The Six-Core battle

The hardware junkie in me just can't resist. I know I'm a bit late to the table, and no, I don't have one of these to play with. I wouldn't kill for one, but I would probably be willing to dish out a good flogging. Anyways, down to the good stuff.

Intel and AMD have both announced their Six-Core monoliths. The 6 core Core i7 980X and the Phenom II X6 1090T are the new players, and they clock in at 3.33 GHz and 3.2 GHz stock. Not that it makes that much of a difference, and the way these 2 processors actually handle data is vastly different as well, and they have different die sizes (Intel's 32nm and AMD is at 45nm). But, that may not make up for the price difference, with Intel's setting you back a grand ($999) and AMD sits you at $285. Another nice thing about AMD's is that it's still compatible with the existing (and widely used) AM2+ pin set, only requiring a BIOS upgrade. If you have an ageing system (not TOO old) that could use a face lift form 2 cores and were holding out, now is the time to get in. Intel’s chip outperforms AMD's, but at the price, you could buy 2 and a motherboard to support both, and have a 12 processor system.

I'm excited to see these hitting the market. Some of you may know I'm considering my own system build. I was going to go with a quad core AMD system (because they started making those sub $100 quads) and then decided to go the i3 route. It's hard, I don't have any MAJOR parts yet except RAM, but I can E-Bay that. AMD's new offering makes me wonder if I should. =D I’ll keep you posted for sure.

New Hardware

New hardware isn’t hard to come by these days. I just so happen to be a big fan of hardware, and try very hard to stay on top of what’s new and bleeding edge. One of the biggest releases lately is the Fermi line of nVidia Graphic Cards. Most businesses will wonder what a Graphics card has to offer, and in most cases it tends to be very little. TH2 Technologies just so happens to deal with several dental offices though and they use High-Res images to show patients their teeth or to even create 3D models of their mouths. Graphics cards are used to display the images and models on high definition screens for their clients, and they need to look good. A graphics card is the only way to accomplish this. One of our doctors has a computer hooked up to 2 monitors and a 47” 1080p flat screen.

Another thing that a graphics card can provide is video acceleration in programs like Adobe’s Creative Suite. CS5 is designed to make use of all Quadro FX and the GTX 285 series cards and helps easily integrate project files from After Effects and Photoshop into Premiere Pro and edit in real-time, even while applying more than three layers. The Quadro series allows people who use AutoCAD to work faster and improve productivity.

To see if a graphics card can be an easy way to increase performance with your office applications, call TH2 Technologies. We can evaluate effective ways to leverage new technology for better productivity for a small investment.

Sources:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/bfp_autocad_2011.html
http://www.nvidia.com/object/builtforadobepros.html

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