• Sandy Bridge tested.
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[url]http://www.techpowerup.com/124273/Intel_Sandy_Bridge_Quad-Core_Processor_Tested.html[/url] tl;dr better than the i7, but not by much. It is at a lower clock speed though.. so keep that in mind as well. Maybe production prices are lower, TDP.. lots of stuff could be improved.
quality op. We have an estimates on pricing?
not yet
I may throw one of these in my next system, but I'll have to see how well it overclocks first.
Socket 1155? Another Socket already? what the
if it costs less and preforms better i am not complaining
[QUOTE=Sgt Pringles;22528068]Socket 1155? Another Socket already? what the[/QUOTE] :saddowns: My 775 system is looking like an antique now! AM3 is still being used to turn out good CPUs, why must Intel shove their anti-backwards compatible dong in people's asses every time they make a new CPU!?
[QUOTE=Sgt Pringles;22528068]Socket 1155? Another Socket already? what the[/QUOTE] Yeah, what's up with this? 1366, 1156, 1155, 1156B, 1156C, 1567....
Why all these new sockets?
[QUOTE=FunnyGamer;22547243]Why all these new sockets?[/QUOTE] Intel likes to screw over older users. There is nothing wrong with 775, it can handle 990X performance, just intel likes to future proof their sockets that they end up not using anyway.
[QUOTE=FunnyGamer;22547243]Why all these new sockets?[/QUOTE] More royalties for Intel from motherboard manufacturers.
This seems nice, still use socket 775 for my Q6600.
[QUOTE=Sgt Pringles;22528068]Socket 1155? Another Socket already? what the[/QUOTE] Intel doesn't give a damn about backwards compatibility. That's why I like AMD, hell the new Phenom X6's can run on most AM2+ mobos. I believe even on a few AM2 as well.
[QUOTE=Amez;22576234]Intel doesn't give a damn about backwards compatibility. That's why I like AMD, hell the new Phenom X6's can run on most AM2+ mobos. I believe even on a few AM2 as well.[/QUOTE] If that's the case I'm switching over to AMD next time I need to build.
[QUOTE=Amez;22576234]Intel doesn't give a damn about backwards compatibility. That's why I like AMD, hell the new Phenom X6's can run on most AM2+ mobos. I believe even on a few AM2 as well.[/QUOTE] Considering how LGA775 lasted from like half way through Pentium 4 or whatever till the very end of the Core 2's, I'd say they certainly used to. AMD only settled down recently as well in terms of sockets
[QUOTE=Dr Egg;22578566]Considering how LGA775 lasted from like half way through Pentium 4 or whatever till the very end of the Core 2's, I'd say they certainly used to. AMD only settled down recently as well in terms of sockets[/QUOTE] But that's water under the (sandy) bridge. The fact of the matter is Intel have created a handful of new sockets just so they can rake in even more money from motherboard manufactures.
if AMDs new processors are significantly faster than any other processor they have, I would upgrade from a 955 or something. If not, I'd consider it a waste of cash. I don't believe in incremental upgrading
Why do people always make windows have the classic look? Looks like shit now that it's not late 1990s.
It's plain stupid that Intel is downgrading the number of pins on the CPU
Can someone explain to me how these stupid synthetic benchmarks compare to other CPUs like the i5 750, 965 BE, i7 920, and the two Phenom X6s?
[QUOTE=B1N4RY!;22592334]It's plain stupid that Intel is downgrading the number of pins on the CPU[/QUOTE] Socket Pins =/= Performance
[QUOTE=DOG-GY;22591905]Why do people always make windows have the classic look? Looks like shit now that it's not late 1990s.[/QUOTE] Because Aero and transparencies aren't needed. Because Aero Basic looks like pure blue shit. Because some people prefer Classic over Aero.
[QUOTE=B1N4RY!;22592334]It's plain stupid that Intel changing the number of pins on the CPU [/QUOTE] There, Fixed. Anyways, the only platform im happy to see sandy bridge on are netbooks and sub-notebooks. But only If they can surpass todays discrete solutions for sub-notebooks and Nvidia's ION platform. I think having a powerful GPU on the chip next to the processor would create a lot of heat which will be a problem.
[QUOTE=PunchedInFac;22608461]There, Fixed. Anyways, the only platform im happy to see sandy bridge on are netbooks and sub-notebooks. But only If they can surpass todays discrete solutions for sub-notebooks and Nvidia's ION platform. I think having a powerful GPU on the chip next to the processor would create a lot of heat which will be a problem.[/QUOTE] But it would also consolidate the TDP output of a laptop to one area allowing for creative/more expensive Single area cooling instead of a gpu/cpu cooler. We might see TEC cooling in a laptop :v:
they probably changed the pins because it won't work with current 1156 motherboards, and to avoid confusion, they just changed the socket (rather than the chipset). Intel does multiple levels via motherboards as well. 1156 = Mainstream 1366 = Enthusiast
Until Intel settles down on something like they did with LGA775, then they'll have the most versatile socket for about 3 years.
Me too, it's not like socket 775 was here for 4 years, and it's not like 1156 has any good buys, or 1366 has fast cpus or anything, and after all, spending hundreds more dollars on an incremental upgrade is totally worth it because an i5 or an i7 is slow shit
[QUOTE=whatnow V2;22609357]Me too, it's not like socket 775 was here for 4 years, and it's not like 1156 has any good buys, or 1366 has fast cpus or anything, and after all, spending hundreds more dollars on an incremental upgrade is totally worth it because an i5 or an i7 is slow shit[/QUOTE] Really now? Sure upgrading from an i7 to another i7/i5 to another i5 isnt gong to show much improvement but they are good processors, namely the i5 750 and the i7 920/930. [editline]11:46PM[/editline] [QUOTE=NecroTitan;22608648] We might see TEC cooling in a laptop :v:[/QUOTE] I don't know why but I'm fucking scared of the Peltier effect.
you wouldn't upgrade from an i5 or i7 to another chip from that series, but sandy bridge, if it is significantly faster, why not get that if you're not happy with the already fast i7/i5 700 cpus? what im trying to say, if you've got an i5 or an i7, there isn't really a reason to get a faster chip these days, everything seems so incremental rather than say... GTX 285 -> GTX 470.. unless sandy bridge or AMD bulldozer turns out to be much faster than any other chip out there (i'm talking a quad faster than the 980X) then I'm not wasting my cash on them.
I'll be saving my money up. My Intel E6850 is showing it's age. Hopefully Sandy Bridge will be a huge leap up for me.
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