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All the new CPUs are disappointing

Invader675

Invader675

Invader675

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Overall I'm disappointed with the CPUs coming out this year.

The solid work horse i7's are more than capable of dealing with anything that will come out in the next 5 years. There is no need to upgrade if you own an i7, other than the bragging rights.

AMD are making totally distorted claims about AM3+

http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Bulldozer-Performance-Detailed-180197.shtml


Sandy bridge is an overclockers nightmare, frying themselves if you fiddle the voltage and performing in a real life situation not a lot better than the previous generation.
 
Invader675 said:
The solid work horse i7's are more than capable of dealing with anything that will come out in the next 5 years. There is no need to upgrade if you own an i7, other than the bragging rights.
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This is true for you. Don't assume it's true for everyone.
 
Invader675 said:
Overall I'm disappointed with the CPUs coming out this year.


Sandy bridge is an overclockers nightmare, frying themselves if you fiddle the voltage and performing in a real life situation not a lot better than the previous generation.
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Interesting assessment. The nonK series SBs are not for overclockers, but the K series appear to be rather friendly to clockers. Provided, of course, people have an understanding of the limits.

SB is faster than the previous generation, is made on a smaller die so will be cheaper to produce and uses less power. Those are significant improvements.
 
ROFL, we'be had issues with people frying processors every time intel switches to a new node... it will happen until people realise they can't put bare volts into them like the previous node...
 
Invader675 said:
Overall I'm disappointed with the CPUs coming out this year.

The solid work horse i7's are more than capable of dealing with anything that will come out in the next 5 years. There is no need to upgrade if you own an i7, other than the bragging rights.

AMD are making totally distorted claims about AM3+

http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Bulldozer-Performance-Detailed-180197.shtml


Sandy bridge is an overclockers nightmare, frying themselves if you fiddle the voltage and performing in a real life situation not a lot better than the previous generation.
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How can u say its a bad year for cpu,z.
my i7920 watercooled at 4.3ghz gets blown away by a quiet i7 2600k on air.
there is no way this is a bad move by Intel. ppl moan about wanting a new upgrade tech etc. one comes out and ppl moan.
 
Dazboots said:
How can u say its a bad year for cpu,z.
my i7920 watercooled at 4.3ghz gets blown away by a quiet i7 2600k on air.there is no way this is a bad move by Intel. ppl moan about wanting a new upgrade tech etc. one comes out and ppl moan.
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seriously :confused: I didn't think they were THAT much better.
Might be tempted after all. How much faster have you found them to be?
 
glen8 said:
seriously :confused: I didn't think they were THAT much better.
Might be tempted after all. How much faster have you found them to be?
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1 boot up time i can boot up from dead in about 13 seconds.
the bios on this board is great and makes everything seem much faster.
i have gone from a rampage 3 extreme with dual x16 pcie lanes to p8p67 deluxe
with 2x 8pcie lanes. i can still get loads higher scores on air.
fan running quiet and thats @ 4.5 ghz. will go loads higher but u dont need to.
running 200 mhz more with less volts. that is a very good upgrade in my option. on 3dmark 11 im just short of 11k
 
My 2600k was stupidily easy to overclock to 4.6GHz (temps below 69c @24c room temp). Not sure what's dissapointing about that for those in the market for a new cpu.
 
It's relative to the people that buy one.

If you have a 5 year old processor then it's great, if you already have an i7 then it won't be massively better!

People shouldn't complain if you already have a good system, just dont buy one! :)
 
Invader675 said:
Overall I'm disappointed with the CPUs coming out this year.

The solid work horse i7's are more than capable of dealing with anything that will come out in the next 5 years. There is no need to upgrade if you own an i7, other than the bragging rights.

AMD are making totally distorted claims about AM3+

http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Bulldozer-Performance-Detailed-180197.shtml


Sandy bridge is an overclockers nightmare, frying themselves if you fiddle the voltage and performing in a real life situation not a lot better than the previous generation.
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Well, considering how far CPU performance has came on in the last few years, it's not a shock that we're hitting a bit of a wall.

That being said, I paid £180 for my Q9400, I paid £180 (ish) for my i5 2500k. Inflation adjusted I paid less for the i5, yet the thing destroys the old C2Q.

If people are expecting magic, and the new SB/Bulldozer chips to somehow make the last gen of CPU's look like Pentiums 4's, then maybe peoples expectations, rather than reality, is disappointing.
 
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