How good is sandybridge x264 performance

[glenimp617]

Not sure if anyone knows of leaked sandybridge specs regarding its x264 performance....if not, anyone have a good idea?

Just wondering how it would compare to an i7 @ 4ghz

Need more oomph

Thanks

 

[Dark_Angel]

google sandy bridge performance preview.

1 or 2 sites have a comparison of it... it's pretty decent...

 

[DragonQ]

Not sure about x264 specifically but it seems to be ~15% faster clock-for-clock and also overclocks quite a lot higher than Nehalem/Westmere (supposedly 4.5-5 GHz on air but we'll see). You would want an i7-2600K rather than the popular choice (i5-2500K) for HyperThreading, which x264 uses pretty well. That has a bulk price of $317 so it'll probably be around £250.