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i7 die shrink?
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yeh sometime within the next 12months well before AMD but i cant imagine it being cheap tbh
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Not sure what AMD's doing exactly... i read something about them signing a contract with a factory and something about 'People' (that was in their name) so they could manufacture on 32nm or maybe even 22nm.
Westmere definitely exists on Intel's tick tock model. New architecture followed by a die shrink of that architecture the following year then back to the beginning.
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I thought it was due Q1 2010?
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The current i7 is such an overclocking pig though isn't it?
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I highly doubt they will die shrink the i7 to 32nm if the i9s are coming on it. Not for a while anyway. Also, I highly doubt it would be cheap.
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Yeah... so do pigs 
the 6 core i7s and the 12 cores probably coming in 2011 will be moving well ahead of the game in photoshop, 3d applications and video editing. I very much doubt they will be better than the 920 when it comes to gaming though, if anything maybe small fractions.
But of course were gonna be seeing gamers going omfgz i gotta have it, and seeing no performance increase except what they want to mentally believe.
then theres the overclocking with the 6 and 12 cores, I don't think its going to be easy at all getting a decent overclock out of them without some extreme cooling.
But of course were gonna be seeing gamers going omfgz i gotta have it, and seeing no performance increase except what they want to mentally believe.
then theres the overclocking with the 6 and 12 cores, I don't think its going to be easy at all getting a decent overclock out of them without some extreme cooling.
So what's the life cycle of the 920 going to be. Reluctant to buy into it with it being nearly a year old, however if may well be the best chip around price/performance wise for a good while.
Long I reckon....
A DO stepping I7-920 clocks to 4ghz on a decent board with a good cooler. The stock speed of I7 is unlikely to go much higher before the six core chips come out and the six core chips wont offer much more performance for most people in reality. Quads are only just proving their worth over dual cores for most tasks when you consider the extra heat and energy usage.... I reckon the advantage of a six core chip will just be a further case of diminishing returns at best. The good thing about the chip being a year old is the price has dropped to as low as its likely to go to and the stepping has been revised so the chip itself is better.
The 1366 socket is also likely to be around for a while and so may offer a viable upgrade path in the future.... AM3 has far less legs I reckon with regard to future upgrades.
The old argument of expense has been (partially) made redundant ... good boards cost £150 or less and DDR3 memory is nearly as cheap mer MB as DDR2