Core i7

Discussion in 'Processors, Motherboards & Memory' started by Trinity, Aug 30, 2008.

  1. g0tanks

    g0tanks Newbie

    What LCD do you want?
     
  2. Spanner

    Spanner Newbie

    Well here in Australia we are still waiting for some price drops , which i hope we get.....
     
  3. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    The price will always drop but it will take a long while for the Core i7 because it will be the highest-end desktop processor. Intel will not be introducing faster processor until very, very much later. Instead they will be introducing lower-end models - Lynnfield and then Havendale.
     
  4. The_YongGrand

    The_YongGrand Just Started

    Just curious, are these newer architecture of these processors actually focuses on gaming/media applications, or those number-crunching applications (mathematical modelling, simulations), or both? :D
     
  5. ZuePhok

    ZuePhok Just Started

    i7 has a Core2 engine with revamped "direct-connect" I/O. it's a server chip.
     
  6. SkyLegendz

    SkyLegendz Newbie

  7. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

  8. Brolloks

    Brolloks Newbie

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  9. ZuePhok

    ZuePhok Just Started

    i think it's better to hold back ur puchase, and wait for the 2-channel Nahelam instead since 3 channel offers virtually no performance improvement over 2-channel. So, unless you can't wait, otherwise why waste the moolahhhh?
     
  10. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Bragging rights mah.... :haha: :haha:
     
  11. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Just Started

    too much moolah? :haha:

    life is short, so...
    use moolah with wise
    :p
     
  12. Max_87

    Max_87 huehuehue

    Corrected :mrgreen:
     
  13. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    LOL!! The world economy is counting on you to keep sales up! :haha: :haha:
     
  14. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Just Started

    don't be so direct :wicked:
     
  15. karhoe

    karhoe Newbie

    So does QPI works like HTT?

    Anyway, seems like i7 processors are on the shelves now, so if I were to choose between a faster quad core or slower i7 at the same price, which is better to get?
     
  16. g0tanks

    g0tanks Newbie

    I think the slower i7 would be better, it would probably also perform better in applications that don't support quad core since it still has 8 threads.
     
  17. Unixlord

    Unixlord Newbie

    You're not making any sense.
     
  18. g0tanks

    g0tanks Newbie

    Doesn't the i7 basically have 2 threads per core? Wouldn't that make it a bit faster than a normal quad with only one thread per core?
     
  19. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

  20. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Yeah, isn't HyperTreading similar to having more cores?
     

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