Huge article on Sandy Bridge

[Dark_Angel]

I don't believe all this 5Ghz on air garbage. I'm guessing the majority will max out at about 4.4Ghz, the golden ones doing about 4.6-4.8 on water.



News to me... msot benchmarks show the new Sandybridge processors only about 1-5% better clock for clock than current i7's, the game benchmarks that show huge gains are because of the much better turbo mode on Sandybridge.... useless for overclockers.

Yes, complete garbage considering every person so far I've seen with one is *EASILY* hitting 4.5GHZ, with not trying. Most are hitting 4.8+ with a tiny bit of effort.

 

[ATIorNvidia]

Yes, complete garbage considering every person so far I've seen with one is *EASILY* hitting 4.5GHZ, with not trying. Most are hitting 4.8+ with a tiny bit of effort.

I'll believe it when I see consumers hitting those clocks Prime/LinX stable, not reviewers. I love it when people say it *easily* hits a certain clock.... I remember Nehalem was supposed to *easily* hit about 4.4Ghz stable.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

It will be interesting to see if Intel release any sub £125 K series CPUs. Even the article says the following:

"Overall, there is only one serious issue with Sandy Bridge, as we can tell at this time: overclocking. While the users in higher price range will be able to get an overclocking-friendly processor with an unlocked multiplier by paying a little bit extra, in the sub-$200 range there won’t be anything like that. So, LGA1155 platform will also set another tendency: Intel’s intention to prevent overclocking of their inexpensive CPUs. However, I doubt it will have any effect on the popularity of the overclocking phenomenon: AMD will happily open their arms for all users who love to squeeze all juices out of their systems, as they should also launch a milestone product next year aka Bulldozer."

 

[Dark_Angel]

I'll believe it when I see consumers hitting those clocks Prime/LinX stable, not reviewers. I love it when people say it *easily* hits a certain clock.... I remember Nehalem was supposed to *easily* hit about 4.4Ghz stable.

Most of those I've read aren't reviewers, instead they're simply regular folks who managed to source one (they are posting on forums). Most review sites are still under NDA. A lot of the guys on XS forums are from asia, and they've already got them.

They had to buy them too, and one guy even showed pictures of them at his local store. Hardly golden sample review copies.

And, once again, even if I get 4.5GHZ, they run cooler and are faster clock for clock anyway.

 

[opethdisciple]

Question is (and purely from a gaming perspective) do we need anything better than the core i7?

For it to be a truely great chip, I would 'wish' & 'dream' for higher minimums from my 5870...

 

[HighlandeR]

Most of those I've read aren't reviewers, instead they're simply regular folks who managed to source one (they are posting on forums). Most review sites are still under NDA. A lot of the guys on XS forums are from asia, and they've already got them.

They had to buy them too, and one guy even showed pictures of them at his local store. Hardly golden sample review copies.

And, once again, even if I get 4.5GHZ, they run cooler and are faster clock for clock anyway.

I hope 4.5ghz ocuk bundles appear, but would be the icing on the cake if we see ocuk do some 5ghz bundles my only concern would be if we see/hear of the similar overheating issues from current core i7 @ 4ghz ocuk bundles, I recall many having issues saying 4ghz seemed to be too high and stability was fine at 3.8ghz. Obviously could be other issues but still a concern.

 

[Dark_Angel]

I'd be shocked if 4.5GHZ (or thereabouts) wasn't what OCUK offered. Either way, it'll be an interesting period for us as buyers.

 

[Duke]

Question is (and purely from a gaming perspective) do we need anything better than the core i7?

For it to be a truely great chip, I would 'wish' & 'dream' for higher minimums from my 5870...

Have to agree a bit. Even the i5 I have is perfectly fine for now. SB should bring some good improvements on efficiency but that doesn't matter so much for gamers really.

 

[farmer]

Interesting article and o/c info, cheers very much dude!