is sandy bridge better than bloomfield?

[pspcpog]

or bulldozer maybe?

 

[topdog@OC]

Only thing that puts me off sandy bridge is is SLI and crossfire you cannot do 16x16 only 8x8x

This is a limitation of the motherboards you've looked at, there are ones with dual 16x lanes (that will stay 16x) in SLI.

However anybody who seems to have tested 16x16x and 8x8x hasn't shown any differences between the two (at least in the 3 tests I saw).

 

[cmndr_andi]

This review shows the difference between dual SLI setups on the P67 board, comparing x16/x16 and x8/x8 boards performance with the same cards installed (the x16/x16 boards use a nf200 bridging chip to provide the extra lanes).

In a dual card arrangement the difference is pretty small.

 

[logi-cat]

without a shadow of a doubt

 

[bulldog147]

Are Intel going to make sandybridge for 1366 socket ?

 

[Jasonst888]

Cost to benefit ratio, You already pay a premium for a 8x8 board over a 16x4....a 16x16 costs more again and for how much more performance? I'd say its not worth it, but then again we are only guessing as to how good the chip(SB E)/mobo will be at it....but I doubt it will justify the extra expense...

 

[Random Guy]

Lets see....yes Sandybridge is a better performer. Is it worth the price of admission (new mobo + cpu for an approx. 10%increase)? No, not really. Your Bloomfield should keep you nice and toasty till the next tick so I personally would not even consider an upgrade.

 

[DragonQ]

Are Intel going to make sandybridge for 1366 socket ?

No, they will have a new high-end socket for "Sandy Bridge-E", called LGA2011. It's analogous to LGA1366 in that it is a "high end" or "performance" socket combined with a new chipset, X79. Like with X58, it'll have loads of PCI-E channels, QPI instead of DMI and quad channel RAM instead of dual (or triple).

 

[captainrobwash]

It is quite annoying when u buy the latest greatest technology and then they release 'lower tech' thats faster

 

[bulldog147]

It is quite annoying when u buy the latest greatest technology and then they release 'lower tech' thats faster

I completed agree +1

Intel is crafty a cheek! Even thought I had £4000 cash spare myself but I almost order i7 2500K spec under £1300 before I changed me mind and stick with my current i7 920.

 

[Brutos]

i was going to change my x58 too but decided not to and just upgrade the parts available to me

 

[Martini1991]

I completed agree +1

Intel is crafty a cheek! Even thought I had £4000 cash spare myself but I almost order i7 2500K spec under £1300 before I changed me mind and stick with my current i7 920.

How's it cheeky?
X58 offers more bandwidth etc...