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Changing for the Future - Intel's Core i7

By Vincent Chang - 3 Nov 2008

Results - 3ds Max8 (SP2)

Results - 3ds Max8 (SP2)

Once again, the 'unpredictability' of Core i7's SMT is in the limelight here. With 2 different test scenarios in 3ds Max 8, having SMT appeared to be a liability for Radiosity while the reverse was true for Light Tracer. The amount of memory (3GB vs 2GB) did not seem to have any effect on the final results for the Core i7 and in both tests, with or without SMT enabled, the Core i7 was ahead of the Core 2 Extreme. We also had a rather anomalous result in Radiosity, with the Core 2 Duo E8500 outperforming every other CPU.

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