I7 now or Sandy Bridge Q1 2011?

[docshaw]

I am going to get a new computer some time soon and game a lot, should I go ahead and get an i7 now or wait a few months and get the new sandy bridge technology?

 

[cjl]

That depends on how desperately you need a new computer. I'd personally wait for Sandy Bridge to come out, but if you really need a computer right now, then it might be worth buying now.

 

[Wisecracker]

I'm not so sure you will lust after the 'Granny' Sandy if you have the hots for i7. Sandy Bridge-E should (get you excited ) roll sometime in Q2-2011.

Nobody knows, but the *E* will probably cost a bit more than the current i7 arch - LOL

 

[xaira]

i tell people who are buying now, either get amd or 1366, i think intel might release sandy sooner than we think, ES have been out for a while now and benchies are even available, id wait

 

[reccy]

Which ever you get, it will be outdated and "old". I personally think the Sandy Bridge aint gonna be that huge of a performance boost over the i7's. Not huge meaning not WOW i need one right now as it makes my OC'd i7 930 look like a Intel Celeron 1.8ghz

 

[cjl]

I'm not so sure you will lust after the 'Granny' Sandy if you have the hots for i7. Sandy Bridge-E should (get you excited ) roll sometime in Q2-2011.

Nobody knows, but the *E* will probably cost a bit more than the current i7 arch - LOL

The "midrange" sandy bridge stuff that's coming out in Q1 should quite handily beat any i7 on the market today except the 6-core ones, so I wouldn't so quick to dismiss it.

 

[xaira]

http://hwbot.org/article/newsflash/639_sandy_bridge_benchmark_results_leaked

 

[BadTrip]

cjl nailed it in both his posts.

 

[Wisecracker]

The "midrange" sandy bridge stuff that's coming out in Q1 should quite handily beat any i7 on the market today except the 6-core ones, so I wouldn't so quick to dismiss it.

Is that why it scores 4.63 in Cinebench 11.5 with 4 cores and 8 threads?

Photo from above linky

 

[BadTrip]

Is that why it scores 4.63 in Cinebench 11.5 with 4 cores and 8 threads?

Photo from above linky

WOW, post a three month old article. Much newer info below:


http://www.anandtech.com/show/3871/the-sandy-bridge-preview-three-wins-in-a-row/9

 

[fatedcloud]

It's not like sandy bridge will be better then all i7 processors. If you get a real good i7 you'll be straight for a few years tbh. And i doubt you will get the best sandy bridge anyway.

 

[xaira]

oh crap, i forgot about the anand review...lo0l

good looking out badtrip

 

[fazers_on_stun]

WOW, post a three month old article. Much newer info below:


http://www.anandtech.com/show/3871/the-sandy-bridge-preview-three-wins-in-a-row/9

LOL!

Also David Kanter has a pretty good tech-detailed article on SB.

Of course the real proof will be with the shipping product, so we'll just hafta wait a bit over 3 months to see...

 

[Mousemonkey]

@fzr2400, start your own thread rather than trying to hijack this one. And if you do start your own don't bump it if no one takes any notice of it.