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seireikhaan
03-14-2009, 16:31
Here (http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2333764,00.asp) is a review of the fairly recent I7 chipset released by Intel. Is this really as big a leap as I've heard? Will processing really improve substantially over, say, a hardcore quad core?
The Spartan (Returns)
03-14-2009, 17:31
Well, I have heard people who play Empire say this is one of the few processors that uses all it's cores (four).
Husar
03-14-2009, 21:42
from the benchmarks I saw on release it was not impressive to me but then impressive is subjective and I haven't really looked at any newer benchmarks, mostly because gaming performance is more limited by graphicscards nowadays so the CPU isn't all that important as long as it's reasonably new.
Beskar
03-15-2009, 00:17
Don't bother with I7 if you are making a computer from scratch for a gaming rig, it's the last of the 45mn processors. At this rate, wait for the release of the 35mn processors which will come out in 6months-year's time.
Lemur
03-15-2009, 04:14
What's got me drooling is the prospect of a serious price drop in the LGA 775 compatible processors (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000340343%2050001157%201051707842&name=LGA%20775) once the I7 gains popularity. My gaming beast has life in her yet ...
Furunculus
03-16-2009, 00:33
i7 is very good, but far too expensive as a platform.

i5 that arrives in Q3 will have all the same grunt at a much reduced cost.
Lemur
03-16-2009, 13:45
Got my eye on them Yorkfield (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000340343%2050001157%201051707842%201050928685&name=Yorkfield) CPUs. They're already looking more attractive in terms of price, and that can only improve as enthusiasts migrate to the I7 and I5.
Furunculus
03-17-2009, 13:23
s775 is a dead platform now, if you don't need to buy in the next four months then i would hold till Intel release i5 and AMD have an AM3 Phenom II at 3.2GHz.

either of those will be awesome platforms at a reasonable price.
seireikhaan
03-17-2009, 15:30
Thanks for the input guys. :yes:
ICantSpellDawg
03-18-2009, 19:40
Got my eye on them Yorkfield (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000340343%2050001157%201051707842%201050928685&name=Yorkfield) CPUs. They're already looking more attractive in terms of price, and that can only improve as enthusiasts migrate to the I7 and I5.

Thanks to your advice I learned enough to chose the 2.86 ghz with 12mb cache on my own. They are dropping the rig off on saturday.
Lemur
03-18-2009, 22:45
They are dropping the rig off on saturday.
Pics or it didn't happen! Show us the fruits of your labors, man!