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Message 1063009 - Posted: 3 Jan 2011, 11:14:26 UTC
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I was just reading the specs and some benchmarks: The new Intel architecture looks very promising.

Question: Are there already Crunchers out there using Sandy Bridge?

Once I can get my hands on one of those I have two personal TODOs :) Compile an Astropulse version that
- supports AVX.
- uses the internal GPU with OpenCL.
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Message 1063024 - Posted: 3 Jan 2011, 13:40:34 UTC

They aren't released yet. The NDA just lifted today, and the first ones are scheduled for release until the 9th of January. As far as them looking promising ,this article, has some benchmark results. In my opinion it doesn't look like a monumental change in performance, but is better none the less. The i5-750 is within 1,000 to 2,000 points of the i7-2600k(@3.5Ghz). What I will be interested in will be the overclocking potential, especially considering that power consumption has improved a bit on this series.

Personally I'm sticking to my original plan to by pass the i7 wave of processors and wait on the stuff coming along in 2012-2014. Well unless this newest waves shows some massive improvement in heat and performance! (Not to mention price)
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Message 1063028 - Posted: 3 Jan 2011, 13:44:59 UTC - in response to Message 1063024.  

it looks like Intel is still sticking with its pasting of dual cores together.


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Message 1063038 - Posted: 3 Jan 2011, 14:13:04 UTC - in response to Message 1063024.  

... some massive improvement in heat and performance! (Not to mention price)


I wouldn't call it "massive" - but quite noticeable. And the price looks more than OK. E.g. $317 for the (current) top model, the Core i7-2600K.

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Message 1063068 - Posted: 3 Jan 2011, 16:25:44 UTC - in response to Message 1063038.  


I wouldn't call it "massive" - but quite noticeable. And the price looks more than OK. E.g. $317 for the (current) top model, the Core i7-2600K.


Yeah the price for performance ratio it's standing strong with the power of a 980x but the price of a consumer level chip. Only thing supposedly the 980x beats it at is highly multi-threaded apps, 6 vs 4. It's not a massive enough difference for me to want to buy into it just yet. Once the OC'ing guys get a hold of it and show what it can do it may be worth it then, but I'm guessing there will be some unknown issues coming from the new turbo implementation. Bottom line is if you have a 775 these will be the i7 chips to buy. If you have an i7 machine there is no point in getting excited, that is unless you just like pushing data as much as possible and money isn't a huge limitation.

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Message 1063071 - Posted: 3 Jan 2011, 16:35:42 UTC - in response to Message 1063068.  

Once the OC'ing guys get a hold of it and show what it can do ...


From what I was reading:
Core i7-2600K : 5 GHz
Core i5-2500K : 4,5 GHz

Air cooled!! No WK.
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Message 1063075 - Posted: 3 Jan 2011, 17:15:11 UTC - in response to Message 1063071.  

From what I was reading:
Core i7-2600K : 5 GHz
Core i5-2500K : 4,5 GHz

Air cooled!! No WK.



Yup, but not under full Load. Have you seen a Review with loading
the CPU with Prime95 or LinX?

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Message 1063109 - Posted: 3 Jan 2011, 19:40:51 UTC

Got a board and processor to sample some time ago but because of an NDA I haven't said anything about it and kept it off S@H. Thus far the 2600k that I got looks impressive.

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Message 1063116 - Posted: 3 Jan 2011, 20:06:57 UTC - in response to Message 1063109.  

I found the following numbers for Folding@Home at legitreviews.

Check out the new i7 2600K. Running @stock and overclocked @4.9GHz.


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Message 1063120 - Posted: 3 Jan 2011, 20:16:57 UTC - in response to Message 1063116.  

Well, 210 Watt Power Draw - not bad for a CPU. LOL
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Message 1063122 - Posted: 3 Jan 2011, 20:20:08 UTC - in response to Message 1063120.  
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Well, 210 Watt Power Draw - not bad for a CPU. LOL
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210 Watt when overclocked to 4.9GHz and under full load for the whole system. Read: "For measuring power used we plugged our test system in to a Kill-a-Watt power meter. Aside from the motherboard, CPU, and video card the test system used a single SATA DVD drive, an SSD, and two 120mm fans. ...".

So 210 Watt is pretty good.

(edit: No, I don't get money from Intel ... but I'm slightly excited *g*)
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Message 1063139 - Posted: 3 Jan 2011, 21:06:28 UTC


When i compare the price difference between a 980x and a 1090T.
I´m not exited.

No offence intended.

I´ve seen Phenoms running over 5 GHZ.

I want the best for the buck.



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Message 1063141 - Posted: 3 Jan 2011, 21:14:40 UTC - in response to Message 1063139.  
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I´ve seen Phenoms running over 5 GHZ.


Me too. But not on Air Cooling. And not crunching Folding@Home ;)


I want the best for the buck.


Me too. But since I have to pay for a processor only once, but for my power bill every month, I think I will update my AMD Phenom II X4 965 in the near future to a Intel 2600K ;)

EDIT:
Here's an excellent article in computerbase.de for our German speaking friends *g* - for all non-Germans: Just look at the numbers:
Performance vs. Power Draw. Intel Core i5-2500K for example is 57% more efficient than AMD 1100T.

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No, I am seriously not getting money from Intel :D
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Message 1063142 - Posted: 3 Jan 2011, 21:15:09 UTC - in response to Message 1063141.  

lets not forget that AMD has put on the 1100T which is jsut slightly faster than the 1090


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Message 1063375 - Posted: 4 Jan 2011, 10:05:12 UTC - in response to Message 1063028.  

it looks like Intel is still sticking with its pasting of dual cores together.

???

Doesn't look that way to me.[/url]
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Message 1063412 - Posted: 4 Jan 2011, 13:57:41 UTC - in response to Message 1063375.  

look at page 2 of Bents article You can see that there are 4 distinct chips not 1 solid chip. even by your pic it looks like they intentionally separated them.




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Message 1063437 - Posted: 4 Jan 2011, 14:57:31 UTC - in response to Message 1063412.  
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look at page 2 of Bents article You can see that there are 4 distinct chips not 1 solid chip. even by your pic it looks like they intentionally separated them.


???

I can see 4 cores. What's so weird about that?
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Message 1063453 - Posted: 4 Jan 2011, 15:50:59 UTC

Yeah I think originally wasn't it something to do with none shared cache and separate memory controllers that made it 'glued' together? This seems to have 4 separate core that share the rest of the die. Who know's for sure never actually took the trouble to find the definition of a "true" quad core considering it was mainly brought up originally as an AMD vs. Intel debate topic.
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Message 1063471 - Posted: 4 Jan 2011, 20:14:31 UTC

Sandy ridge is so 2010 - I'm waiting for Ivy Bridge
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Message 1063488 - Posted: 4 Jan 2011, 21:19:08 UTC - in response to Message 1063471.  
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Sandy ridge is so 2010 - I'm waiting for Ivy Bridge


But Ivy is only a Tick :D
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