Multiboxing Hardware Science!

[Umbaalo]

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[MiRai]

Thank you for your donation in the name of multiboxing science!

You bet. There has been a lot of talk recently about how powerful the current Sandy Bridge chips could be and
I thought I would just give those theories an initial stress test in World of Warcraft. Perhaps when I get a
break from school here in the next few weeks I can bust out some RIFT trials and see what I can do with that.
Trion might actually have add-on support out by then which could make testing more interesting... we'll see.

[Umbaalo]

Sounds very interesting! I'm really kicking myself over not waiting for the sandy bridge chips and started building my rig last fall. I'm happy with it, but I could have saved quite a bit of cash knowing what I do now. I guess that's the nature of the beast though when it comes to technology.

I've only pushed my i7 980x to 4.1GHz... But I always use a lot of caution with my hardware.

[Bollwerk]

I'm honestly surprised that hyperthreading helped, especially by such a large margin. Maybe hyperthreading on the new procs is MUCH better than the older versions.

[MiRai]

I'm honestly surprised that hyperthreading helped, especially by such a large margin. Maybe hyperthreading on the new procs is MUCH better than the older versions.

I was curious about that as well but I don't have a 1366 chip to test with. =\

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[Tonuss]

Sorry I missed this thread until now. Awesome work, Fenril. I doubt I'll be upgrading until later this year, but it's good to have this kind of data.

I'm honestly surprised that hyperthreading helped, especially by such a large margin. Maybe hyperthreading on the new procs is MUCH better than the older versions.

I don't follow the hardware scene closely these days (or at least, as closely as I used to) but I do recall that people were predicting a 30% boost to processing capability from HT in the Sandy Bridge CPUs. Fenril's test seems to bear that out.

[wyofiddler]

You're results for Hyper-Threading vs. non-HT were very interesting to me, since I'm researching a new computer build and wondering if the i7-2600k is really worth $115 more than an i5-2500k CPU. You only lose 0.1 GHz on stock CPU speed with the 2500k (3.3GHz vs 3.4GHz for the 2600k) but the 2500k does not provide HT. 5 boxing Wow and Rift is what i use my computer for the most, so if HT really makes that much difference I'll hold out for the 2600k for sure.

Once you do a five boxing test I would love to know if HT has that much impact on performance running 5 accounts rather than all 10. And if you run a Rift 5 boxing test that would be even cooler... let me know if you need Rift trial invites, I'd be glad to put them in for ya

[MiRai]

You're results for Hyper-Threading vs. non-HT were very interesting to me, since I'm researching a new computer build and wondering if the i7-2600k is really worth $115 more than an i5-2500k CPU. You only lose 0.1 GHz on stock CPU speed with the 2500k (3.3GHz vs 3.4GHz for the 2600k) but the 2500k does not provide HT. 5 boxing Wow and Rift is what i use my computer for the most, so if HT really makes that much difference I'll hold out for the 2600k for sure.

Once you do a five boxing test I would love to know if HT has that much impact on performance running 5 accounts rather than all 10. And if you run a Rift 5 boxing test that would be even cooler... let me know if you need Rift trial invites, I'd be glad to put them in for ya

I am definitely wanting to do the 5 boxing WoW and RIFT tests ASAP as well. My last day of class is tomorrow
so expect something for it very soon (most likely this week.)

[Lyonheart]

I am definitely wanting to do the 5 boxing WoW and RIFT tests ASAP as well. My last day of class is tomorrow
so expect something for it very soon (most likely this week.)

GIT'R DUN!! Jk!

Thanks for this. i wont be building my new power rig until later this year ( i ended up buying a laptop ) but this research is very helpful 8) Thank you!

[Silence]

Thanks for this...

I'm in the process of putting together a new PC and was contemplating if the 3GB on the 580 was worth it... knowing myself I probably would get it anyway even if it wasn't, but it's a nice incentive to speed things up ;p

As I only 5-box I'm interested in your results... keep it up!