carpecervisi
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I just wanted to say thanks to bluegrass for answering all the questions and showing what he can. Much appreciated going above and beyond for the cause.
We would need to see the actual graph of the speeds/temps to determine how they compare.View attachment 2725 I installed the IET utility on my SP2 and ran the benchmark test. You can compare these results with the SP3 i7 I just purchased.
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Be aware that this is a 4200u SP2. So from these benchmarks, it looks like there is only a 10% performance increase over the 4200u SP2. And that is with the SP3 CPU hitting higher temps...View attachment 2725 I installed the IET utility on my SP2 and ran the benchmark test. You can compare these results with the SP3 i7 I just purchased.
No, you don't need a full video... just a screenshot of the graph showing the run.
It's all good, I've got XTU on my i5 already and will be comparing to my i7 version that arrived today as well.
As far as GPU clock, it should start out around 1098mhz for the graphics test. The question is, what will it throttle down to when actually being used. On the i5, it drops down to 598mhz and stays there.
See this thread for more information about what we are trying to determine on the i7:
http://www.surfaceforums.net/threads/sp2-vs-sp3.9945/#post-71340
Be aware that this is a 4200u SP2. So from these benchmarks, it looks like there is only a 10% performance increase over the 4200u SP2. And that is with the SP3 CPU hitting higher temps...