Source and, the upcoming I3 & I5's seems to have higher stock speed than it's present counterparts. •Core i3 530 -2.93 GHz •Core i3 540 -3.06 GHz •Core i5 650 -3.20 GHz, with Turbo Boost speed of 3.43 GHz •Core i5 660 -3.33 GHz, with Turbo Boost speed of 3.60 GHz •Core i5 670 -3.43 GHz, with Turbo Boost speed of 3.73 GHz
damn intel for keeping us upgrading ~4ghz @ ~0.8v not bad, hope these dont perform like low end celerons
I'm pretty sure there are going to be a few that skip the quoted text and look purely at the clock speeds, for their benefit... These are dual core. I don't think anyone that has an i750/i860 around 4Ghz is going to regret their early purchase by the time these dual core variants come out
I would probably still consider one of those over my 750. Just game on my PC really, rarely do anything else which will push it and in my experience I higher clocked dual core tends to out perform a slower quad core. Still, will wait and see actual results when it is released, these are engineering samples, the results arent going to be that good for the majority of chips when theyre released
I imagine they will be replacing the E8400, E8500 and E8600 maybe? So similary to those would be my guess, around £120, £140 and £190. Though I could just have it completely wrong haha
i reckon the prices will be high, pretty much the above intel will be pushing the fact that these are dual core but at higher clock speeds, whereas quads are lower speeds but 4 cores
Could be one reason though why they're pushing present stocks with giveaways. Dual core with HT and Turbo with lower TDP, what else can you ask for if you're just gaming?
wonder if highly clocked duallys will give quads a run like in the previous gen 5ghz dually on air would be good for gaming i'd imagine
You don't need to maximise your usage, otherwise, your system will start to lag. It just nice to know your system has the power in case you need it, rather than knowing, your system does'nt have enough power when the need comes, leaving you no other options but to upgrade.
