EPTSandy Bridge to be released jan 9th - Page 6
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mav451
United States1596 Posts
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ZeaL.
United States5955 Posts
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Carnac
Germany / USA16648 Posts
Already got all my other parts this week  | ||
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semantics
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Carnac
Germany / USA16648 Posts
still gonna be huge :p or to be more precise I'm moving from: Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Radeon 3650 2 GB DDR2 Ram Windows XP to: i5-2500k Radeon 6850 4 GB DDR3 Ram OCZ Vertex Extended 120 GB SSD Windows 7 so yeah | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
On January 06 2011 05:54 Carnac wrote: or to be more precise I'm moving from: Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Radeon 3650 have you even played sc2? :p | ||
Adebisi
Canada1637 Posts
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Womwomwom
5930 Posts
Looking around, looks like MSI and Asus currently have the strongest offerings, with Asus being the only ones implementing the benefits of EFI in any sort of meaningful way. | ||
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Silentness
United States2821 Posts
I dunno if you're joking, but I know I sure can't play SC2. I gave up trying on my laptop because I would literally get like 1 FPS on low while playing SC2 so I've just been playing Brood War. I'm currently on a dual core 1.6 GHz intel centrino duo laptop with integrated graphics... yeah I bought it over 3 years ago and I was in a rush to buy a computer... fail on my part. *When I do my taxes and receive my tax refund though... hello sandy bridge | ||
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DeseaseR
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also this mornin I read about Samsung DDR4 RAM, it wont be released this year but isnt so much the worth to wait it, gotta wait if bulldozer will be compatible with it. If you have a really old rig like mine the upgrade is a must but probably if you guys has i5-750 and so on you shouldnt upgrade, if you haz the $ do it  | ||
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ccHaZaRd
Canada1024 Posts
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Pure.Calm
United Kingdom196 Posts
Edit also is the i5 2500k now a better buy than the 1090t? In the UK atleast it is cheaper i think. Also anyone think the unlocked version is a better buy? | ||
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scottyyy
United Kingdom796 Posts
On January 06 2011 22:14 Pure.Calm wrote: Hey guys could someone explain to me how the i5 2500k is outperforming the i7 in some of the tests? Is it that the tests are not done thouroughly with averages ect so are prone to be out by a bit? Edit also is the i5 2500k now a better buy than the 1090t? In the UK atleast it is cheaper i think. Also anyone think the unlocked version is a better buy? The main difference between the 2600k and the 2500k is that the 2600k has hyperthreading and the other doesn't. If the application doesn't make use of these extra threads then the CPUs are going to be closer in performance. If a 2500k is overclocked higher than a 2600k and the app doesn't use hyperthreading, it's not impossible for it to perform better. The unlocked version is definitely a better buy. It's stupidly easy to overclock these CPUs to 4.4GHz+. | ||
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Carnac
Germany / USA16648 Posts
Sure. 2v2 is terrible starting from midgame tho | ||
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Yurie
12182 Posts
On December 26 2010 15:16 Womwomwom wrote: A i5 750 at stock settings can run pretty much run Dolphin and PCSX2 at 60 FPS at 1600x900, I can't see why you'd need anything more powerful seeing I think they're hard capped at 60 FPS anyway. Umm it is capped at 60 FPS if you want real time. If you want faster than real time you can go far beyond that. Going past real time is quite helpful in many games where there are long wait screens between segments since the ps2 had to load them and your pc instantly loads them yet still has those screens. Or when just replaying the game again and wanting to skip dialogues and in game cinematics. Or when starting the game to load instead of loading a preset, skipping the intros and so on. At least I often found usage of going above real time. I could only go up to 1.6 times real time in the persona game that really needed speeding up using my very slightly overclocked i7 920. Mostly since it didn't support using more than 2 cores. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On January 06 2011 22:23 scottyyy wrote: The main difference between the 2600k and the 2500k is that the 2600k has hyperthreading and the other doesn't. If the application doesn't make use of these extra threads then the CPUs are going to be closer in performance. If a 2500k is overclocked higher than a 2600k and the app doesn't use hyperthreading, it's not impossible for it to perform better. The unlocked version is definitely a better buy. It's stupidly easy to overclock these CPUs to 4.4GHz+. 2500k performs better than the 2600k because hyperthreading puts it at a disadvantage. This has already been proven in benchmarks over the years. | ||
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Twistacles
Canada1327 Posts
Tigerdirect, Newegg and other places have em up. Still waiting for the good ol ncix | ||
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FreekSharkHD
United States26 Posts
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Twistacles
Canada1327 Posts
On January 09 2011 14:47 FreekSharkHD wrote: I don't know what to think about Sandy Bridge. Just wondering how they will compare against x58 systems (with the i7 950's) etc. No point upgrading from a LGA 1366, otherwise it will trash everything else pretty handily. | ||
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