I guess I'm not missing much?

easyrider · 26 Jan 2011 at 20:46

Keeping my i7 920@ 4ghz and not going SB?

setter · 26 Jan 2011 at 20:51

Came to the same conclusion myself, upgrade the gpu's when they start to struggle, which could be a while tbh.

SeraphX · 26 Jan 2011 at 20:51

come over to the amd camp

Essexraptor · 26 Jan 2011 at 20:56

easyrider said:
Keeping my i7 920@ 4ghz and not going SB?

It's just not worth it upgrade wise for i7 920/930/950 users at the moment

come over to the amd camp

Nope!

Loque · 27 Jan 2011 at 01:41

nope, totally pointless upgrade right now. When the time comes for upgrades, it will be GPU's being upgraded first.

hyperst · 27 Jan 2011 at 02:51

what about i5 750 users?

hedgey · 27 Jan 2011 at 03:30

what about c2d users?

bifday2k · 27 Jan 2011 at 03:57

why would anyone with an I7 want to move, is there anything u do an I7 can't take in its stride, i know mine laughs at anything i throw at it.

Hotwired · 27 Jan 2011 at 04:03

hyperst said:
what about i5 750 users?

What about them?

If you bought an i5 you didn't need the hyperthreading of an i7, games-wise you're missing out on nothing.

ryu · 27 Jan 2011 at 04:28

if youve got the upgrade itch then its always worth it

95thrifles · 27 Jan 2011 at 04:49

Still on 775 here

and no need to upgrade
and gfx is still ATi 4000 series too, still max out all games at 1920x1200 without slowdown, maybe drop AA a little but thats no great shakes

shrek2 · 27 Jan 2011 at 08:26

Well you're missing trying to get a 2500k to 5ghz. I haven't succeeded so far

OLDPHART · 27 Jan 2011 at 15:19

shrek2 said:
Well you're missing trying to get a 2500k to 5ghz. I haven't succeeded so far

Hope you get there.

But as one or two have said i7 at 4.0 > 4.2 GHz is still a great performer, will last a good while yet.

Muel · 27 Jan 2011 at 15:29

What a ridiculous upgrade strategy! I tend to build and upgrade that rig as far as it can realistically go, run it until it's dieing and wayyy superceeded, then upgrade.

I went from a socket 478 P4 HT at 2.4ghz to my current 965BE setup. Next upgrade for me won't be until DDR4 is out at least!

Dr_Watson · 27 Jan 2011 at 17:10

hedgey said:
what about c2d users?

250% increase in frames with FSX isn't bad. It's mega CPU dependant though so maybe doesn't mean much for other types of games.

neo-omega · 28 Jan 2011 at 00:17

95thrifles said:
Still on 775 here and no need to upgrade
and gfx is still ATi 4000 series too, still max out all games at 1920x1200 without slowdown, maybe drop AA a little but thats no great shakes

Exactly the same here! I don't expect to upgrade my system before windows 8

joeyjojo · 28 Jan 2011 at 00:43

Easyrider, you've gone soft!

Muel said:
What a ridiculous upgrade strategy! I tend to build and upgrade that rig as far as it can realistically go, run it until it's dieing and wayyy superceeded, then upgrade.

I went from a socket 478 P4 HT at 2.4ghz to my current 965BE setup. Next upgrade for me won't be until DDR4 is out at least!

The only two upgrade strategies which make sense - the Easyrider Method and the Muel Method. Either wait until it's on its last legs, or upgrade immediately and sell your old stuff before it depreciates (that used to be the Easyrider method anyway..)

bJN · 28 Jan 2011 at 01:46

Muel said:
Next upgrade for me won't be until DDR4 is out at least!

iirc haven't Samsung already brought out their DDR4 modules?

Arthalen · 28 Jan 2011 at 08:15

Got an i7 950 @ stock :eek:

and it destroys anything I throw at it. Handbrake just laughs at the encoding I throw at it.

Definitely will be sitting out Sandybridge and the i7 replacement later this year. May overclock if I need a bit more grunt before upgrading again - this i7 really, really is the beans.

johny dolan · 28 Jan 2011 at 11:58

With a single 6970 and a i7 at 4 gig you wont see any gain.

Sli 580s or xfire and a sandy at 4.5 or higher you would see a gain.