Nvidia Cards Don't Need Quad-Core Chips for Extreme PCs

Written by IT News on 2:07 AM

A video posted by Nvidia on its website showing experiment, held on Nvidia laboratories in which new GTX 280 chip, running mode overclocking and cooled by liquid nitrogen many do not require a major quad-processor to achieve exceptional PC performance.

"Many people think you need an Intel quad-core, or Intel quad-core Extreme to build an exclusive PC," says the publication of "Steffee" of Nvidia website. "Today I happened to build PC games with Intel core 2 duo. This is the duo. Aware that? Duo, two rings."
The system used for testing features only two main processor, exactly as stated in his post blogger. This is what it says blog: "Think you need a quad-core processor for extreme PC games with impressive numbers and 3DMark Vantage gaming performance? ... I overclocked and hyper-cooled an SLI platform for games, as using two of our latest and greatest GPUs - GeForce 280 ... GTX and under-$ 200 CPU. "This processor is Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 processor. The test took place on NForce 790i Ultra SLI motherboard with the new GTX 280 graphics card.

Using only one 280 GTX board, 3DMark Vantage result is "X4796." Taking "fun trip" by Nvidia laboratories, a blogger a new GTX 280 SLI board and liquid nitrogen cooling system, which allows it to receive the new test results of 3DMark Score "X10, 282.."

To perform the test, for blogger, "Steffee", overclocked Nvida GTX 280 of the main clock of 727MHz, while shader was set to 1458MHz. The normal value for the core clock is set at 602MHz and shader clock of 1296MHz.

As we all know, Intel opinion on this is a radically different. "Most of what people today, with their computers require powerful processors. Examples of processor-intensive applications include: creation of content, viewing / editing high definition video using social media sites, office tools, downloading music And editing of photos, "Intel said in a statement.

And of course, that Intel may have the answer to that. Processor, E8400, is a very fast because it is at-3.0 GHz and features 6MB cache. The best part is that when overclocked and cooling with liquid nitrogen, this processor is able to get some results too early. But quad-core Extreme Kingston enter are simple and better solution.

Full specifications of the system for testing machine includes nForce 790i Ultra SLI motherboard, two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 graphics cards running in SLI mode, Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 processor, 4 GB-SLI ready Corsair DDR3 memory and PC power and cooling TurboCool 1200W power. Operating system used for testing is Windows Vista 32 - bit.

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