy]

2 Physical CPU with quad core each should give a better performance boost than SLI system, I'd like to see Anandtech or tomshardware make a test to this claim.

I'd like to see comparison in how much more performance you get if you have 2 quad cores with 1 video card vs 1 quad core with 2 video cards.

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: PeteRoy
2 Physical CPU with quad core each should give a better performance boost than SLI system, I'd like to see Anandtech or tomshardware make a test to this claim.

I'd like to see comparison in how much more performance you get if you have 2 quad cores with 1 video card vs 1 quad core with 2 video cards.

Your claim wouldn't stand much of a chance. You can add as many cores as you want, but in many cases you would then be limited by lack of fill rate, pixel shading, and other GPU related processing.

 

[lyssword]

not to mention a lot of games are not multi-threaded

 

[sutahz]

oh let petey dream. Dream away you little dreamer! Let your mind take you where it will!
Besides, SLI AND CrossFire scale so well, no wonder we all do multi-gpu, right m8's!?!

 

[taltamir]

video cards are generally the limiting factor in games.

And most games have a hard enough time using 2 or 4 cores... there is no such thing as a game that can use 8 cores. Not yet.

 

[tallman45]

Hard drivers are the limiting factore in any system

How would you coordinate the cache in 8 cores (4 separate L2 caches), there is a hard enough time keeping cache fresh in just a Quad core (2 separate L2 caches)

 

[bunnyfubbles]

you guys aren't thinking outside the box, with dual quadcore you can play 8 games at once!

 

[sgrinavi]

Originally posted by: PeteRoy
2 Physical CPU with quad core each should give a better performance boost than SLI system, I'd like to see Anandtech or tomshardware make a test to this claim.

I'd like to see comparison in how much more performance you get if you have 2 quad cores with 1 video card vs 1 quad core with 2 video cards.

Performance in what? If you were building a rendering engine or something else that can use all those cores then, sure, gimme the processors, if you are trying to build a gaming system then you're probably better off with the SLI

IMO SLI is overrated, 1.3 or 1.4 the performance for 2x the cash and only have the ability to use a single monitor. Hmmm..

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
you guys aren't thinking outside the box, with dual quadcore you can play 8 games at once!

maybe 8 games of checkers...

you could, however, download porn 8 times as fast!!

 

[sgrinavi]

maybe 8 games of checkers...

you could, however, download porn 8 times as fast!!

You must not have Comcast...