Who will buy Nehalem ASAP?

[Tempered81]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: Team42
That said, if the CPU turns out to be head and shoulders above Core 2, DDR3 lowers in price significantly, and Windows 7 (I wonder if there's a connection between Win 7 and i7?) is the bestest ever by far OS, I may be tempted.

Kinda like Athlon XP and Win XP?

haha

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Think Apple will file a lawsuit for use of their 'i' nomenclature?

Lawsuits are all the rage these days.

Not unless Apple started using the "i" nomenclature prior to 1981 when Intel released their iAPX 432 processor, or 1988 with the i960, or 1989 with the i860.

Not to mention the fact that they call themselves Intel and not Ntel.

 

[sgrinavi]

I'm not going to fork out $1000 for a low-end CPU/board/memory just to get in the club. I'll wait until the dust settles and it's off the bleeding edge.

 

[Cheex]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Think Apple will file a lawsuit for use of their 'i' nomenclature?

Lawsuits are all the rage these days.

Not unless Apple started using the "i" nomenclature prior to 1981 when Intel released their iAPX 432 processor, or 1988 with the i960, or 1989 with the i860.

Not to mention the fact that they call themselves Intel and not Ntel.

I think I agree with you Idontcare.

:beer:

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: Cheex
I think I agree with you Idontcare.

:beer:

I think I'll have it changed to iDontcare until such time that Intel sues my ass

But seriously who doesn't think that naming a highly anticipated super-performing CPU with a diminutive name like i7 isn't superior to the silliness of naming a known (internally, pre-launch) underperforming CPU with a hype name like Phenom?

Breath of fresh air if you ask me.

(Don't you just get a sinking feeling that AMD is going to name Deneb the Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?)

 

[bryanW1995]

my old boss was from afghanistan. he had a saying about things like phenom: you can't shine a turd.

 

[semisonic9]

First let me preface this by saying that I've done absolutely zero research on Nethalem whatsoever...

...but is it a socket 775, or will new mobos be mandatory?

~S

 

[minmaster]

new socket...

http://dl.maximumpc.com/galler...alembuild_011_full.jpg

LGA 1366

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: semisonic9
First let me preface this by saying that I've done absolutely zero research on Nethalem whatsoever...

...but is it a socket 775, or will new mobos be mandatory?

~S

A good start would have been to read this thread before you posted a question that's already been answered several times.

 

[sgrinavi]

Originally posted by: bryanW1995
my old boss was from afghanistan. he had a saying about things like phenom: you can't shine a turd.

I had a boss from Texas that used to say the same thing... go figure

 

[Denithor]

I was an early adopter with the C2D series to the tune of nearly $550 (e6400 for $265 + 965P-DS3 for $130 + 2GB OCZ Gold DDR2-667 for $150AR). I wasn't happy seeing new stuff come out soon after that was better priced (e4xxx series) for essentially the same performance.

All parts have since been replaced/upgraded with newer/faster/higher capacity components and my system is now plenty fast for my needs. So I don't see an i7 in my immediate future, maybe in a year or so if quads start to get real support in games.

 

[GrumpyMan]

Originally posted by: sgrinavi

Originally posted by: bryanW1995
my old boss was from afghanistan. he had a saying about things like phenom: you can't shine a turd.

I had a boss from Texas that used to say the same thing... go figure

I don't know why but I got a good laugh from this. My dad used to say something along those lines. :laugh:

 

[ochadd]

These replies suprise the heck out of me.

There's still plenty of people running high clock dual cores, myself included, and Nehalem would seem to be a great upgrade path. Everyone is pushing for multithreaded apps and it's inevitable that any major software release should benefit. Most reviews and predictions (yeah I know) seem to think it's going to OC like crazy. Memory performance will destroy anything out there.

Where is the weakness? It's not even relatively close to release and Intel has let reviews and previews come out. It's obvious they are proud to show it off. You would expect, if it was a dog or even something typical, they would keep a lid on it.

I'm leaning towards picking one up shortly after the initial review volley if there's no big surprises.

 

[solofly]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: Ocguy31
As soon as I can get an SLI board and the 2.66ghz chip.......

I don't think Nvidia got a license from Intel to make chipsets for Nehalem. You'll have to wait until some board makers decide to slap the Nvidia 200 chip onto an Intel chipset board (a la Skulltrail) before you can do SLI with Nehalem. At least, AFAIK.

As for Nehalem, I'll probably wait.

Asus so far is the only company planning to release a SLI board using the nforce 200 chips.

I pray and hope Asus comes out with a high-end board without nvdia's chip or at the very least capability of disabling it in BIOS. I'm planning to stick with Ati and Intel graphics only and the extra cost and heat isn't necessary...

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: ochadd
There's still plenty of people running high clock dual cores, myself included, and Nehalem would seem to be a great upgrade path. Everyone is pushing for multithreaded apps and it's inevitable that any major software release should benefit.

The question is do you wait until you get software that you personally use, which is hugely multithreaded... before buying, or do you buy first, then wait for software to come out?

I'd think most developers would aim for the lowest common denominator, like the minimum requirements you see on software boxes.

 

[Hugh H]

Originally posted by: solofly

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: Ocguy31
As soon as I can get an SLI board and the 2.66ghz chip.......

I don't think Nvidia got a license from Intel to make chipsets for Nehalem. You'll have to wait until some board makers decide to slap the Nvidia 200 chip onto an Intel chipset board (a la Skulltrail) before you can do SLI with Nehalem. At least, AFAIK.

As for Nehalem, I'll probably wait.

Asus so far is the only company planning to release a SLI board using the nforce 200 chips.

I pray and hope Asus comes out with a high-end board without nvdia's chip or at the very least capability of disabling it in BIOS. I'm planning to stick with Ati and Intel graphics only and the extra cost and heat isn't necessary...

Most of the first wave of X58 motherboards will come without the SLI chip. These were pretty much finished by the time Nvidia and Intel came with their SLI agreement.

 

[Hugh H]

Originally posted by: Zap


The question is do you wait until you get software that you personally use, which is hugely multithreaded... before buying, or do you buy first, then wait for software to come out?

I'd think most developers would aim for the lowest common denominator, like the minimum requirements you see on software boxes.

I don't need software... I just want a larger e-peen.








(j/k)

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: Hugh H

Originally posted by: Zap


The question is do you wait until you get software that you personally use, which is hugely multithreaded... before buying, or do you buy first, then wait for software to come out?

I'd think most developers would aim for the lowest common denominator, like the minimum requirements you see on software boxes.

I don't need software... I just want a larger e-peen.








(j/k)

That's what she said :shocked:

(yes, I know, attempting to recycle a sad joke from The Office)

 

[daveybrat]

Not sure i want to buy an expensive motherboard and i certainly don't want DDR3 right now. I think i'll wait to see how AMD's Deneb turns out before i switch to quad-core. I hope they are priced right.

 

[Roguestar]

As much as I'd like to upgrade (the geek lobe of my brain demands better hardware), I'm fairly happy with my E6300 @ 3.2GHz; I don't encode video or render stuff and gaming is mostly the highest demand on my system so while I'd love to upgrade to Nehalem it'd be a huge expense: motherboard, ram and CPU all at the same time when really I think I should probably buy myself an AMD 4850 in a couple of months and I'll be happy for the next year. I may just jump to 4GB of RAM and see what the next-gen AMD CPUs are like and if they push Nehalem's price down. Not holding my breath given AMD's fantastic ability to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat recently but any competition is good competition.

 

[faxon]

Originally posted by: Sureshot324

Originally posted by: Ocguy31
As soon as I can get an SLI board and the 2.66ghz chip.......

Same. DDR3 prices be damned. My upgrade from an Opteron 170 is long overdue.

i feel the pain here. im still using an OCed athlon 4000 (2.7ghz from 2.4) and i decided to give up on age of conan till i upgrade. im using a 939 mobo right now, and it is almost impossible to find a reasonably priced ($50-100) 939 CPU anymore since they dont make them at all and the FX chips are pretty rare. i plan on getting an extreme edition chip unless intel finally lets up on the OCers and ships the 2.66 unlocked.

ed: should probably mention i will wait at least a few weeks before buying. i have run into some serious problems with bleeding edge hardware in the past from buying fresh off the press (cough $300 7900GT OC DOA cough), and with AMDs new chips just around the corner also, they will probably knock a few figures off the prices intel has by then.

 

[EnzoLT]

Originally posted by: bryanW1995
my old boss was from afghanistan. he had a saying about things like phenom: you can't shine a turd.

you can always put glitter on it