When does Skylake release?

Huntyz · 21 May 2015 at 20:44

I've thought about upgrading to skylake but really i doubt it will be much better, It all depends on how much they overclock and IPC improvement over what I've got.

And if its soldered or thermal paste again........

setter · 21 May 2015 at 20:48

Huntyz said:
I've thought about upgrading to skylake but really i doubt it will be much better, It all depends on how much they overclock and IPC improvement over what I've got.

And if its soldered or thermal paste again........

I'm considering it myself, but just gotta see a few benchmarks to see what performance is like. A proper soldered chip would be great to see.

colinmcr · 21 May 2015 at 22:12

I just read that chips going to partners in August but boards will be September. We'll see the boards come Computex in June, if not before.

ginjaninja · 22 May 2015 at 18:15

oops duplicate

8 Pack · 22 May 2015 at 23:04

I will be benching this at Computex for sure with MB partners. Will let you know the results when NDA's lift

!!!

setter · 22 May 2015 at 23:19

8 Pack said:
I will be benching this at Computex for sure with MB partners. Will let you know the results when NDA's lift !!!

Look forward to that.

ginjaninja · 23 May 2015 at 12:36

is the nda lift date available / not under nda?

Glaucus · 23 May 2015 at 13:08

What's the gain meant to be on U and Y variants for gfx?

And 8pack you need to make a couple of tablets. As everyone other than ms suck and MS release schedules are shocking.

ginjaninja · 23 May 2015 at 19:04

Big improvements have been predicted by the technical press for igpu i recall...will find the articles..

Glaucus · 24 May 2015 at 13:25

hanks, that would be helpful.
Really want something with 640m or above type gfx power built in. Last lot didn't come that close.

ginjaninja · 24 May 2015 at 14:38

http://wccftech.com/intel-skylake-processors-integrate-iris-gt4e-level-graphics-chip-features-72-execution-units-128-mb-edram-llc/

not the oracle but for this type of report wccftech i think can be trusted.

Compared to Haswell and Broadwell, we are looking at some decent extension in the number of Execution Units till the GT3 iGPU but the GT4e is way beyond the GT3e chips with 72 Execution Units. The chip will be featured across the Syklake S/H/K series processors with 64 MB eDRAM cache on LGA variants and 128 MB eDRAM cache on BGA variants.

Mads1 · 24 May 2015 at 14:57

Would a upgrade from haswell i7 4770k to skylake be worth it when it comes out, ive a new build soon and not sure what to do.

Orangey · 24 May 2015 at 15:18

If you value high storage speeds you will at least get that, but it probably won't be more than a couple of FPS in games.

ginjaninja · 24 May 2015 at 16:24

Mads1 said:
Would a upgrade from haswell i7 4770k to skylake be worth it when it comes out, ive a new build soon and not sure what to do.

pretty hard to justify

TheMorningStar · 26 May 2015 at 02:18

Doesn't seem a great gain out of it from what I have seen but good enough to wait for if you actually need a new machine. I'm trying to hold off, ideally until zen, maybe AMD can offer more competition and pricing will be better for everyone. As one of my cores just died it's looking a bit iffy for me to wait until zen!

BaronVonDuncs · 26 May 2015 at 09:45

Mads1 said:
Would a upgrade from haswell i7 4770k to skylake be worth it when it comes out, ive a new build soon and not sure what to do.

That's the boat I am in as well.

I was originally planning on a switch to a Broadwell i7 5775K and got a Z97 Maximus VII Formula to support that but now it seems like it not really worth it. So bit of a waste on the MOBO. Have to hope I could recover a bit of money if I stick it on Fleabay. Probably Skylake is the way to go but might be worth waiting until 2016 to see how prices and techs shake out a bit before taking the plunge.

dalehitchy1 · 27 May 2015 at 15:46

So a few asking about upgrading from the 4790k is worth it.... But how about the 2500k?
My gpu is and 6950 so that's a deffo upgrade around Christmas. It seems that most games nowadays though... Are asking for a better cpu then the current one I have. I think even the oculus wants the 4 series cpu.

inSilica · 27 May 2015 at 17:27

I'm not looking to upgrade too soon, maybe in 2-3yrs, have all that I need

However keeping an eye on Skytale

malachi · 27 May 2015 at 17:39

Mads1 said:
Would a upgrade from haswell i7 4770k to skylake be worth it when it comes out, ive a new build soon and not sure what to do.

Doubt it, price per performance wont be worth it. Unless you want to upgrade for the sake of it.

My 4790K is staying where it is.

24MARK24 · 27 May 2015 at 17:41

dalehitchy1 said:
So a few asking about upgrading from the 4790k is worth it.... But how about the 2500k.

I have a 2500k and have been waiting to upgrade to skylake, a lot of people moved on from the 2500k but I thought it was still a very capable processor!

I'm upgrading regardless of the performance results, as I'm hoping I should see a decent enough improvement.