Intel Core i5 750, Core i7 870 Linux Benchmarks

[Kano]

The first thing you do with a new board is updateing the BIOS

[murthyna]

Thanks, I have updated the BIOS to the latest ver. Still no luck, everything remains the same. Anything else to be checked?

[ad_267]

Hmm I was looking at buying an i5, I'm not sure if that's a good idea now. From the "Another Look At Intel's Lynnfield Linux Performance" article, it looks like BIOS upgrades may solve some problems. I'm looking at getting a Gigabyte motherboard, what are people's opinion on them?

[StringCheesian]

Originally Posted by ad_267

Hmm I was looking at buying an i5, I'm not sure if that's a good idea now. From the "Another Look At Intel's Lynnfield Linux Performance" article, it looks like BIOS upgrades may solve some problems. I'm looking at getting a Gigabyte motherboard, what are people's opinion on them?

I'm pretty sure you would not need a BIOS upgrade. The articles made it sound like Michael was given a motherboard with early beta BIOS whereas motherboards you can buy now are shipping with fixed BIOS.

Here's what I'm talking about:

Originally Posted by Another Look At Intel's Lynnfield Linux Performance

We will be running our own tests using a newer BIOS for the Intel P55 motherboard shortly. With these Intel-provided results, they are using a newer, shipping BIOS and not an older BIOS provided to the press.

[ad_267]

Originally Posted by StringCheesian

I'm pretty sure you would not need a BIOS upgrade. The articles made it sound like Michael was given a motherboard with early beta BIOS whereas motherboards you can buy now are shipping with fixed BIOS.

Ah ok, thanks for explaining that. I also just read the review of the ECS Elitegroup P55H-A motherboard and there weren't any problems with the i7 except for no LM_sensors support, so it looks like I should be fine with an i5. I'll be getting all the parts on Monday hopefully, so fingers crossed it will all work well.