So thats what a 3930k is good for!

[moonbogg]

I figured it out. The once useless gaming CPU has found its purpose. I am, right now, encoding a massive gameplay video for youtube, uploading a finished one, and playing BF3 on ultra all at the same time. All 12 threads cranking over 80%, temps hit 70c max and FPS doesn't go below 35 on the worst maps with 64 players. Multitasking beast. Oh, total system RAM usage 5.5gigs.

 

[bigboxes]

Lucky dog.

 

[saratoga172]

Very nice! I've pushed my system but cores haven't been the limiting factor for me.

 

[Bill Brasky]

I thought it was for encoding blu rays.

 

[Ben90]

35 fps...

 

[Gikaseixas]

35 fps...

I think moonbogg has a GTX 680 but i'm not sure at what res does he play.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Even when i had my 3930k subsystem,i could never find myself multitasking when gaming just for the pure performance i aimed for and when i did game i found so little benefit that i went back to my i5 2500.

Was much more excited going from a dual core to a quad core,then again with my computer having been turned into a htpc of sorts,the 3930k couldn't have worked even if i wanted it to.

 

[guskline]

Impressive!

 

[moonbogg]

I think moonbogg has a GTX 680 but i'm not sure at what res does he play.

670SLI @ 1080p 120hz. I don't ever play like this. I want the best performance, but I just figured i'd try to play while encoding and was surprised to see it floating around 50-60fps most of the time. On B2K maps the performance was worse, but I played an entire caspian game at around 60+fps while encoding. It was fun to really stress the CPU and see it hold up.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Ahhh... I still remember the head trip when I went from a single core to a quad.

"OMG, I can do that AND do that AND do that?!?!"

 

[Remobz]

Whenever I play games I always close everything off before.

I do not encode anyway or have the internet open while playing a game. Looks like the latest and greatest CPU would be overkill for me.

 

[nanaki333]

good to know. i don't game or encode a lot... but on the occasions i do, nice to know i can just do queue everything up and go about my business!

 

[Remobz]

good to know. i don't game or encode a lot... but on the occasions i do, nice to know i can just do queue everything up and go about my business!

I have an i3 2120 right now.

Waiting for haswell reviews to come out. Once Haswell comes out then I have to decide what to buy considering my needs.

 

[tweakboy]

DAW
Video Editing
AutoCAD
StudioMAX

 

[FalseChristian]

How much faster will an i5 Haswell be compared to my SB i5 2500K? More than 30%. If not I'm sticking with my i5 2500K @ 4.5GHz.

 

[VirtualLarry]

How much faster will an i5 Haswell be compared to my SB i5 2500K? More than 30%. If not I'm sticking with my i5 2500K @ 4.5GHz.

More than 30% only on AVX2-enabled apps, which will be few and far between. IPC increase on existing software will be 5-10% or so, I think.

 

[moonbogg]

More than 30% only on AVX2-enabled apps, which will be few and far between. IPC increase on existing software will be 5-10% or so, I think.

Yeah, less than exciting, but at least they didn't go backwards.

 

[aigomorla]

I figured it out. The once useless gaming CPU has found its purpose. I am, right now, encoding a massive gameplay video for youtube, uploading a finished one, and playing BF3 on ultra all at the same time. All 12 threads cranking over 80%, temps hit 70c max and FPS doesn't go below 35 on the worst maps with 64 players. Multitasking beast. Oh, total system RAM usage 5.5gigs.

lol welcome to intel hexcores...

ive been here for a very long time, what took u so long to catch up?

^_^


You need to do what other hexcore owners do, and post a screen shot of task manager showing off 12 working threads.
:thumbsup:

make all the quad owners go with envy.

 

[Maximilian]

lol welcome to intel hexcores...

ive been here for a very long time, what took u so long to catch up?

^_^


You need to do what other hexcore owners do, and post a screen shot of task manager showing off 12 working threads.
:thumbsup:

make all the quad owners go with envy.

Check out my sweet hexacore!

Quad owners, feel free to rage and be jelly














































amd fx 6100

 

[kowalabearhugs]

Check out my sweet hexacore!

amd fx 6100

That's a tri-core. :whiste:

 

[Gillbot]

lol welcome to intel hexcores...

ive been here for a very long time, what took u so long to catch up?

^_^


You need to do what other hexcore owners do, and post a screen shot of task manager showing off 12 working threads.
:thumbsup:

make all the quad owners go with envy.

:whiste:
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2613613

 

[VirtualLarry]

Do you (all 3930K owners) think that the 3930K and the socket2011, is "the next Q6600", as far as platform longevity goes? Considering how Intel seems not to want to increase core counts on their consumer CPU line for some time.

 

[moonbogg]

Do you (all 3930K owners) think that the 3930K and the socket2011, is "the next Q6600", as far as platform longevity goes? Considering how Intel seems not to want to increase core counts on their consumer CPU line for some time.

I wouldn't doubt it. But since i'm replying, have a look at THIS! That's right boys, 12 threads of AWESOME!

 

[Sleepingforest]

Is it overclocked? And what are you using to load the cores?

 

[moonbogg]

Is it overclocked? And what are you using to load the cores?

4.3ghz. Had BF3 in the background and had cinebench running. That'll load em' up!