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#1 2010-01-15 18:22:48

ganeshsarathi
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Does arch support " Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor(8MB L3 Cache, 2."

Hi, i'm new to linux as well as Arch .  But would like to try Arch , since lot of linux users says Arch is good. I got my new home pc with  " Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor(8MB L3 Cache, 2.66GHz) " . Does Arch supports this processor to it's full potential. Did a search in the forums . I could not find the answer. Thanks in advance.

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#2 2010-01-15 18:42:19

lucke
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Re: Does arch support " Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor(8MB L3 Cache, 2."

It does.

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#3 2010-01-15 18:45:02

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Re: Does arch support " Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor(8MB L3 Cache, 2."

Have a look at this.
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#4 2010-01-15 19:14:07

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Re: Does arch support " Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor(8MB L3 Cache, 2."

It absolutely does and it's very speeeeeeeeeeeedy. big_smile


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#5 2010-01-15 23:27:30

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Re: Does arch support " Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor(8MB L3 Cache, 2."

Really is the kernel that supports the i7 processor not the distro.

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#6 2010-01-16 07:33:35

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Re: Does arch support " Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor(8MB L3 Cache, 2."

n0dix wrote:

Really isn't it the kernel that supports the i7 processor not the distro.

Yes.


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#7 2010-01-16 13:52:12

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Re: Does arch support " Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor(8MB L3 Cache, 2."

As an x86 compatible CPU, why would it not be supported? Newer stuff is backwards compatible; you should worry about older stuff not being supported anymore, due to the new instructions introduced in more recent products.

Also, we've had this kind of questions before: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=88585

Welcome to the forums ganeshsarathi - be sure to read the stickies. Our BBS search function is a bit shot, it's best to use google (or another engine that can filter on a specific URL).


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