Intel overclocks Sandy Bridge CPU to 4.9GHz VIDEO INCLUDED!

[coughs]

Intel has provided quite a bit about its upcoming Sandy Bridge processors, slated for early 2011, but only now do enthusiasts have something to start drooling over. The chip giant this week held a session where it did some impressive Sandy Bridge air-cooled overclocking, according to APC Mag.

Though not many details were allowed to be disclosed, we do know that a new CPU corresponding to the current quad-core Core i7 875K (the K refers to an unlocked multiplier) was overclocked and tested running Cinebench R11.5. With only air cooling, the processor managed to run at 4.9GHz (Intel requested that the original speed of the CPU before overclocking not be disclosed), and apparently outperformed a 12-core AMD Opteron "by a pretty healthy chunk." Considering the Opteron in question easily beats a Core i7 960 CPU on the Cinebench benchmark, this is quite good news for Intel.

The second generation of Intel Core processors definitely looks impressive based on this single result (remember: this wasn't a pre-production chip), though we'll have to wait to get some independent benchmark scores before we can really see how much of a difference Sandy Bridge will make for the upcoming Core i3s, i5s, and i7s, overclocked or not. Expect the first evaluation processors to be benchmarked very soon!

Source: http://www.techspot.com/news/40296-i...-to-49ghz.html

 

[Theophany]

Impressive, though without the specifications of the chip it's hard to tell just how impressive that is.

I'll wait before we see them en masse and how they perform against Bulldozer when that finally comes around. Looking forward to some good ol' competition between these two firms again!

 

[Temi_D]

Its pretty awesome...then I saw that the cpu is the unlocked 2600K version. I hope stories that only the expensive 'K' series will be overclockable are just rumors.

 

[HighlandeR]

Will be interesting too see Ocuk Sandy bridge Overclocked bundles

 

[Duke]

Are these tweaked i5/i7 chips or will be a new design completely?

 

[arknor]

im sure it wasnt cherry picked , i mean intel wouldnt do something like that now would they....

 

[linktoinsanity]

im sure it wasnt cherry picked , i mean intel wouldnt do something like that now would they....

Of course not.

Just like AMD wouldn't....

 

[Orcvader]

I want proof that it's being air cooled!

 

[Big.Wayne]

"In starting and waging a war it is not truth that matters, but victory!"

 

[Tweaker]

So this CPU is coming Q1? Or will the K CPU's come later on?

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Hopefully socket 1155 will have a longer lifespan than socket 1156.

 

[Duke]

Got one on pre-order, Big.Wayne?

 

[arknor]

Of course not.

Just like AMD wouldn't....

ofcourse they wouldnt

its all PR hype yet everyone falls for it everytime, i wonder how many chips they tried first.

maybe if they had a trolley with 1000cpus and they got overclocking sites to choose a random cpu and we could all see the results but as it is now its just pr bs

 

[nightmare99]

So this CPU is coming Q1? Or will the K CPU's come later on?

They should all launch at the same time.

 

[HighlandeR]

Still baffles me a bit why intel would release Core i5-2 and Core i7-2 early 2011 and then bring out a newer socket and improved Core i7-2 in fall 2011.... but then technology never sleeps

 

[matthab]

I want to build a new rig, this doesnt help lol

 

[domthecondom]

erm I thought you can't overclock these? :|

 

[shadow_boxer]

probably a very very cherry picked cpu! nice to know that they can be overclocked tho, wonder if retail ones will be able to however.

 

[Gundog48]

Just thinking about the price of these things...

I think shadow boxer is right in that Intel would have picked the finest chip available.

 

[FreeStream]

They've removed the video? :/