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MultiCore Enhancement: The Debate About Free MHzby Ian Cutress on 8/29/2012 5:45 PM EST
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DigitalFreak - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkI don't have a problem with it in motherboard reviews, but it should be turned off for processor reviews. As long as the board and processor can handle it, and RMAs are honored, more power to them for innovating. Reply
Tetracycloide - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkI'm pretty sure the motherboard in use is held constant for CPUs i.e. either all the CPUs get it or none of them do depending on which board was used in the review. I guess you could make an argument for turning it off on intel CPUs to get a 'fair' comparison to AMD CPUs and that does make same sense, an Intel CPU could look better than a comparable AMD model just because of the MCE and if a consumer reads that result and buys the part but doesn't get an MCE board they won't enjoy the performance they thought they were getting (although I doubt they'd really notice the difference unless they were a person 2 anyway). Reply
poohbear - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linki overclock my 2500k, but i have the power saving features on so when its idling at desktop it drops down to 1600mhz (its overclocked to 4.4ghz). I think its a great way to conserve power and not overuse the CPU. There's no reason i'd need all 4 cores running @ 4.4ghz all the time, and if the BIOS allows the system to downclock to 1.6ghz when the cores are'nt being used, i think its fantastic! It works flawlessly from what i've seen, (i have E1 on and EIS on in the bios), so as an overclocker and gamer i enjoy having it. Reply
IanCutress - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkI think you're confusing what MCE is. MCE makes a processor that normally should do 39x/39x/38x/37x on 1/2/3/4 core load perform by default at 39x/39x/39x/39x. That means at full load, you get 200 MHz more on an i7-3770K. It's not specifically a feature for implementing top Turbo mode in OC'ed systems - for that you can adjust the per-core turbo modes individually.
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Grebuloner - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkI OC my 3930k (on the Sabertooth) to 4.2 GHz, and I think the MCE is great as even as an overclocker, I don't have to do anything really fancy to make sure that all 6 cores can run at that speed at the same time, it's an easy "set, test, and forget" situation. And like poohbear, leaving all the power saving features on let's it run at the intermediate frequencies (including the stock 3.2) when it's a lighter load.
To a person who truly buys/builds a proper HTPC, I don't see how it is a power-wasting service, most will pick the slower processors with mild turbo or no turbo at all (i3). Reply
derickso - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkI'm fairly certain if you are competent enough to build a computer from scratch you will go into the BIOS.. however this is the first I've heard of this 'feature' so I am guessing people may not know it exists even if they see it in the BIOS. Reply
Assimilator87 - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkI work at Micro Center and I can assure you that a lot of my customers, probably a quarter, are competent enough to put a system together, but will blow it up if they touch the BIOS. Many of these people can't even manage to get drivers from the respective manufacturer websites.
As far as MCE, when I first got my 3930K, I was wondering why it would run at 3.8Ghz all the time. I only recently found out about this feature. Reply
DanNeely - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkI'm a heavy over clocker so it's not a direct concern to me.
For general purpose benchmarking I lean towards testing with it enabled since most users are unlikely to fiddle with the setting. Reply
Lonyo - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkMaybe it's because I haven't read any motherboard reviews recently (I bought my mobo in ~April or something), but I haven't seen mention of this in reviews.
I think the main thing is to just seriously highlight that this MCE is enabled, maybe on page 1 AND the conclusion, so that there is no doubt that people are aware of it, and that may be why scores are higher. Reply
IanCutress - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkIt is often covered in the BIOS section and the conclusions. All the recent ASUS and Gigabyte reviews have it mentioned, as they are the ones that have it, or in the latest ASRock review, as it did not.
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nevertell - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkI've been able to do that on the software side of things with a cheapo gigabyte motherboard (HA65M-UD3H-B3) with an i5-2400 and linux. I am able to set the max turbo clock by just selecting the speed on my cpu governonr applet.
As for the HTPC people, they don't really need an i5, as an i3 will deliver better power efficiency and all the decode hardware it would need for years to come. The i5 is only good for an htpc, if you have to transcode from time to time in peculiar formats that don't have an AVX aware transcoder, yet. Reply
ifrit39 - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkI use MCE on an Asus p8z77-m pro. I am constantly tweaking my system because I love to be energy efficient while still getting decent framerates. I use the Asus provided software to downclock/undervolt or overclock if I need to but keep it no higher than stock voltage at 4Ghz (3570k).
To be truthful, I haven't really noticed the difference between MCE on and off, even on cpu limited games. I've tested with a kill-a-watt and know it doesn't affect power consumption by more than a few watts loaded (again - with reasonable voltage), so I have it on for the day I need to unzip huge files. I don't think anyone except for power users such as AT readers really care about it.
If its on by default, then I would expect nothing less than an honored warranty from the mobo manufacturer, but I agree that the default MCE clocks are well within limits of the silicon. Reply
jokeyrhyme - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkIf different motherboards all use the same chipset, then the performance is likely to be very similar for a given CPU.
I think motherboard manufacturers are incentivised to make these little tweaks by reviewers that pit them against each other in performance tests.
I do appreciate tests that highlight serious regressions and problems.
In the absence of obvious issues, however, CPU performance is not the primary purchasing factor when I am selecting a motherboard. I more highly value component / port layout, power efficiency and the portion of Intel's feature-set that is exposed or augmented.
I realise that Anandtech similarly avoid making recommendations on performance alone, but performance comparisons are more useful between chipsets, not between motherboards. Reply
MartinT - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - link+1 Reply
IanCutress - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - link"CPU performance is not the primary purchasing factor when I am selecting a motherboard."
However, now it might be - if the processor is run at stock (which most people will). I know a lot of people in the comments customize the system, but in the wider world 'stock' is the most common setting. If 'stock' on one board with the same processor as another board means more performance, then that equates into either a pro or a con in the buying decision.
If motherboard reviewers are reviewing such that motherboard manufacturers have to innovate, then hopefully it forms a positive feedback loop. If one manufacturer gets a jump during one chipset with a tweak, most of them usually follow in the next.
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Death666Angel - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkI agree with this.
I purchase motherboards based on price, overclock abilities, non-chipset features (additional USB3/SATA3 ports, Wifi/Bluetooth), PCIe lanes and slot configuration, firmware stability and lastly addition software. Of course I research all the reviews once I have distilled a list of motherboards I might purchase based on the aforementioned criteria. If I found an issue with USB transfers or gaming performance etc. that is inexplicable and repeatable, I will not buy it. CPU performance is not on that list. Reply
jibberegg - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkI think it seems either good or neutral for most people. The only people I can see it not being beneficial for are the low power crowd who don't know about clocking options. Surely a small segment? Reply
EnzoFX - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkSure it is, even if not so much relatively. However, this isn't all or nothing. I'm sure there will be products that cater to those extreme green users, and even more as the niche matures. Reply
boogerlad - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkWith it on, it invalidates all benchmarks from an efficiency point of view. The same with turbo, when doing clock for clock comparisons. Reply
IanCutress - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkHow many people buy a motherboard for efficiency though? Isn't the reviewer meant to review the product as it comes out of the box, and attempt to make the board the limiting factor in all testing? This is a setting made by certain manufacturers, which ultimately differentiate their products from others while at stock. Efficiency is not really the end goal - the final result is the end goal. In my opinion at least. If one product is efficient but doesn't perform well, is it better than a strong product that isn't as efficient that performs better? Depends on the end user ultimately in what they want from a product.
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law99 - Wednesday, September 05, 2012 - linkI'm defending your decision and your point. Stock is the only fair way to do it... and for you that should be stock out the box.
The manufacturer has to live with the decision it made, not the reviewer. You shouldn't have to compensate for the way they want average Joe to perceive their product.
And I probably should clear up what I meant above; a lower clocked processor of the same family will complete the task slower than the performance model. Meaning that as long as the idle consumption on the higher performance part is the same or similar, overall consumption can murky the waters with a performance part consuming less over all due to finishing faster.
Why should that matter for mobo designers though? Like you say, it can inflate certain performance figures, but as stock options should create an entirely differnet level playing field. One where those ratings become more interesting.
The only people I can really see having a say in the end are AMD and Intel through compliancy. In the meantime I'd commend you for keeping things level the only way that is fair, with the least effort required by me to match it. Reply
law99 - Wednesday, September 05, 2012 - linkI may need a little more elaboration on your point here but, time and time again, we see that low power alternatives consume less power over longer periods, thereby consuming more than their high powered counterparts.
If this is true, we can take it to mean that if anything power vs performance graphs just got more interesting.
The only time I can see that this may be of negative impact to such a metric would be if video playback is involved and the mobo is constantly jumping between a low base and inflated top clock.
In which case, as these mobos and their respective makers purposely implemented these features, if anything, the results will further help you to seperate the wheet from the chaff at a low power point. Reply
jtd871 - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkIan, thanks for asking for the feedback.
I do wonder about the effect on the effective lifespan of the CPU under MCE vs. a "stock settings" approach. It may be too early to tell how robust the various flavors of Ivy Bridge are.
I'm also of the school that thinks that overclocking for overclocking's sake is a bit of a waste, since most of the high-end processors are ridiculously powerful for the vast majority of consumers' needs at their stock performance, and that one downside of enabling MCE as a default is that inexperienced users may push beyond the safe limits of stock cooling solutions, and wonder why they can't get the processor to run at the higher clocks.
I think that as long as the vendors educate the users about the presence of MCE on their machine, discusses the advantages, disadvantages and provide simple and effective software to enable/disable it through the OS that won't let you brick your machine, then the user can make the choice of whether to disable it or not.
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IanCutress - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkMaking MCE go beyond cooling will depend if manufacturers want to push the limits of MCE-plus, i.e. go one turbo bin above stock settings, or maybe even two or three. I have a feeling that manufacturers test internally with the Intel stock cooler to ensure compatibility, but in the future you may see a board bundled with a CPU cooler for this very purpose. Perhaps.
Don't forget that once a user tries to overclock, whether a board has MCE or not is no longer an issue. If the user is overclocking, then it's up to the user to provide sufficient cooling. I'm a competitive overclocker, so I enjoy overclocking for overclocking sake - my gaming PC is overclocked and has an All-In-One liquid cooler, but my home system is at stock and MCE makes me run just a tad faster in unzipping files, encoding video et al.
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Rjak - Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - linkThe MSI Z77A GD65 does have MCE, it's just disabled by default.
In the BIOS it's called "Enhanced Turbo", and I have it enabled - it's the only overclocking feature I currently have enabled on that system (the RAM I have at 2133, but it's rated for that).
A faster computer is nice, but for what I'm doing the overall system performance isn't improved enough to justify an overclock that will add 10-15 degrees or so. Reply
frogger4 - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - link[long time reader, first time commenting]
Given that MCE is a feature in the motherboards, and given that the purpose of a motherboard review is to consider its features (especially against boards lacking a feature), I think it makes sense to do the reviews with MCE enabled (or however the board comes stock).
Although it doesn't affect me (990X @ 4.3GHz) of course, it seems like a very sensible thing for the motherboard manufactures to do. It is literally free performance - no reason to complain there. And, since the reviews take into consideration power use, the extra power consumption will not go without proper consideration. Reply
Streetwind - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkI think this development is largely a result of the increasing difficulty mainboard manufacturers face when it comes to differentiating their products.
Back in the day, chipsets were a big deal that housed many important system components, and they were manufactured by several third party companies. Nowadays, Intel supplies the chipsets more or less exclusively, and the CPUs cannibalize them for functionality more and more with every generation. What kind of motherboard you use has never been so completely and utterly unimportant for your computer's performance as it is today.
Look at ASUS: The entry-level $130 P8Z77-M mATX, the top of the line $280 P8Z77-V DELUXE ATX, and the specialty-built $200 P8Z77-I Deluxe mini-ITX boards. They have the exact same chipset, the exact same feature set, they even literally have the same firmware. Think 10 years back - if someone had told you that you'd have the option to clock a CPU to the limit of your cooling solution and configure the most obscure memory subtimings on a company's cheapest possible offering on the market, you'd have laughed in disbelief. The only thing the more expensive boards offer is more auxillary components, like double WLAN antennas and dozens of extra USB 3.0 and SATA ports that 95% of all people will never touch, and fancy-looking passive coolers that are even more superfluous.
Add to that the rapid expansion of the internet and the ever-growing importance of independent reviews in the eyes of the customer. The manufacturers want and must be ahead in the graphs, even if it's by a metric that doesn't matter. Fewer people will want to buy a product that is at the bottom of the chart, and explaining that "we are simply keeping within Intel's specifications" is irrelevant. Few enough people even read the text accompanying the charts, and even less truly understand and remember it. And likewise, tons of superficial reviews don't even mention these details. I mean, that's why we come to Anandtech, no? You don't get quality reviews and a quality readerbase at once just anywhere, after all! ;)
Ironically, those people that are liable to read reviews are those that benefit least from MCE - namely those people who will go and tweak their settings anyway, even if they are not true enthusiasts. As such, I would consider this feature merely marketing shenanigans and customer misdirection... were it not for the fact that having the choice whether to stagger your turbo bins or keep them all at the same level is in fact a choice that I like having. Reply
Malih - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkProbably Intel should have a standard on how this MultiCore Enhancement should be done, instead of letting each manufacturers doing it differently, especially on ITX systems, they should be turned off by default, but with the ability to toggle it on the EFI/BIOS. Reply
IanCutress - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkUnfortunately, Intel can specify what they like. They already specify the Turbo bins. If the motherboard manufacturer wants to produce out of spec, then that's up to them and they are free to do it.
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Mr Perfect - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkIt makes me wonder if Intel will look into moving the turbo control CPU-side, much like how they have multipliers defined in the CPU now. Reply
Exodite - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkPut me in the crowd which are squarely against it.
Not only because it technically pushes the hardware out of spec by default, but also because I don't like the idea of motherboard makers deciding what's best for me.
On top of that I'm the kind of person who undervolts rather than overclocks. Sure, as long as you can turn this off at the BIOS level it's not too painful to handle but I'm struggling to see the upside in the first place.
Then again I never agreed with the slight FSB overclocks many manufacturers like to use either. Reply
IanCutress - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkTechnically most processors are well inside their limits to begin with. Intel has no reason to push the silicon because there's no competition - there have been tests online with 50 i7-3770K processors from different batches and each one overclocked to at least 4.6 GHz on air without issue. As shown in my original overclocking article, at stock volts these processors can get an additional 500 MHz without stressing the system.
The upside of MCE is that little bit of extra performance when you're stressing the system. Video editing, unzipping - at the end of the day it means the computationally heavy process is a few seconds faster each time, in exchange for a few extra watts at the meter.
MCE-plus is where a manufacturer truly takes it out of specifications, but as long as they've done their homework, and provide a feature to disable it, then we get the best of both worlds, surely.
Motherboard manufacturers have a hard time distinguishing themselves - this is just another feature in their arsenal, but actually one that can directly affect everyone, rather than having 40 phases or a 12-layer PCB.
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Exodite - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkSure, I'm not implying that stuff will blow up in the users face due to it - that wouldn't really be in the motherboard makers best interests. :)
It's just ever so slightly dishonest, and /technically/ out of spec.
My 2600K happily does 4.2GHz on stock voltage (load 1.25) but when I can run it at stock clocks on 1.15 and idle at 0.9 I'll take that.
In the end it won't matter much for anyone that doesn't use the stock BIOS options in the first place, I just feel that stock options shouldn't pull the hardware out of spec. Reply
Mr Perfect - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkDo all of the MCE implementations keep the CPU at stock voltage then? MCE-Plus does overclocking and overvolting? Reply
Astennu - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkI feld the need to commend on this one so i made a account.
I think MCE is unfair. Just as slight FSB overclocks in the past are unfair. They Mask how good motherboards really are and make it harder to compare different boards and different CPU's.
You could opt to just disable turbo to make things fair again. But then you have the problem that Intel cpu's have a disatvantage when tested vs AMD cpu's.
In my option MCE is a overclock. I personally dont mind because i run all the cores of my 3770K on 4600 anyway. But in this case they are going past the specifications for the product. Intel does not have 3900 MHz for 4 cores in the specs so its overclocking. And it sould not be tested like this.
It would be unfair to test a Intel cpu with MCE vs a AMD system. Or bv a non MCE system. Of its possible MCE should be disabled in reviews. And tests should be done with regular turbo.
But this is my Opinion Reply
IanCutress - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkMost users do not touch the BIOS, so if I disable MCE, it would be under-representing the performance of the product, surely? Motherboard manufacturers for a long time have been able to be aggressive with many settings - switching frequencies, memory subtimings et al. This is just another setting in the BIOS they have decided to change, except it can affect users in a positive way. The processors are not on the verge of dying when you buy them - they are conservatively clocked and easily go beyond their specifications. In our motherboard testing, we're specifically testing the motherboard and the settings the manufacturer has chosen to sell with the board, rather than the CPU.
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Fx1 - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkWhat kind of Faggot doesnt overclock his CPU anyway? i have never seen one die due to overclocking. Who cares about RMA? Void warranty? pshhh Its all scare tactics. Standard clocks are way to conservative anyway. Intel should be pushing the envelope. Everyone with a K processor is running 4-4.5ghz 24/7 anyway. Reply
Streetwind - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkCongratulations. This is possibly the worst comment I've ever read on Anandtech. Reply
cjb110 - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkI think it should be set to off in any comparative benchmarks. What has the motherboard done to be at the top? apart from forcing the processor faster, so its akin to using different speed processors in your test-bed...which is an obvious no-no.
You've also lost a 'test', as your no longer testing how well the motherboard switches the processor speed. There's been case in the past where people turned on energy saving, and the mobo ignored it!
A lot of the time you do the 'highest' overclock test, that tells everybody how good the mobo is at coping with faster than default speeds.
And as a side point, Intel put the work in to balance speed and power consumption, this is the right thing given the dwindling energy supplies. So this should be considered an option for the selfish, and not something recommend! Reply
Senti - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkMCE as well as Turbo Boost are completely useless for me as I'm "class 2" person and always run all my CPUs at stable top speed (with energy saving features all preserved). Running modern CPUs on official or even Turbo Boost speeds is such a waste...
On the other hand, if MCE doesn't damage energy saving features (primary, C-states, not the almost useless on desktop clock changes) as it was for example with my i7-930 that many motherboards can run in permanent turbo (not the very top bin of it though) but that effectively disables disables most (all?) energy saving – I have nothing against MCE and even MCE-plus that are still way below of what CPUs are capable of. Reply
CaedenV - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkI have an i7 2600 (nonK) in a video editing build that I have. I origonally was not planning on doing an overclock, but I ended up playing with it a little eventuially and was very happy with the result.
All that I did was bump the max multiplier up to x42 (which is the max allowed on a locked CPU), and then bumped the BLCK up to 103, and then I extended the 'up time' of the turbo a little. I then added a 212 Evo cooler (with 2nd fan), and I love the way it all behaves. At idle and light loads the CPU goes down to 1.6GHz, saving me power and noise. Under heavy single core usage it maxes out at 4.3GHz. Under heavy 8 thread usage it hangs out around 3.8-4.1GHz.. To be honest that is all the speed I need, and in day-to-day usage I feel no difference between having done it or not, but when editing it definitely takes a few minutes off long renders, which makes me quite happy.
The problem is that it is not nicely benchmarkable. My system is in a nice cold basement, and I have a breathy case with a bunch of fans (though upgrading to a better case in a few days). I took my computer to an office to edit footage on location and the AC was weak and I was not getting anywhere near 4GHz under load (3.4 I think it was). And even in the basement under load it does not sit at a constant speed. It is variable by nature, and even running the same benchmark several times in a row can have very different results because the speed is temperature driven. Lastly, becuase the locked CPUs are binned lower, there is simply no guarantee that every chip can make it to 4GHz. You get what you pay for... and if you happen to get lucky and get one that can run above stock then it is just that; you got lucky.
I think for reviews we are more in core workload efficiency (how fast does CPU X chew through load Y at ZGHz), core efficiency (hot hot does CPU X get under load Y), and an educated guess at how fast an 'average chip' can go. For example, almost all high end chips can hit 4GHz (though not all), at 4.2GHz there is some fall-off, at 4.5GHz there is a bunch of fall-off, and then very few can get above 4.8GHz, with 5GHz being nearly impossible to reach. So reviewing chips at 4-4.2GHz would be acceptable, but then cranking it up to as fast as your manufacturer's 'hand picked' sample can go, would be false advertising as it is likely a step above the average retail product.
When it comes to a review we want/need to know how a CPU behaves at a given frequency so that we can make proper reccomendations to others, and have reliable data to work from. Having so many variables muddies the data, and makes decisions harder to make. Reply
Termie - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkI have a Maximus V Gene and 3770k - I bought the board knowing that it would have a 39x multiplier, based on the reviews I had read. In fact, I don't even think I needed to enable XMP to do so,
In my opinion, this is just "motherboard overclocking", and it's a feature we accept in video cards, so why not in motherboards? Of course, it should be advertised as such, and reviews should mention it (which I believe they usually do) - the advertising is up to the manufacturers, and I think they haven't done a great job making this clear exactly what they're doing on packages and on their websites. So things aren't perfect.
But this is not equivalent to a user raising the multiplier. By shipping it as a default configuration, the motherboard manufacturer is guaranteeing that it will work. Frankly, users could expect to pay extra for that "feature," and indeed it seems it's more often available on high-end boards. This takes care of user #4 - if you're buying a low-end green machine, you likely buy a low-end motherboard, and I would expect that such boards not include MCE.
In the end, MCE is a feature just like any other. An i7 has hyperthreading - we expect reviewers to test it with that feature on. Asus boards and a few others have MCE - I think we should expect reviewers to test with that on, as long as it's just as clear what's going on as if you were testing a chip with and without hyperthreading, or with and without turbo.
Thanks to Ian Cutress for bringing this issue to the readers of Anandtech, and for being willing to hear our feelings on the issue. Reply
Kougar - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkTo nitpick the listed scenarios... Say Person 2 plans to overclock anyway, but is reading review(s) in order to determine which motherboard performs best.
If MCE is enabled, this skews the results for (some) Person 2's. Assuming they were going to clock the pre-selected CPU to 4.5GHz regardless of which motherboard was chosen, then as you say MCE is not a concern. BUT, leaving it enabled during the review itself prevents them from easily determining which motherboard would perform best AT the forced 4.5Ghz overclock they would plan to use. In other words, MCE denies any sort of apples-to-apples baseline that this Person 2 would require to make such a determination.
That said, these days I tend to think benchmarking a motherboard is mostly superfluous. I instead want to know about the features, software, recovery, and MOST of all, the nitty gritty hardware details about the board design itself. Such as if it has X phases, Y chokes, and Z mosfets, how much of those are really doing any work and how many were added just as icing on the (spec table) cake? I (and most readers) are not electricians, so we wouldn't know how to tell.
The only reason I'd care at all about motherboard benchmarks is to ensure there are no glaring BIOS/UEFI bugs or huge performance issues. (Notably marvel controllers limited to PCIe 1x lanes, which led me to buy an expensive, useless X58 motherboard upgrade before the issue was reported. To date, the best SSDs can only achieve 150MB/s writes in ATTO, meaning the Intel SATA 2 port on my old X58 board gives significantly better performance. If I had said high-end SSD when i first bought the board I could have promptly returned it.) Reply
ashrafi - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkMCE jumps from idle to max core speed( 1.2Ghz to 3.9Ghz ) for GA sniper , i dont mind the extra performance but it would be better if MCE is stepped as medium / high depending on load ,
rather jumping to 3.9Ghz for all cores ; the multiplier should be constant , e.g 3.7GHz for all four cores (3770K) .
I see the benefit in rendering nodes , when the system could be idle consuming minimum power and boost to 3.9Ghz when needed.! Reply
Death666Angel - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkAs soon as the first story of an RMA being refused because of MCE is published, that meh will change to a "wtf" very fast.
I'm personally overclocking all my CPUs (and GPUs) in a reasonable way, meaning 24/7 stability without going for the last 50MHz. Currently running a i7 860 @ 3.8GHz with water cooling. I would not buy a non-K processor for my main desktop at the moment. And I would immediately overclock the new CPU. So MCE doesn't affect me there.
I'm also running an HTPC with a Llano APU quite undervolted to fit with my 40W external PSU and because I don't need the power, but I didn't buy a lower SKU because I like to have the power in any case and the price/performance ratio of the A6 3600 was quite good. I would not benefit nor suffer from MCE as I would disable it.
I built a PC system for my brother high-end-ish at the time (AMD Phenomx 6 core, HD6970). He mostly uses the PC for internet and gaming. It serves him quite well with his 1920x1200 resolution. He has forbidden me to overclock it in any way. He just doesn't like it. When games become more demanding he simply lowers the settings. And when things become too bad he buys a new PC. He would profit from MCE I'm sure, because without negative info regarding RMAs he would likely let it be enabled and wreak the performance benefit.
Same thing with my mother's PC. Reply
Death666Angel - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkAs to how to benchmark things, my take is that MCE should be disabled but mentioned and maybe have one test done with it enabled. This way you get apples to apples comparisons. And people who read reviews of motherboards will often enough be able to make the choice of whether or not to enable the feature. In my environment there is no one who reads tech reviews who doesn't know what to do with them intimately. So if they read motherboard reviews, they will also know how to set the BIOS options. Reply
Wall Street - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkI can clearly see the reasoning for running the system as delivered out of the box. However, at least one test needs to be run to show that each motherboard performs in line with other motherboards of the same chipset without MCE enabled. I worry that agreesive MCE could make up for shortcomings elsewhere in motherboard performance.
One thing that I look for in motherboard reviews is to make sure that the board I am considering doesn't have any firmware or design issues that make it slower than other boards that accommodate the same CPU. That can only be done by showing at least some apples to apples tests. I think it could be similar to the overclocking page where just one extra skipable page at the end shows all of the MCE disabled charts. Reply
Mr Perfect - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkEveryone obviously doesn't fit into on of the four neat little examples you have, but my system is some sort of mix between 1 and 2. I buy parts that can do what I need without having to mess around with overclocking them. Right now that's a i7-2600(non-k) in a mITX case with a $300ish range video card. It plays everything I want it to while running cool, quiet and completely stable at stock. No manufacturer would likely put MCE, let alone MCE-Plus, on a mITX board, but if they did I would turn it off. A modest boost on a machine that doesn't need boosting to begin with is just screwing with the thermals, power consumption, and stability of a SFF system. If this is purely a mATX/ATX thing, you can safely ignore me. Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Friday, August 31, 2012 - linkIf this feature ends up in Dell or Acer machines as a stock option, then it is a concern. But anyone who buys their own parts should already be pushign the turbo up as high as it will go. Assuming it even has turbo. This has no effect on i3 and pentium, right? So its pretty much pointless. Reply
MrSpadge - Friday, August 31, 2012 - linkI think this discussion could be avoided if Turbo Mode could be even better: a CPU should feature a certain base clock and a maximum turbo clock. The acutal clock speed chosen should depend only on the external conditions (power consumption, current, temperature etc.) and power management settings in the OS, but not on the number of cores.
I could have some multi-threaded branchy integer code, which causes low IPC and low power consumption.. why shouldn't the CPU be able to reach a higher performing state it is guaranteed to work at anyway (clock & voltage)?
In this case we wouldn't need MCE at all. And configurable TDP could come in really handy. Reply
asgallant - Friday, August 31, 2012 - linkWhen I look at a motherboard review, I want to see an apples to apples comparison - what does the motherboard bring to the table in terms of performance. Bumping clock speeds is "cheating" in a way, because it's the CPU bringing the extra performance, not some aspect of the motherboard.
It's good to know that the feature is there, and what it does with performance, but I need to see the benchmarks with it disabled to make a fully-informed purchase decision. Reply
Urbanos - Friday, August 31, 2012 - linkI use my pc as all 4 of your people scenarios, I use overclocking profiles for heavy games and also stock or undervolt profiles for htpc use when watching movies connected to my 50" tv.
If the mce option has any affect on system stability, in any of these cases, personally its not worth it.
Longevity isn't much of a concern of mine, and the very small increment of extra power used by mce isn't a bother either. But stability is. If I have to factor potential stability issues because of mce in any scenario, its not worth implementing as a default enabled feature.
It reminds me of the motherboard factory overclock auto features that many gaming boards put in. They don't tune the system well and their standard settings are always merely novice mediocre attempts at free mhz.
Let me choose, leave it as a default option that can be easily disabled. Reply
snadge - Saturday, September 01, 2012 - link- this isnt really a 'new' feature - we've been able to do this since 2500K, simply set max Turbo speed across each core to 4Ghz and that's it!! - it will idle at 1.6Ghz and all 4 cores will boost up to 4Ghz when in use...no need to set voltages or anything?? - or you can disable TURBO mode altogether and set the Multiplier to x40 and results will be exactly the same = Idle at 1.6Mhz and 4Ghz speed across all cores when in use.
we all know that Sandy-Bridge + Ivy-Bridge are good on Air up to x44 - x46 multiplier, so no harm in hitting x40 or x41 - I would say x42 would probably be the safety limit that manufacturers dare to venture beyond.
- this too me is just another way of doing it and pretty much pointless, swapping one BIOS option for another. Reply
Archangel35757 - Tuesday, September 04, 2012 - linkI'm new to over-clocking... and am somewhat confused-- perhaps someone can clear-up my ignorance... I have an i7-3930K cpu and am about to buy a motherboard for a new 3D modeling/animation "workstation" plus some gaming... and I stumbled upon this post on MCE. I was planning on overclocking the CPU and was going to get the ASRock Extreme9 motherboard... but I see it does not have the MCE feature. So I presumed when you overclocked the cpu manually in the BIOS that all cores worked at that overclock setting... is my thinking incorrect- and you need MCE to make all cores work at the overclock speed? or does manually overclocking in the BIOS make the MCE a moot feature? Thanks for the replies. Reply
Brainling - Tuesday, September 04, 2012 - linkNo, you're first thought was correct. You can do everything MCE does yourself, provided the BIOS you are using has turbo profile settings. MCE is just a nice "stock" feature for people (like me) who don't have the time and energy to sit and hand set and test turbo profiles. Reply
Brainling - Tuesday, September 04, 2012 - linkIn this new wonderful world of changing power envelopes, and headroom on top of headroom in our CPU's, I think it's an important feature to talk about. I am one of the "used to overclock" crew, but now run my system completely stock....so this is a feature I would actually make use of. Knowing that I can buy one board and get 10% theoretical performance because it has this feature would be a selling point to me.
I understand that for the overclocking crew it's a pointless feature, and they probably don't care either way...but I like that you are mentioning it, and I don't think it can be ignored. Reply
EJ257 - Thursday, September 06, 2012 - linkSo is this like the CPU Intelligent Accelerator on the Gigabyte boards? You could set it to 5 different speed zones in the BIOS and depending on the load on the system it will either go all the way down to 1.6GHz, give you stock speed 2.4GHz (Q6600) or go up to 2.8-2.9GHz when it "turbos". All this by change the FSB and multiplier (which varies between 6x or 9x). Keep in mind these speed boost are applied across all cores since the Q6600 didn't have the fancy turbo boost of the later i series. Reply
ClagMaster - Monday, September 10, 2012 - linkThe problem with Multi-Core Enhancement is not many people (Persons 3 and 4) would not understand what this is. BIOS is often very terse describing its features and this needs to change. Reply
Casper42 - Thursday, September 20, 2012 - linkI am a combination of 1 and 3
I know what most of the stuff in my BIOS does but I choose not to touch most of it because I don't have a lot of experience with overclocking.
The exception is on my new 3770K machine I bought 2133 rated memory and the Asus BIOS didn't seem to have a way to simply select from the XMP modes so I went in and forced the Memory to 2133 with the right settings.
So how do I check if my board has this or uses it?
I have no problem turning this on since I am either doing light web surfing that barely taxes the machine, but then I flip over to either Gaming or dual boot into ESXi as a Home Lab for my work, both of which I am sure would love the extra horsepower.
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Chris87 - Thursday, October 25, 2012 - linkWhich motherboards support this feature? I´m looking for cheap MB. I have i7 3770 (non-K) so i woul like to run it on 4.3GHz on all cores at load. I don´t know if cheapest gigabyte or asus z77 MBs support it... Thanks Reply
Comdrpopnfresh - Saturday, January 26, 2013 - linkThe feature should be disabled by default on all motherboards, but be open for configuration by the user in BIOS.
I see no difference between this and BIOS settings for previous generations that boosted CPU speed by single-digit percentages. Those settings were typically separate from "AUTO."
Even if this is unreasonable for consumer sales- this is how you should be running benchmarks. This is what baseline is. Go ahead and enable it and re-run as a point of interest; but how is leaving BIOS at stock settings, which the manufacturers can tool for benchmark results, instead of equivalent settings make for good comparisons? If a memory kit is sold with a reported stock timing and the motherboard does not default to those timings for one reason or another, would you benchmark a group of memory kits without manually keying in the timings they are sold under? Same for AMD boards and core unlocking- a board that does it will test better on multithreaded tests than another that does not. Apples and oranges. Plus- what happens when newer BIOS revisions are released with tighter algorithms? Will you re-run and redraft the results every time into the future? The only way to achieve results independent of a factor is to remove it from the equation. Reply
jleach1 - Friday, April 19, 2013 - linkWe don't run our ,motherboards with stock settings, and we certainly don't care what the stock settings are. You know as well as I know, manufacturer based settings for storage, memory, voltage, etc. Are a joke...
We come here to put Product A, against product B. If you don't cross check settings for each product, reviews and charts for items-- especially motherboards-- are a joke.
The only answer, is the one you already knew. We come to AT because you guys are scientifically mindful, and always strive to compare an contrast with numerically significant variables.
Set that @#$t to the same voltage, MHz, features, etc. On every device and module possible, so we can see who makes a faster, better, more reliable, and all around superb board.
Platform comparisons are different. Comparing board lineups from manufacturer A, to manufacturer B, is different. Only in the case of a platform war, or feature lineup/comparison, should things like MCE be listed--but never used.
Again, we want to know who makes the faster board; not who chooses the faster settings for a default profile. Reply
lagittaja - Monday, April 29, 2013 - linkIn my opinion motherboard makers shouldn't implement this kind of feature unless there are STRICT guidelines made by Intel.
Unless it turns then in to a speed race. Like said, first one raises it to 4.0Ghz, then 4.1Ghz the next 4.2Ghz.. Where does it end? THAT is overclocking.
In my honest opinion. If one would have a 3770K which would be at turboing to 39x/39x/38x/37x bins at 1core/2core/3core/4core then yeah with MCE MB makers can make it run 39x/39x/39x/39x but not go above the rated maximum turbo bin.. Also the MCE feature would need to be DISABLED by default. If an user thinks they need to have more perf with more cores loaded (as in 39x/39x/39x/39x instead of 39x/39x/38x/37x) then they can go and enable that option.
But for me this doesn't matter. I have 3770K which I overclock manually, and will have a G2120 in my HTPC which doesn't overclock nor have turbo. Reply
Gastec - Tuesday, November 05, 2013 - linkThis is an year old article but I read it now and Ian asked for opinions ans her is mine.
I think MCE should be present on all newly constructed motherboards and DISABLED BY DEFAULT! All UEFIs should have the option to enable/disable MCE along with a detailed enough description of what it does. Under no circumstances should MCE automatically be enabled when using XMP memory - that's seems like some engineer's idea that people who use XMP must be some kind of overclockers and they clearly would want their CPU's to run at full speed under even the lightest load. Well I'm a gamer and enthusiast and I want my CPU to consume as little power as possible and only raise to it's highest frequency when the application requires it, not all the time for some random light loads. Reply
Gastec - Tuesday, November 05, 2013 - linkPardon my spelling errors in the previous post, please correct them if possible, because of course I can't edit it...( when will you let us to? ) Reply


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Designers Erin Beatty and Max Osterweis have been socially conscious in how they produce Suno since the label burst onto the scene in a riot of printed Kenyan kanga three years ago. Now several seasons older and wiser, they're conscious of the need to evolve and are discovering new ways to edge that vision forward. As Beatty put it, "How do we grow up and become sophisticated while staying true to ourselves?" Their mission was off to a flying start with a graphic montage of black and white looks. Stripping away their trademark exuberant palette was a bold move, particularly for spring, but one that ultimately paid off. In lieu of playful print-on-print mash-ups there was rich embroidery, and a new approach to layering that was relentlessly modern: Even the sweetest of white lace blouses had edge when it was layered over a sharp striped button-down. The duo wants to show the sexier side of puritan stylings this season, slowly unraveling this apparent oxymoron with cut-out celluloid dickeys and slit-front pencil skirts. Backstage after the show, Beatty alluded to a Japanese influence but the frilled apron dresses looked more homegrown on the prairie than Eastern in origin.
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ASUS Eee PC Take 3: The XPerienceby Matt Campbell on 4/23/2008 2:00 AM EST
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gochichi - Saturday, April 26, 2008 - linkIt trully doesn't matter what the CPU is rated at, it is still overclocking when you personally override the thermal envelope of the little machine and clock it as you see fit.
These machines hit a price point and size that other brands should compete for. That or at least ASUS needs to refresh the hardware within this product.
1GB RAM = $20 or so... and there are more thermally efficient procesors out there. 2GB = $35.00 ... so why the heck are we still dealing in 512MB?
Alphafox78 - Thursday, April 24, 2008 - linkIts nice to see a review on the eee here, but there are some things that could have been done to shine a much better light on it:
1. 3Dmark01 should be run in the LCDs native rez of 800x480 - if you run it at 800x600 the driver has to stretch it to make it fit which kills the benchmark numbers.
2. the asus supplied drivers stink for gaming. you have to get the latest intel drivers, there are some modified ones on the eeeuser.com website that support resolution stretching and stuff.
if these things are done you can easily get a score of 3200 in the benchmark.
the stock mhz on the celeron in the eee is 900mhz, they do clock higher than 900 and I have seen one guy hit 1.2ghz almost. I am able to set mine to 1.044Ghz and when I do this I get a score of 3600 in 3dmark01. temps are 67c running warcraft for a few hours and fan on max.
if you do all of the above you can even play wow on it, I use it now instead of my 17" lappy and prefer it. its neat to play on it for some reason... I get around 30+fps grinding and 10 or so in the cities. except for shatarath, its like 4fps there for some reason. Reply
Matt Campbell - Thursday, April 24, 2008 - linkI don't think "misleading" is quite accurate - I'm generally quite pleased with the Eee, Asus did a great job with it and it's a nice little machine, and I think the article reflects that. Point taken that you can squeeze some more gaming performance out of it, but it's clearly not a gaming laptop. I wanted to show a few fun games that can average 30+ fps with a minimum of user effort, just to shine a light on the fact that some gaming here and there is possible and enjoyable with older titles. Reply
kmmatney - Friday, April 25, 2008 - linkThe original half-life game is probably playable as well - and I think it was OpenGL which would be a good test. Reply
kilkennycat - Thursday, April 24, 2008 - linkTo all Anandtech reviewers:-
When you are reviewing any portable devices in the future, please explicitly state the mA-hr capacity of the battery supplied in the review unit(s) AND confirm with the manufacturer of the product that exactly the same-capacity battery will be shipped with the for-sale product - especially when you are publishing the available use-time between charges.
Asus has been apparently been playing fast and loose by supplying higher-capacity batteries to reviewers of the EeePC than those offered in for-sale units and thus implicitly shafting some first-round real customers.
See the following:-
cputeq - Thursday, April 24, 2008 - linkbattery life tests.
Maybe continuous MP3 playing, or better yet, looping movie playing without power management, esp. in the underclocked and normal configs.
johnsonx - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkThe 4G XP models on NewEgg:
Don't appear to include the Mouse and SD card. Anyone know what the full story is here?
johnsonx - Thursday, April 24, 2008 - linkI also inquired over at Best Buy today - same thing, their 4G-XP's (the only model they carry thus far) doesn't include the mouse or SD card.
Matt Campbell - Sunday, April 27, 2008 - linkI've asked Asus for a response on this and am awaiting a reply. From what I've seen also digging around on the web, the $399 model doesn't have the mouse or SD card. As you can see on page 1 from our retail packaging picture, though, it clearly calls out the mouse and SD card on the label. This makes me suspect that Asus didn't scrap it entirely, but may reserve it for some slightly higher priced config. This would alter my thoughts on this package, since the mouse and SD card really represent a good bundle for usability. I'll update here when I hear back from the manufacturer. Reply
nubie - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkI won't use Internet explorer unless forced, why no Firefox? Reply
cputeq - Thursday, April 24, 2008 - linkBecause....he didn't install it?
regnez - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkThat looked like an IE6 icon on the desktop. If that is true and this computer ships with IE6, shame on Asus. Reply
johnsonx - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkIE6 is what comes with Windows XP SP2. From what I've seen, it is NOT standard practice for PC vendors to install IE7. Perhaps it should be, but it isn't so far.
JarredWalton - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkI haven't installed XP lately (been doing more in the way of Vista installs), but I'm pretty sure XP SP2 doesn't include IE7. Should ASUS install all the current Windows Updates? Probably. But it wouldn't shock me if they didn't. At least SP3 should be out soon.... Reply
Matt Campbell - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkIt is, indeed, IE6. Reply
strikeback03 - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - link43/68 don't seem too bad for idle and load temps. That's around what my T43 runs with the 1.86GHz Sonoma if I'm getting the load number from batch processing files in Photoshop CS2. Reply
Baked - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkYou trimmed down the toolbars in IE, but you didn't hide the windows taskbar. Do that and you'll get another line of extra space for your browsing experience. Reply
ChronoReverse - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkThey could even press F11 and get full screen mode. Reply
Zap - Thursday, April 24, 2008 - linkF11 full screen still forces a status bar. IE can be configured to take as little screen space as F11 full screen mode by reducing the toolbar buttons and placing them on the same bar as the file/edit drop down menus. Then, disable the status bar and hide the Start menu bar. Voila! Reply
grgraphics - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkI would be interested to see some benchmarks comparing XP vs Linux on the EEE.
1. Boot time
2. Web browser performance
3. Battery life
4. Video playback
Nihility - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkWhat about batter tests of XP vs Linux? Considering what a mess there was with the reviewed EEE 900's this should be tested. Reply
Nihility - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkNot so much. I was hoping computers like the EEE and the OLPC would help push linux but all these companies are quickly finding that it's easier to just ship with windows. Your customers like it, your developers like it and it's already been tested and proven so that saves on RnD. Maybe they still will help push linux in the long run but it sure doesn't seem like it for now.
The EEE 900 with the bigger screen, even if it's more friendly to those older games it will come with a major drawback of even lower frame rates. Don't forget that. What the EEE needs is more power, for less power. Reply
turkeyjob - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkMicrosoft recently posted a video to their Ch9 website, of work they'd done to reduce the disk footprint on smaller systems. They demonstrated fully functional XP AND Office-2003 installed in 1.2GB of disk, on an EEE Reply
amasephy - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkIn regards to the Diablo 2 benchmark, the eeepc doing 25-30 fps is normal. D2 was capped at that for single player mode, which judging by the screenshots is how the game was benchmarked. More than likely it would perform better played on bnet. Reply
Matt Campbell - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkGood point - I did the Diablo II tests at the very end of the article (actually as an add-on after it was written) and didn't try multiplayer mode. Reply
1up949 - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkI guess anything can be made to run anything if you cripple it enough... Reply
Sc4freak - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkThere seems to be something funky going on with the page navigation in the article. 3 pages are named "Windows XP", and you can't go to a previous page from them. Reply
Matt Campbell - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - linkThanks, fixed. Reply


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No offense, but Blue Jays aren't concerned
Drop second straight, despite Bautista's game-tying HR in ninth
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays' offense has yet to live up to the offseason hype. But with the club just two games into the season, it's far too early for anyone in the clubhouse to get overly concerned.
Toronto's lineup was held mostly in check for the second consecutive game by the Indians pitching staff. The batting order has a total of just nine hits and three runs over its past 20 innings, en route to the club's first 0-2 start since 2004.
The lack of offense helped contribute to a frustrating Wednesday night at Rogers Centre, which was capped in the 11th inning when Mark Reynolds took a pitch from Sergio Santos and sent it over the wall in left field to give Toronto a 3-2 loss.
"There are going to be stretches when we're not going to score six, seven runs a game," right fielder Jose Bautista said. "This is just one of them that happened now at the beginning of the season.
"We haven't been getting on base too much and we haven't been getting a lot of hits. But it's only two games and I don't think anybody in here is concerned about that."
The nine hits tied a Blue Jays record for the fewest through the first two games of a season. Toronto's ballclubs in 1990 and '98 both had similar starts, but went on to finish 14 and 12 games over .500.
There's no reason to panic, but the problems do become magnified when they happen at the beginning of the season, when there is no track record to fall back on.
Right-hander Justin Masterson limited to the Blue Jays to just one run over six innings on Tuesday, and the following day it was Ubaldo Jimenez who recorded the exact same line for the Indians.
Despite the struggles, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons knows all it takes is one game to have the momentum start going back in his club's favor.
"I think it's too early for that," Gibbons said of the pressure facing his lineup. "I think they've pitched good against us. There were maybe some times when we're been overly aggressive.
"But I can't take anything away from them, I have to tip my hat to them. They've pitched very good and then they get to their bullpen, the bullpen has pretty much shut us down."
The bottom half of the Blue Jays lineup certainly misses Brett Lawrie, who is currently on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique muscle. But Lawrie's absence also has been felt on the defensive side.
Infielder Maicer Izturis has experienced more than his fair share of difficulties while filling in for Lawrie at third base. Izturis homered in the third but also committed a pair of defensive miscues, including a throwing error in the eighth that allowed Michael Brantley to score all the way from first base for a 2-1 Indians lead.
Izturis' other miscue occurred in the third, with right-hander Brandon Morrow on the mound. Cleveland's Michael Bourn led off with a soft liner to third. The ball bounced off Izturis' glove and Bourn was credited with a double, but could easily have been charged with an error.
Bourn eventually came around to score on an RBI single by Brantley to give Cleveland its first run.
"I think he just misjudged the timing of his jump," Gibbons said. "He's not a big guy, he can only go so high, but I think he just mistimed it a little bit. Then we had the chance for the double play, he threw low and let the go-ahead run in. But he also got a big home run for us to tie it early, so he's going to help us this year."
There was a glimmer of hope in the bottom of the ninth when Bautista stepped into the batter's box. With his team trailing 2-1, Bautista promptly hit a line drive solo homer over the wall in left field.
Bautista's first homer of the year ensured that Indians closer Chris Perez would be off to a similar start as last season. Perez attempted to close out last year's Opening Day game versus the Blue Jays, but instead surrendered three runs en route to a blown save.
"I was looking for a good pitch to hit, ideally a fastball," Bautista said. "I had a pretty good swing on a terrible pitch the pitch before. For whatever reason he decided to throw a fastball in the zone, which is what I was looking for with the first pitch and the second pitch.
"I was lucky enough that he missed his spot, came into my zone that I like to hit the ball in, middle in, and I connected. I know it was a big hit in the moment but I would have rather had the win."
Santos entered the game in the 11th and quickly got ahead 0-2 on Reynolds before eventually leaving a 96 mph fastball up in the zone.
Cleveland's designated hitter didn't miss out on the opportunity, as he drove the ball into the second deck in left-center field. It was Reynolds' first homer of the season and also Santos' first loss, after he threw a scoreless two-thirds of an inning on Tuesday night.
"It's huge, we were talking about that on the bench, we've got to pick [Perez] up," Reynolds said. "He's out there doing his thing and he gave up a homer to one of the best home run hitters in the league. It happens. We came back, put some good ABs together in the 10th and then came through in the 11th."
As for the panic some Blue Jays fans might be feeling early in the year, the same reaction is not being felt in the clubhouse. When Bautista was asked if his club was pressing at the plate he had a simple and definitive answer.
"No, that's a big N-O, both capital letters."
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Woodlands Angler Sets New Black Drum Records on Fly
PORT O'CONNER, Texas — A fly fisherman from The Woodlands broke a 4-year-old black drum record here March 8. Stan Nabozny caught a 38.5-inch, 29.75 pound fish on a crab fly tied by Port O'Conner guide Tom Horbey.
"This is something we planned to do six months ago," said Nabozny. "We were trying to catch large drum with a fly rod last fall. They were big fish, but nothing like the fish this time of year."
Nabozny used a T -14 tungsten sinking line and the heavily weighted fly to get to the big fish, typically found this time of year in deep channels and passes.
Nabozny and Horbey timed their March trip to coincide with the beginning of an incoming tide.
"I was fishing in about 15 feet of water, trying to tease one of these drums onto the fly," Nabozny said. "I was just inching it very slowly across the bottom, and I got lucky."
Nabozny said it took him more than 30 minutes to bring the fish to the boat on his 12-weight fly rod.
The black drum actually qualifies for three records: the traditional state record for weight (fly fishing), a water body record for Matagorda Bay and the new catch and release length-only record for fly fishing.
The previous fly fishing record was 19.5 pounds, set in December of 2001 on the Lower Laguna Madre.
Joedy Gray, who runs the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Angler Recognition Program, said submissions for black drum records from fly fishermen are relatively rare.
"My first impression was that this is just a beautiful-looking fish," he said. "It's only the third black drum fly fishing submission I've had since I've been doing this program."
"That was the very first fish I hooked," Nabozny said. "I caught smaller fish, nothing that size. It was just an amazing fish."
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In addition to finding the best kouign amann in Montreal, my main mission during a recent visit was to search for some of the top croissants in the city. At first, I intended to limit my search to the Plateau area (north of downtown and east of Mont-Royal) with its many bakeries, but I quickly realized my croissant quest would have to take me a little beyond that region. After questioning friends, researching online, and asking local chefs and other industry members I met along the way, I narrowed my list to five of the most recommended places.
I judge the croissants based on four factors. For looks, I want a golden color that is as even as possible, deep without being too dark, and preferably a buttery sheen that translates to a little butter on the fingers upon touching the croissant. The crust should be crispy and caramelized but not crunchy, and flaky such that shards shear off upon biting the croissant or pulling it apart. (I want to brush crumbs off of my lap upon finishing.) The crumb should have a spiral of tissue-like layers that toes the line between airy and bready. The interior should be moist and tender but not soggy, and it should stretch when pulling the croissant apart. Finally, for flavor, the croissant should be buttery and sweet, with a slight tang and just a hint of salt.
Logistically, I couldn't time my visits to ensure an absolutely fresh croissant at each bakery, but I don't think this would change my choice of winner. During my visits, I got a good, immediate sense of each bakery's croissant offering. All might be acceptable in certain pastry-deprived cities, but to this judge, Fous Desserts' croissant was easily the standout for looks, texture, and flavor. See the slideshow above for a closer look at Fous' croissant, as well as its four competitors.
About the author: Jay Friedman is a Seattle-based freelance food writer who happens to travel extensively as a sex educator. An avid fan of noodles (some call him "The Mein Man"), he sees sensuality in all foods, and blogs about it at his Gastrolust website. You can follow him on Twitter @jayfriedman.


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GRANT Hall requires one more outing in a development squad fixture before he can be considered for first-team action, according to Swindon Town manager Mark Cooper.
Hall played in part of Town's 9-0 victory over a Caribbean academy side at the County Ground on Wednesday after missing nine weeks with a calf injury sustained at Gillingham in January and will soon be available to Cooper when it comes to selecting his matchday squads for Swindon's remaining League One fixtures.
However, the Robins boss feels the Tottenham loanee needs one more test of his strength and stamina - and he hopes to arrange another development game next week.
"Grant Hall played for a percentage of the game," Cooper said in his media briefing on Thursday ahead of the trip to Carlisle United this weekend. "He probably needs another game next week, which we'll try to get for him."
Alex Pritchard also featured for the development side on Wednesday ahead of his return from suspension at Brunton Park "It was good to get Pritch half a game and one or two others who maybe haven't been able to get one recently.
"We've got quite a full squad at the minute," said Cooper.
"What it means is that you can freshen it up if you need to.
"With Easter coming up we play Friday and Monday so it enables us to freshen things up if we feel we need to and it creates competition for places as well."


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Slow Query Questions
From PostgreSQL wiki
Guide to Posting Slow Query Questions
In any given week, some 50% of the questions on #postgresql IRC and 75% on pgsql-performance are requests for help with a slow query. However, it is rare for the asker to post complete information about the slow query, frustrating both the asker and those who try to help them.
Therefore, before posting a "My query is slow" question, please collect the following information and observe the following recommendations. Please also examine and post the relevant information from the Guide to reporting problems.
Please post performance related questions to the pgsql-performance mailing list after reading the resources available in the performance category of the wiki, collecting the relevant information (see below) and after thinking about the problem. Before you click "Send", read your message, pretending to be somebody who knows nothing about your setup or application, and see if it actually makes sense. This will save you several "you didn't explain <blah>" and "what do you mean by foo" round trips before anybody has enough information to help you - so putting a little effort in at the start will get you better answers, faster.
Information You Need To Post
(note: post this onto a paste site like [pgsql.privatepaste.com] and not directly into the IRC channel if you're asking for help on IRC)
- Full Table and Index Schema: Post the definitions of all tables and indexes referenced in the query. If the query touches views or custom functions, we'll need those definitions as well.
- Table Metadata: in addition to the table definition, please also post the approximate number of rows in the table(s), plus any thing unusual about it such as if it:
- contains large objects
- has a large proportion of NULLs in several columns
- receives a large number of UPDATEs or DELETEs regularly
- is growing rapidly
- has many indexes on it
- uses triggers that may be executing database functions, or is calling functions directly
- EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS), not just EXPLAIN:
EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS)tells us how the query actually was executed, not just how it was planned. This is essential information in finding out how the planner was wrong, if anywhere. If you can't run an EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS) because the query never completes, then say so. Example:
EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS) select * from tablename;
- EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS) was introduced in 9.0. If your Postgres version is prior to 9.0, use
EXPLAIN ANALYZEinstead.
- For Postgres version 9.2 and up turn on track_io_timing before executing the EXPLAIN. If you log in as a superuser you can turn track_io_timing on for only the current session by executing
SET track_io_timing = on;
- Even better, paste your
EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS)or
EXPLAIN ANALYZEresults into explain.depesz.com and post links to the resulting pages. We love this, because it makes the plans much easier to read and examine.
- EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS) was introduced in 9.0. If your Postgres version is prior to 9.0, use
- Postgres version: please provide the exact server version you are using (SELECT version() is an easy way to get it). The behavior of the planner changes in every release, so this is important.
- History: was this query always slow, or has it gotten slower over time? If the plan/execution of the query used to be different, do you have copies of those query plans? Has anything changed in your database other than the accumulation of data?
- Hardware: please post the essential information about your hardware platform. If any elements of your hardware are unusual, please include detailed information on those. See the Guide to reporting problems for what sort of hardware information is useful.
- Maintenance Setup: are you running autovacuum? If so, with what settings? If not, are you doing manual VACUUM and/or ANALYZE? How often?
- WAL Configuration: (for data writing queries) have you moved the WAL to a different disk? Changed the settings?
- GUC Settings: what database configuration settings have you changed? What are their values? (These are things like "work_mem", "enable_seq_scan", etc). See Server Configuration for a useful query that will show all of your non-default database settings, in an easier to read form than posting pieces of your postgresql.conf file.
Things to Try Before You Post
You will save yourself a lot of time if you try the following things before you post your question:
- Read Using EXPLAIN if you haven't already.
- ANALYZE your database to update query stats.
- VACUUM your database to purge if you are not already running Autovacuum.
- Check your main GUC settings to make sure that they are set to sensible values (see Tuning Your PostgreSQL Server for additional hints):
- shared_buffers should be 10% to 25% of available RAM
- effective_cache_size should be 75% of available RAM
- Test changing work_mem: increase it to 8MB, 32MB, 256MB, 1GB. Does it make a difference?
- For Insert/Update/Delete queries, you should also try configuring your WAL:
- Move pg_xlog to a separate disk resource, if possible
- Increase checkpoint_segments to 16 or more (assuming you have disk space)
- Increase wal_buffers to 16MB
- Test your IO support: run dd test, bonnie++ or other drive speed tests to see if your performance problem isn't simply hardware-based. For example, a RAID-5 configuration will never have fast inserts/updates no matter how you play with your queries.


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A WORCESTERSHIRE MP is calling for people to claim cash towards staging events to remember the First World War - after revealing his father's role in the conflict.
Sir Peter Luff wants people across the county to get involved in the Heritage Lottery Fund's £5 million kitty to fund commemorative events between now and 2019.
His late father Tom took part in the war, which ran from 1914 to 1918, fighting in both Palestine and Gallipoli, Turkey, as the conflict took its toll.
Tom joined the army in 1912 entering via the Berkshire Yeomanry, and moved to the Imperial Camel Corps before finishing at the Worcestershire Yeomanry.
He was demobbed in December 1919 and died in 1963.
The MP, who represents Mid-Worcestershire, says he wants his father's efforts and those of his army colleagues to stay alive by communities helping mark the 100-year anniversary.
The Heritage Lottery Fund is dishing out at least £1 million a year up to 2019 to community groups to explore, share and conserve their First World War heritage.
The amounts on offer go from £3,000 to £10,000 and can go towards research, creating an archive, exhibitions, trails, creative material, smartphone apps or anything else aimed at spreading knowledge.
Mr Luff said: "For me, as for so many, this is a very personal anniversary or series of anniversaries.
"My own father fought in the First World War, at Gallipoli and in Palestine, so I'm delighted that the Heritage Lottery Fund is making this money available to local communities to keep memories alive.
"Like many areas across the UK, the impact of the First World War on the people of Worcestershire was extensive.
"For those who want to find out more about its legacy or who wish to mark the centenary I urge them to get in touch with fund."
Jenny Abramsky, chair of Heritage Lottery Fund, said: "The impact of the First World War was far reaching, touching and shaping every corner of the UK and beyond.
"The Heritage Lottery Fund's First World War: then and now programme will enable communities to explore the continuing legacy of this war and help young people in particular to broaden their understanding of how it has shaped our modern world."
For more details on making a bid visit www.hlf.org.uk/ThenAndNow.


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Build 30 Light Up models with the Deluxe Racer Kit from Laser Pegs®. This amazing construction toy combines classic building bricks with LEDs, giving you colorful parts that light up while you build. All you need is 3 AA Batteries to start, and then you can light up your model or even make it flash. With 38 Laser Pegs®, 159 clear construction parts and a peg cord that allows you to take your model off the power base, this is one of Laser Pegs®' biggest kits yet. Build models like the Spider, Brontosaurus, or Bot, or come up with your own glowing creation.
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The PREA Resource Center has announced grant opportunities for locally and tribally operated adult and juvenile detention facilities to establish zero tolerance cultures for sexual abuse. The funding will provide resources to meet the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards, and agencies of all sizes are eligible to apply.
Learn more about this opportunity.
© 2016 National Sexual Violence Resource Center – Founded by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
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The Regnum Christi Movement offers its members some guidelines of a gospel-based spirituality as an ideal of Christian life. The spiritual path that Regnum Christi members walk mainly consists in knowing, loving, imitating, and proclaiming Christ. This is the path and these are the goals.
Below, we offer some resources that can help nurture the spiritual life of Movement members and of any Christian.
Daily Prayer 2012-11-27
Listen to podcast version here.
Father Edward McIlmail, LC
Luke 21:5-11While some
people were speaking about how the Temple was adorned
with costly stones and votive offerings, Jesus said, "All
that you see here -- the days will come when
there will not be left a stone upon another
stone that will not be thrown down." Then they
asked him, "Teacher, when will this happen? And what
sign will there be when all these things are about
to happen?" He answered, "See that you not be
deceived, for many will come in my name, saying,
´I am he,´ and ´The time has come.´ Do not
follow them! When you hear of wars and insurrections,
do not be terrified; for such things must happen
first, but it will not immediately be the end." Then
he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom. There will be powerful earthquakes,
famines and plagues from place to place; and awesome
sights and mighty signs will come from the sky."
Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for this special time
I have with you. It´s one of the few calm
moments of the day. Your presence reassures me that
I don´t have to endure the trials of the
day alone. You are my strength and my peace. I
wish to abide in your love.
Petition: Jesus, help me
to keep hoping despite the crises in my life.
Temple of Doom: For the Jews, the Temple in Jerusalem
was the center of religious and cultural life. It
contained the Holy of Holies, the sanctuary that once
housed the Ark of the Covenant. The people were proud
of the Temple, but Jesus warns them that the
day will arrive when it will be destroyed (as indeed
it was, in A.D. 70). Yet the end of
the Temple will not be the end of religion.
Jesus himself will remain with us, as he does to
this day, in the Eucharist. Likewise, no matter what
else passes away — our house, our office, our school
— Christ remains. Does that belief fill me with
2. Be Not Deceived: Jesus doesn´t directly answer the
question about when the Temple will be destroyed. Rather,
he tries to get his listeners to focus on what
is really important: their faith. Our Lord warns them
not to listen to the wrong people. Throughout the
course of a normal day, to whom do we listen?
Whose voices are on our radios, our TV sets?
Who really has our ear day–by-day? Worldly talk-show hosts?
The news media´s "instant experts"? MTV gurus? Jesus cautions
us that the people we listen to might affect the
quality of our lives — and the quality of
our eternity. Do I judge carefully, then, the voices I
listen to?
3. Do Not Be Terrified: Tsunamis, floods, terrorist
attacks, wars, abortion, euthanasia -- is the world a nicer
place today than in Jesus´ time? Our Lord was
no stranger to bad news. He knew about the
tower in Siloam that killed 18 people (see Luke 13:4)
-- and he knew what awaited him on Good
Friday. Yet he always remained hopeful and encouraged the
best in people. As his followers, we too must be
witnesses to hope. We need to brighten the lives
of those around us. More importantly we need to remind
others that God will win in the end. "Good,
not evil, has the last word," Pope John Paul
II told the general audience of Oct. 17, 2001,
"God triumphs over the hostile powers, even when they seem
great and invincible."
Conversation with Christ: Lord,
I know in my mind that you will win in
the end. If only my heart would believe that,
too! Grant me this grace. Grant that my life will
show that kind of optimism at every moment.
Resolution:I will make a small sacrifice or offer up
a special prayer for someone suffering today.
The daily meditation is a service of Regnum Christi that offers people a Gospel reflection through e-mail. You can view the weekly meditation on this link or listen the podcast version here.
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Former President George W. Bush has joined the chorus of voices calling for dropping the "D" from "PTSD."
In a rare public appearance last month to announce the kickoff of his institute's Military Service Initiative, Bush said that along with pressing for jobs and educational opportunities for veterans, the initiative aims to remove the stigma of having post-traumatic stress disorder or getting treatment for it.
One thing that would help, Bush believes, is lopping off the term "disorder."
"As most doctors will tell you, post-traumatic stress is not a disorder. Post-traumatic stress, or PTS, is an injury that can result from the experience of war. And like other injuries, PTS is treatable," Bush said during the Empowering Our Nation's Warriors Summit in Dallas.
In pushing for the change, Bush joins retired Army Gen. Pete Chiarelli and veterans' groups lobbying the medical community to consider PTSD an injury rather than a psychological disorder.
When he served as Army vice chief of staff, Chiarelli pressed for the change within the ranks and also called on the American Psychiatric Association, which publishes the diagnostic manual used to determine psychological conditions, to do the same.
Chiarelli, who favors "post-traumatic stress," or the term used by the Canadian military, "operational stress injury," believes those are more accurate than "disorder."
"Are you telling me that a woman who has been violently sexually assaulted has a disorder if she later has issues with male relationships or other problems? It's ridiculous. It's an injury, and science already is starting to prove there are physical changes in the brain following a trauma," said Chiarelli, who serves as CEO of One Mind for Research, a consortium supporting advancements in brain research.
How real is the stigma?
The number of post-9/11 veterans with PTSD is unknown; a 2010 Rand Corp. study placed estimates at 5 percent to 20 percent, or 125,000 to 500,000 people.
Drawing on reviews of previous studies, Rand published a paper in August concluding that changing the name of the condition "seems unlikely to result in a significant increase in individuals willing to be diagnosed or treated."
The authors said few studies exist that demonstrate any social stigma attached to "PTSD" in the military and whether labeling it a disorder dissuades some sufferers from seeking treatment.
They also suggested that making the condition less stigmatizing may actually reduce the number of those affected seeking help.
"The diagnosis encourages treatment utilization, research ... and the development of practice guidelines to improve the effectiveness of treatment," the authors wrote.
But Chiarelli said researchers need only talk to affected troops and veterans to see that the negative associations of having a psychological disorder keep some from seeking treatment.
"If you are a 19-, 20-, 21-year-old kid, you don't want to be told you have a disorder. I hear from former troops that they are looking for a job and don't want people to know, or are worried they'll lose their [security] clearance," Chiarelli said.
'Old as war itself'
Former Army infantry Capt. Adrian Bonenberg sought treatment for PTSD after two tours in Afghanistan. Now earning his master's degree at Columbia University, Bonenberg said he favors "injury" over "disorder," even though the current nomenclature didn't deter him from getting help.
"Having trouble processing trauma is a very human, understandable reaction," he said. "The people who had no difficulty seeing horrible things, having to touch the body parts of people [they] knew and considered friends, ... those are the ones with disorders.
"Most of the guys I know who saw heavy combat, the things we saw and did weighs heavily on us," he said. "It's not an internal disorder. It is an injury, as old as war itself."
In changing the diagnostic manual in late 2012, the APA Board of Trustees altered the requirements for PTSD to make the diagnosis more appropriate for combat-related PTSD, to include dropping a stipulation that patients experience "fear, helplessness or horror" in reaction to a traumatic event.
Since many troops don't experience those reactions — because they are trained to deal with trauma — it was thought the previous definition excluded a majority of those with combat-related PTSD.
But the board still decided not to drop the "D."
At the time, Dr. Matthew Friedman, a psychiatrist and then-executive director of the VA's National Center for PTSD, declared: "PTSD is PTSD. To change it to PTSI would reverse 32 years of research and not reduce stigma or increase treatment seeking."
Nearly two years later, Bush and others continue to disagree.
At a March 12 hearing on the Veterans Affairs Department's proposed fiscal 2015 budget, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said many employers discriminate against veterans for fear they may have a psychiatric disorder.
"Calling it a disorder gives it a stigma that is completely unjustified," Blumenthal said.
Bush said the Military Service Initiative, supported by Chiarelli, former Joint Chiefs Chairman retired Marine Gen. Peter Pace and others, will continue to advocate for dropping the "D" — if not to convince the medical profession, then at least to change the perceptions of employers.
"Veterans receiving treatment for post-traumatic stress are not damaged goods," Bush said. "Employers would not hesitate to hire an employee getting treated for a medical condition like diabetes. ... They should not hesitate to hire veterans getting treated for post-traumatic stress."