Intel i7 hits the streets

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The new Intel i7 series of chips hits computer retailers nationwide today with three variants available. All three are quad core processors.

Intel i7 hits the streets

 

[vodacom3g]

Must say the i7 seems to have done a few things right.

I especially like the dynamic clock management based on thermal load and the fact that a core with more load can get a higher clock speed.

Then hopefully the problems caused by the old FSB are now gone.

And having an effective 8 cores is not too shabby.

 

[antowan]

Must say the i7 seems to have done a few things right.

I especially like the dynamic clock management based on thermal load and the fact that a core with more load can get a higher clock speed.

Then hopefully the problems caused by the old FSB is now gone.

And having an effective 8 cores is not too shabby.

You are 100% right. The biggest thing for me is the drive down effect on pricing for older CPUs.

 

[Ou grote]

Looking forward to my next iMac, with an "8" core cpu.
Pity software takes so long to catch up.

 

[vodacom3g]

You are 100% right. The biggest thing for me is the drive down effect on pricing for older CPUs.

I'm already trying to figure out how to morally justify upgrading my current QuadCore system. Vista is normally a good excuse: "need better hardware to overcome a slow OS..."

The problem is cost at the moment:

CPU -R7K (2.93MHz)
Mobo - R4K
RAM - R5K (6GB, 1600)

 

[antowan]

I'm already trying to figure out how to morally justify upgrading my current QuadCore system. Vista is normally a good excuse: "need better hardware to overcome a slow OS..."

The problem is cost at the moment:

CPU -R7K (2.93MHz)
Mobo - R4K
RAM - R5K (6GB, 1600)

 

[supersunbird]

I'm already trying to figure out how to morally justify upgrading my current QuadCore system. Vista is normally a good excuse: "need better hardware to overcome a slow OS..."

The problem is cost at the moment:

CPU -R7K (2.93MHz)
Mobo - R4K
RAM - R5K (6GB, 1600)

And here I am trying to reason that R900 I need to spend for a A64x2 3GHz 6000+ (I got a 2.6GHz x2) and the R2000 for a 9800 GT (I got a 7900 GT)

 

[vodacom3g]

Looking forward to my next iMac, with an "8" core cpu.
Pity software takes so long to catch up.

A good OS will sort most of it for you. Unless you tend to run one big app and need it to be multi-threaded.

I typically run a large number of simple apps concurrently, Office, browsers, etc. So a good underlying OS will help here, balancing the load over several cores. And this is where the i7 is better than the Core2 processors.