Core i7 looks to be a great video CPU

Hulk wrote on 11/3/2008, 10:21 AM

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3448&p=18

Most of the improvements in this CPU show gains in server performance and... wonder of wonders... video encoding. As yet I have not seen any test showing Vegas performance but based on the video tests I have seen it looks like Core i7 will offer a significant advantage over Penryn and Conroe.

Most video tests are showing a 2.66GHz Core i7 outperforming a 3.2GHz Penryn Quad. That's a sub $300 cpu besting a $1000+ cpu.

- Mark

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apit34356 wrote on 11/3/2008, 11:22 AM

Core i7 should scream. Intel did a major improvement of its L1 and L2 caches with better "searches" for on-chip data. I think the eight core design with its power-on/off individual cpus will be great, possibility lead to a great killer laptop! The three channel memory is really a must, but 4channel memory would be better but more expense in design for mass production at this time.

Hulk wrote on 11/3/2008, 1:51 PM

Hyperthreading is back with Core i7 so with mulithreaded video applications we'll hopefully see all 8 cores (4 physical + 4 virtual) chugging away on those long renders.

- Mark