Sandy Bridge i7 & i5 Reviews

[Johnny87au]

Any rumour on the platform replacing LGA1366? Hope that doesn't come up on the new platform

Hopefully in 2011 yeah, not 1155 though..

[Hornet331]

its 100mhz bclock cause intel is saving some few cents and using the same clock signal for bclock and pciE and some other clocks as well

Nah it saves the OEMs a few cents and thats why they love it.

Don't be suprised when you see something similar form amd in the near future.

[Remior]

Thanks for that test. I'm hoping to be on january to get a 2500K

[FlanK3r]

what about temps in Cinebench render? Nice score for 4 cores!

[Remior]

Just amazing for that 4,7 Ghz and air cooling....

[EagleRock]

i wanna see 2600k vs i7 950

[prava]

@Chri$ch can you say how much did you pay for your retail 2500K? More or less, so I know what to expect

[PatRaceTin]

Those CPU running good but multiplier & BCLK suck!!!
i may get 2600K or i may skip 1155 to see 2011

[Jodiuh]

i wanna see 2600k vs i7 950

And the power figures!

[ghost_recon88]

For the price it's i7 860 vs. i5 2500k. i7 has HT, and 8MB of cache. However 2500k can clock up to 4.7GHz before the multi runs out, which the 860 cannot do. Say 4.2-4.3GHz on the i7. Is the SB chip really worth it over the 860 at this point?

[Jodiuh]

Close to $100 dollar difference.

[ghost_recon88]

Close to $100 dollar difference.

Going rate is $200 online for one.

[Aberration]

Considering I have a C0 i7 920 that only gets about 3.6GHz stable a SB upgrade is going to be sweet.

Now just need to determine if I will get these or wait for the larger socket. I am not really hurting to upgrade, so I will probably wait.

[Jodiuh]

Going rate is $200 online for one.

I see $300 for a retail box. If it'd been $200, I would have grabbed that instead of the 760.

[[XC] hipno650]

Considering I have a C0 i7 920 that only gets about 3.6GHz stable a SB upgrade is going to be sweet.

Now just need to determine if I will get these or wait for the larger socket. I am not really hurting to upgrade, so I will probably wait.

your not hurting, my quad is.... I am getting a 2600K as soon as humanly possible 3.8GHZ Q6600 (great CPU BTW) to a 5GHZ 2600K can you say upgrade?

[Jodiuh]

I noticed a big huge large difference in BC2 going from a Q9550 to an i5 760. So yeah...you should have good time w/ that.

C2Q didn't mind the old 260 216, but put up a fight w/ the 460/470.

[ghost_recon88]

I see $300 for a retail box. If it'd been $200, I would have grabbed that instead of the 760.

Check a wide range of forum classifieds more often then

[[XC] hipno650]

I noticed a big huge large difference in BC2 going from a Q9550 to an i5 760. So yeah...you should have good time w/ that.

C2Q didn't mind the old 260 216, but put up a fight w/ the 460/470.

really? funny you should say that because I run BC2 totally maxed (im talking 32X CSAA) and my FPS never dips below 60FPS the system in my sig...

I don't doubt that it will be an upgrade though

[Jodiuh]

Check a wide range of forum classifieds more often then

Ahah! That's cheating. Unless you can find a 2600K in there.

really? funny you should say that because I run BC2 totally maxed (im talking 32X CSAA) and my FPS never dips below 60FPS the system in my sig...

Yeah, it's a bit of a mixed bag. Three of us grabbed 460/470's and two of us had terrible GPU usage, while one of us played along just happily. IIRC, cpu's were two Q9550's and one Q9300.

Fermi issues: Low GPU Usage and Bad Company II Stuttering

Apparently, an upcoming driver will be released that stops the stuttering/low usage on older cpu's. Older, lol... Pretty crappy for some folks though. They've been dealing w/ this for months.

[zalbard]

Fermi issues: Low GPU Usage and Bad Company II Stuttering

Wow, that sucks. Who'd know... And I was advising some Core 2 users to buy Fermi cards...
Is it the same for AMD?

[RPGWiZaRD]

They sure have taken their time with that "GTX 460 fix" driver.... been a while since nvidia has waited this long between releasing even a beta driver. At times we were flooded with a new beta driver like a couple of times a week, it's been a month+ now? It better be good once it's released. :p

[FlanK3r]

temps are very good under LinX, thx.

[GoldenTiger]

Interesting, may upgrade my C0 i7 920 (which clocks to 3.72ghz) to a 2600K when possible... how will RAM oc'ing work on sandy bridge? I gather you need 1.5v 1600mhz RAM and it has 2 channels on the P67 chipset...?

Looks awesome so far...

[Metroid]

Considering I have a C0 i7 920 that only gets about 3.6GHz stable a SB upgrade is going to be sweet.

Mine I7 920 C0 can do 4.5GHz stable + I get a free furnace on the process.

Patiently awaiting Q1 2012

[GoldenTiger]

Nice... I'm on air (Xigmatek S-1283 heatsink) with my 920.