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"Real Tech-Head stuff."
Version: CPU Speed Professional 3.0.4.4
Pros
Has everything.
Cons
Didn't know how to use it well enough to benefit from all it's options.
Summary
Not for the novice for sure.
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"Hardly any features"
Version: CPU Speed Professional 3.0.4.4
Pros
Has only one working feature
Cons
But that's all, not worth installing, CPU-Z does the same and more.
Summary
Just instant skip...
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"reads base clock only which does not account for OC'n"
Version: CPU Speed Professional 3.0.4.4
Pros
it did not install bloat ware, when i deselected that option. other apps ignore that setting and install it anyways.
Cons
reports base clock only. multiplier is not accounted for.
Summary
meh...pass on this one, unless you don't believe the specs from dell on your stock machine.
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"The program is not terribly useful; needs improvement."
Version: CPU Speed Professional 3.0.4.4
Pros
It is free, and it might entice some folks. For serious over-clockers (which I am not), it is neat if it would only tell you the actual speed. For instance, it reads my CPU speed at 2660MHz, which is the published speed, but CPU-Z list the speed at 3.06GHz (or 3060.2 MHz)
First, we will go with the Intel i5-750. It is great processor, and I used it to build my grandfather's computer. It has a base clock of 2.66GHz, with a maximum turbo-boost speed of 3.2GHz. It has 4 cores/4threads with no Hyper-Threading. It has 8 MB of L# Smart Cache, and one QPI link. There is 4GB of dual channel DDR3 memory installed.Cons
Next is the Intel Xeon X5650. It runs at a base clock of 2.66 GHz, and a maximum turbo-boost speed of 3.06GHz. It has 6 cores/12 threads with Hyper-Threading. It has 12MB L3 cache. It too is very nice indeed. I used two of them in my server, along with 48GB of Triple Channel DDR3 ECC Registered Server Memory. The X5650 cost $1019.00 in February of 2011, and $1004 in October 2011 (I started with one, and added another later). We have two physical processors, 12 cores/24 threads with a total of 24MB L3 cache.
Which do you think would perform better? If you were going to go strictly by the processor speed as a ranking tool, such as CPU Professional does, then the i5 750 should win. After all, it has a max turbo boost speed of 3.2GHz, whereas the Xeon X5650 only has a top turbo boost speed of 3.06GHz. In reality though, the program only reads the base clock it seems, so the single $159.99 processor should be equal to 2 processors, which come to a grand total of $2023 for both.Summary
It does not mention that the single X5650 has 2 more cores, and 8 more threads, with a grand total of 8 more cores, and 20 more threads in my server. It also lists online as having 4GB of memory. I do have 4GB of memory in EACH of my 12 slots, for a total of 48GB. I don't know how they figured that one.
Under Pros, it should have read:
Due to the fact that this program only reads the base clock of my processor, and the graphics are cut off, I find it lacking. If it would put a full load on the CPU and get the results, it would be much better.
Updated on Nov 18, 2011
It has 8 MB of L3 Smart Cache, and one QPI link.
Under Cons, it should have read:
It has 12MB L3 cache and 2 QPI links.
Under summary, it should have read:
It does not mention that the single X5650 has 2 more cores, and 8 more threads, with a grand total of 8 more cores, and 20 more threads with both processors combined.
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