As I sit here working on the next speed-bump CPU review, trying to somehow make it interesting for you all, I figured I'd just pop in and ask.
Are there any requests in particular for benchmarks you guys would like to see in a not-so-big upcoming CPU review? It won't be a dual core piece, and I've already beaten to death the idea that single core CPUs aren't so hot at multitasking so I don't see much of a need for more there. I was thinking about doing a few lighter multitasking loads to see what the difference in performance would be between a fast single core and a slower dual core with more moderate multitasking involved. Other than that, there's not too much else I've been able to come up with that may be interesting (outside of stuff I can't really talk about yet :)...).
I am also working on updating our benchmark suite (yes, with a new version of Premier as well) but that's not done just yet. So chime in with your thoughts and requests - I can't guarantee that I'll be able to address them all, but I'll do my best.
Are there any requests in particular for benchmarks you guys would like to see in a not-so-big upcoming CPU review? It won't be a dual core piece, and I've already beaten to death the idea that single core CPUs aren't so hot at multitasking so I don't see much of a need for more there. I was thinking about doing a few lighter multitasking loads to see what the difference in performance would be between a fast single core and a slower dual core with more moderate multitasking involved. Other than that, there's not too much else I've been able to come up with that may be interesting (outside of stuff I can't really talk about yet :)...).
I am also working on updating our benchmark suite (yes, with a new version of Premier as well) but that's not done just yet. So chime in with your thoughts and requests - I can't guarantee that I'll be able to address them all, but I'll do my best.
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mdme - Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - link
here's an idea, would you by any chance have a beta or something of the unreal 3.0 engine. if it really has multithreading enabled, it would be nice to see how the X2 or PD/EE compares with single core FX's P4/EE's.Bloinkxp - Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - link
How about some MAME benchmarks? These are very CPU bound.Ron - Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - link
Personally, I'd love to see some sort of benchmarks on chess positional analysis software such as chessbase 9 (with deep fritz 8 as the analysis engine.) I don't know how doable this would be or if there is enough demand to make it worthwhile, but I do quite a bit of this and find it to be very cpu-intensive, since it uses a "brute-force" method of anlysis.karioskasra - Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - link
I'd like the "comments" link not be ActiveX activated. I block ActiveX as much as I can to protect vs embedded spyware and if there's no good reason for you to use ActiveX, maybe you could consider letting it go.DigitalArtMonkey - Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - link
I would like to see some reviews of the Apple Cinema 30 inch display running on a PC. I know that it requires a dual dvi connection and not too many cards outside of workstations provide that.Rocket321 - Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - link
I too would like to see some Gentoo compile times like installing firefox or openoffice.Also dvdshrink would be interesting as it is a very common program.
TomcaT - Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - link
Only suggestion would be to see what the single and duel core chips do in multitasking on something other than Windows (Linux/FreeBSD or some such). I'm a bit curious as to how the windows scheduler affects multitasking performance (concidering the rather common ideas that the scheduler is crap). Having "virtual" processors through HT might alleviate some of the inherant issues in the schduler (as seen on various Intel vs AMD benches measuring HT impacts). I don't know if this has been done before, but it'd be an interesting thing to look into.-TomcaT-
MrJim - Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - link
I would like to see a multithreaded flightsim, most i want to see Falcon 4.0 the Allied Force version that was showcased at some intel shows. ThanksAnonymous - Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - link
I would like a BigMac with large fries and a medium coke. Take care.PeteRoy - Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - link
I would love to see anandtech finally making a video review showing all the new stuff in video and showing the benchmarks process in video.