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The crew at Coolaler have posted some pictures and benchmarks of what appears to be a 2.5GHz Sandy Bridge engineering sample. You are going to need a translator if you want to do more than look at the pictures and benchmarks.
 
Nice. When is a mainstream (i.e. not 980X) Sandy Bridge 1366 socket CPU coming though?
 
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2010/04/21/intel-sandy-bridge-details-of-the-next-gen/1

Sandy Bridge 'E': Patsburg
Next is Sandy Bridge 'E' (Enthusiast or Extreme, take your pick) 'Patsburg' platform, which features a huge new LGA2011 socket to replace LGA1366 in Q3 next year (although right now that seems dubiously convenient given the year of launch). The larger socket is to accommodate the new four channel DDR3 memory controller this platform will offer, as well as the first outing for PCI Express 3 - of which we'll get 32 lanes bolted into the CPU itself. The lanes can be split between 2x16 and 4x8 for multi-GPU, but again, there's no details about CrossFire or SLI support at this early stage.

Like LGA1156/1155 motherboards, LGA2011 motherboards will have only a Southbridge, but whether this Southbridge is called 'X68' (as some Taiwanese manufacturers are saying), we don't yet know. The new Southbridge seems like a complete update with a real focus on the single-socket workstation and server market as it houses two SATA 3Gbps and ten SATA/SAS 6Gbps ports. The interconnect is still a 4x PCI-E 2.0 DMI link between this and the CPU, providing some 2Gbit/s of bandwidth.

That's all for now, we'll keep you updated as we learn more!

Oh, one last thing: one of our sources states LGA2011 will launch with quad-and six-core CPUs (with Hyper-Threading so eight and 12 execution units) although another source has stated eight-core CPUs are also on their way.
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I'm glad he ran CPUMark99. That's more informative than most benchmarks out there. :rolleyes:
 
Did anyone see any thermals (damn stupid small work monitor) that's all I really care about because I'm sure the performance should be where i want it to be
 
it appears as though speed of the CPU is somewhat lacking, when compared with other offerings that are currently available... Am I missing something here?
 
chrono03 said:
it appears as though speed of the CPU is somewhat lacking, when compared with other offerings that are currently available... Am I missing something here?
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It's an early sample running at much lower clock speeds and running on an early platform, just like all of these unofficial previews. :p The amount of information given on that forum link is small and doesn't really show much.

Intel's projections for SB are a 20% improvement over Nehalem, which likely includes both the clock speed increases and core improvements.
 
So much for the 1366 socket being "future proof"

I no longer count on being able tolater upgrade the CPU when I buy a motherboard/cpu. The sockets change too often or there's no Bios support for the newer chips.
 
I don't pay as much attention to CPU's as I should. Am I getting a fairly priced six core on my 1366 socket?
 
nutzo said:
So much for the 1366 socket being "future proof"

I no longer count on being able tolater upgrade the CPU when I buy a motherboard/cpu. The sockets change too often or there's no Bios support for the newer chips.
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THIS!

It's bullshit. Intel can't put out a 6 or 8 core Core i7 1366 at an affordable price?
 
coolaler also mentioned something about Sandy Bridge and LGA 2011 with quad channel memory with 8 cores/ 16 threads

so much for future proof sockets :rolleyes:
 
What I find more annoying is that LGA1156 is being replaced with LGA1155 ...

Also , why would anyone use 3Dmark2001 to test a CPU ?

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lolz saw that coming but nope every ones like GETZ 1388 IZ FUTOR POOF

Told you so :p
 
By the time 2011 socket comes out it'll be another year. Core i7 I think came out early 2009. Thats around 2.5 years of one socket. Seems like a good run to me.
 
Galvin said:
By the time 2011 socket comes out it'll be another year. Core i7 I think came out early 2009. Thats around 2.5 years of one socket. Seems like a good run to me.
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I agree. Sandy Q3 2011? That's if everything goes as planned and if it does, there's no pressure to upgrade until better motherboards and memory are released.
 
I love how we Americans sent most of out stuff over seas to be researched and made and they can't even keep an NDA.
 
Other thing is here any i7 at 4.0 or so is going to be damn fast for a long time
i dont think ill need a new CPU for a few years now
 
Just recently build my Core i7 lga1366, no regrets.

I'm not one who must always get the latest and greatest, I usually only upgrade when there's a huge difference. Point is, Current i7 will last many users for some time, and by the time we need an upgrade, there will be new stuff out that would have required an upgrade to a new platform anyway (more memory channel, new PCIE standard, integrated SATA3, etc)
 
So the Wiki (if you can believe it) says Sandy Bridge is supposed to start at 3.0GHz, be 32nm and supposedly be incorporating a GPU on die at some point and be the successor to Nehalem.

This doesn't look too impressive as engineering samples go. I expected 2 more cores at least...

I guess it's early though.
 
All the reason to stick with my Q6600 that I have had since early 2007 on my trusty Abit IP35Pro... Seriously... waiting for an 8 core product. Too many socket changes..
 
E8400 is still getting the job done for me. Even though with the OC its showing its age.
I'll jump on the I7 bandwagon about the time the new socket is released. That's when the best deals pop up.
 
I don't like this. 775 came out in ~04 and lasted until late '08. That's over 4 years... almost 5
AM2 was ~06 and is still going with tweaks. That's a similar lifecycle to 775.

Now, 1156 is basically dying already after what, a year? Late '08 to potentially mid-late '11 for 1366 which has consistently been comparatively more than I can ever remember spending on a motherboard and it's gonna last MAYBE 3 years at best? I understand they have a performance lead, but I get the feeling they're just throwing motherboard manufacturers a bone and screwing people because they can.
 
Someone advised me a year ago to wait for a new build, and now I am glad I can wait. My trusty Q6600 still has some life in it.

Nice, car-driving doggie, btw!
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InternationalHat said:
I don't like this. 775 came out in ~04 and lasted until late '08. That's over 4 years... almost 5
AM2 was ~06 and is still going with tweaks. That's a similar lifecycle to 775.

Now, 1156 is basically dying already after what, a year? Late '08 to potentially mid-late '11 for 1366 which has consistently been comparatively more than I can ever remember spending on a motherboard and it's gonna last MAYBE 3 years at best? I understand they have a performance lead, but I get the feeling they're just throwing motherboard manufacturers a bone and screwing people because they can.
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775 was out for a long time.. Thats socket, you still needed newer chipsets for the newer 775 CPUs to work.. So 775 lasting 20 years still wouldn't matter
 
pxc said:
I'm glad he ran CPUMark99. That's more informative than most benchmarks out there. :rolleyes:
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Or you could give us some benchmarks with relevant programs and not let this guy waste our time....Oh wait you don't have the CPU....:D
 
jwalk6 said:
So the Wiki (if you can believe it) says Sandy Bridge is supposed to start at 3.0GHz, be 32nm and supposedly be incorporating a GPU on die at some point and be the successor to Nehalem.

This doesn't look too impressive as engineering samples go. I expected 2 more cores at least...

I guess it's early though.
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yeah it's pretty early.

It says stepping 2 on the CPU-Z.

My mobile i7 says stepping 5...if that's of any consolation.
 
CacaSapo said:
I'm still on a [email protected]. I plan on upgrading to an i7 eventually.

Go ahead, Intel, keep changing sockets. All that does is drive the "old" CPU prices down.
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Except the i7 920 is still almost the same price as when I bought it when it first came out...a year and a half ago.

Same with DDR3. It's messed up.
 
i like my q6600, but this doesn't look too interesting over current offerings really.

lets see how amd bulldozer turns out.

what i'm really waiting for is a mainstream, price competitive 6+ core chip on a new architecture. the 6 core amd offerings are nice, but the clock per clock speed is what kills it for me, even if they are overclocking monsters.
 
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