Intel Core i5 750 reportedly arriving September 6, bringing Core i7 friends
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posted Jul 21st 2009 6:32PM
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So does this mean the Core 2 Duo computer I ordered from Dell that hasn't come yet is already obsolete? Dang, they don't even wait before the box gets here to make me feel miserable...thanks Intel!
You had the option to get an i7 processor through dell, so you chose to be obsolete before this press release came out!
I should have mentioned I got a 14 inch laptop - for the time Core 2 Duo was the best in that range
Core 2 processors didn't get any worse since i7 was released: so, no.
And there aren't any core i7 lappy procs anyway.
@whoawhoa
Your Core 2 Duo is just fine. The only Core i7/i5 chips for laptops coming out this year are power hungry quad-core models meant for large mobile workstations and desktop replacements (assuming thats not what you got). In Q1 2010, the mainstream dual-core i5/i3 mobile chips will be out, and they are 32nm too so they will have excellent performance/watt.
Not to mention the fact that most of the Nehalem improvements are really only taken advantage of by server and workstation applications. For the average user, the only time you'll ever notice an upgrade from an x core "Core 2" to a x core "Nehalem" is video encoding.
Turbo Boost? Turbo button is back!
8MB L3 Cache, good gravy.
I'm running a first generation, entry level Core 2 Duo. Upgrade time.
Socket LGA 1156 ???
Way to f*** over everyone who thought LGA 1366 had an upgrade path, Intel.
Bravo, you d***heads.
LGA 1156 will be the "mainstream"
LGA 1366 will be "enthusiast" there will probably be more chips for 1366, but they won't be cheap like their 1156 cousins.
Ya...AMD is looking pretty good right know isn't it.
No, because they perform like crap.
Man they better still bring those i7 6-cores for the 1366 socket. My i7 920 is great, but it would be awesome to upgrade in like a year to six-cores!
Yeah I'm gonna be going with AMD I think...least they've said that they're sticking with AM3 socket for a while
These chips also (if memory serves) have an integrated northbridge so you'd hardly be able to use the same motherboard for both anyhow. The LGA 1366 socket will most likely stick around anyhow, so I wouldn't complain too much about it. And as always, if you want to be an early adopter on the bleeding edge... prepare to do some bleeding.
And yes, I am currently on my self built dual 1366 system.
@King Mustard: At the amount AMD is charging and the way their upgrade path is laid out it just makes more sense.
Well I'm glad we got some AMD consumers. If no one liked them, then there wouldn't be any competition.
$53 for a 13W TDP difference over a .27hz loss .... ??
doesn't make much sense tho ....
The 750 (and 750s) don't have SMT (aka HTT) enabled which gives you only 1 thread per core. It's useful depending on what you do with the chip.
yummy
Mmm, someone isn't paying attention.
Notice that none of those are in the 9XX series. Anyone who bought into LGA1366 implicitly put their lot in for the high end (9XX or Xeon 55XX.) Triple-channel DDR3 controllers aren't available via LGA1156, along with higher base clocks. There's also something funky with the 1156 QPI that I don't quite remember at the moment.
The funky thing about the 1156 QPI is that the 1156 chips don't have it. They use DMI instead.
Ok - so I am right in the process of ordering PC parts for a new build...and in 1 day USB3 emerges on the Asus MB and now a whole series of new CPU's...choices, choices :)
Any idea where the new i7 870 fits in terms of crunching power relative to a i7 920? It's gonna get pretty busy in the i7 market.
It's probably a couple steps ahead, purely by virtue of time. However, the i7 920 has access to an extra channel on the memory controller if you really need it.
Also, LGA1156 probably won't see more than 4 cores for a long, long time (but then, you probably don't need more.)
The i7 920 is much better, you can overclock a 920 to 3.6-4.0ghz with no problems whatsoever... I run my i7 920 at 3.8ghz 24/7.
Plus the 1366 platform will have an upgrade path to the 6-core 32nm Gulftown processors in 2010.
wow new sockets already
What happened to core i6? Did I just miss or what?
you did not miss anything
You have Core i3, i5 and i7.
i1, i2, i4, and i6 doesn't exists. I have no idea why they decided to do this. And having 2 Core i7 with different sockets just makes things even more confusing.
I think it's all a nod to the British military intelligence structure. There's MI-5 and MI-6, but not MI-13.
After viewing a LGA1156 socket I can say that socket is the worst designed LGA socket I have scene come out of Intel. Literally a screw holds the retention plate in place...faceplam.
Meh, I'm happy with my Q6600. Considering I bought it for £105 it certainly gives a lot of grunt :D
Wow, September is going to be a fun month. The USB 3 boards should start popping up along with these new i5's and i7's, and DX11 cards should show up (albeit in limited supply). I was planning to build a new computer in August, but now I want to see how the new 750 and 860 hold up compared to the 920. I hope Anandtech can get hold of a finished chip soon and give us more tests to make the decision easier.
I'm all for the new i5's, i7's and anything faster, better, and with an overall reduction in power and a improvement on speed, it's just a case of waiting for things to cool off and waiting for the chips to get cheaper and better. Those that complain about having just bought a new system that seems outdated already are nothing new. thats just how it works these days! Upgrade after upgrade, you can never keep up with it! But that's the way things are.
Ok, I know hyperthreading isn't the same as having more cores, but why would you want the 4-core i5 with no hyperthreading at 2.66Ghz (3.2 OC) when the dual-core i5 WITH hyperthreading at 3.3Ghz (3.6 OC) is available for the same price? What type of applications handle 4 cores better than 2 with HT?
And just to make things harder: with the advent of more GPU utilization outside of gaming (like in encoding/decoding HD video), would a faster dual core compete better against a quad-core?
For things like HD video tasks, hyper-threading can't compare with physical cores, plus the quad-core part launches in about 6 weeks, the dual-core probably won't ship until March.
Everyone Agree that Waiting is probably the best option til September if I were planning a new build? USB 3.0, SATA 6.
Would you still do the 920 over this 860 with a 1366 socket?
Mmmmmm inte 64
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