core i5 performance preview

[happy medium]

Doesn't seem much slower then i7? 5%?

http://www.hardocp.com/article..._performance_preview/5

 

[RussianSensation]

Good stuff happy! I wish he pushed that i750 to the max though and then compared temperatures and power usage to a core i7 920 at 4.0ghz (if 750 can get up that high).

 

[Zensal]

Good review, but it would have been nice to see some real numbers.

Preliminary OC'ing results look good too.

 

[AdamK47]

Why bother with a Core i7 let alone a Core i5 when the Core 2 Quads are nearly as fast. Right? Right?!?!

 

[Idontcare]

Shifting back to today, we are making an effort to keep everyone happy, meaning HardOCP readers and Intel. Intel gives us great support here at HardOCP and we do not want to forsake the relationship built over the years.

So, while this week we will take a couple of looks at Intel new Core i5, we will not be sharing any actual benchmark numbers till the official launch date and time which is next week.

What an utterly worthless "preview". The only thing we readers learned was that HardOCP likes the fact Intel butters their bread. I guess Nvidia didn't do such a good job in that dept.

Now this is a preview. And here is another example of what a "real" preview entails.

All OCP just did there was separate the men from the boys in my bookmarks folder. I guess they should rename the site "SoftOCP" after taking such a weak-ass stance on their preview situation :laugh:.

 

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: AdamK47
Why bother with a Core i7 let alone a Core i5 when the Core 2 Quads are nearly as fast. Right? Right?!?!

Well, obv for now, anyone with a C2Q and decent mobo/overclock shouldn't jump unless they just HAVE to have the best.

After a little while though, maybe after 32nm .. we should see 5+ghz overclocks from i5/i7? Hard to say, but it would seem possible to me. I'm not talking about exotic cooling either, just big 92mm/120mm air coolers.

 

[nyker96]

good article, I agree with him in that games the i5 is on par with i7, but on apps I must say i7 still out shines i5s. considering i5 is 200 vs 250 i7s it all comes down to mb cost.

 

[faxon]

Originally posted by: Arkaign

Originally posted by: AdamK47
Why bother with a Core i7 let alone a Core i5 when the Core 2 Quads are nearly as fast. Right? Right?!?!

Well, obv for now, anyone with a C2Q and decent mobo/overclock shouldn't jump unless they just HAVE to have the best.

After a little while though, maybe after 32nm .. we should see 5+ghz overclocks from i5/i7? Hard to say, but it would seem possible to me. I'm not talking about exotic cooling either, just big 92mm/120mm air coolers.

yea for sure. im not trading in my Q9650 until sandy bridge at least, though considering how long software takes to catch up and idk what my money situation will be at the time, it might last me through to ivy, though i doubt i wont get the upgrade itch by then. my secondary comp is running an e5200 @ 3.3ghz though, i will probably get the itch to upgrade that to something and trade my Q9650 down into it for whatever new stuffs i get

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I just hope it stays 1366 socket. I bought a Classified :T

 

[Owls]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Shifting back to today, we are making an effort to keep everyone happy, meaning HardOCP readers and Intel. Intel gives us great support here at HardOCP and we do not want to forsake the relationship built over the years.

So, while this week we will take a couple of looks at Intel new Core i5, we will not be sharing any actual benchmark numbers till the official launch date and time which is next week.

What an utterly worthless "preview". The only thing we readers learned was that HardOCP likes the fact Intel butters their bread. I guess Nvidia didn't do such a good job in that dept.

Now this is a preview. And here is another example of what a "real" preview entails.

All OCP just did there was separate the men from the boys in my bookmarks folder. I guess they should rename the site "SoftOCP" after taking such a weak-ass stance on their preview situation :laugh:.

TardOCP has been a FAIL site for a number of years now. This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone as no one there is competent enough to even review a piece of toast.

 

[Axon]

Originally posted by: AdamK47
Why bother with a Core i7 let alone a Core i5 when the Core 2 Quads are nearly as fast. Right? Right?!?!

While I personally don't regret going up to my i7 920, as it does seem faster in my day to day use than my E8500, I have to say the change is not significant. I'm talking real world stuff, not synthetic benchmarks.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

guess i'll be "upgrading" my Q6600 to a Q9550...

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
guess i'll be "upgrading" my Q6600 to a Q9550...

Good Choice

 

[palladium]

Originally posted by: Axon

Originally posted by: AdamK47
Why bother with a Core i7 let alone a Core i5 when the Core 2 Quads are nearly as fast. Right? Right?!?!

While I personally don't regret going up to my i7 920, as it does seem faster in my day to day use than my E8500, I have to say the change is not significant. I'm talking real world stuff, not synthetic benchmarks.

Have to agree with that. And this is without an SSD. Imagine what the difference would be with a good SSD inside (unfortunately they are still too expensive here in NZ - I'd rather save up the money for a DX11 card)

 

[MagickMan]

I'm more than a little underwhelmed. I was looking forward to going to an i7 or i5 config, but from what I've seen I'd be better off just grabbing a Q9550 and OCing the crap out of it with my current board. Looks like I'll be holding out for 32nm too, I'll just put the upgrade $$$ into a couple of nice SSDs.

 

[faxon]

hey i didnt take a look at the last page of the article, anyone see this last line?

"Yes, actual metrics to come next week"

does this mean the NDA is lifting sometime today or tomorrow? it is next week now, so im guessing the NDA is about to go based on this comment

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
guess i'll be "upgrading" my Q6600 to a Q9550...

Videocard first!! Q9550 @ 3.7ghz shouldn't be much faster than Q6600 @ 3.4ghz but 5850 should be 3x faster than your videocard at least!

 

[tuteja1986]

http://alienbabeltech.com/main/?p=11020 another core i5 preview happy medium.

Wanting to upgrade my CPU, thinking of core i5 or older Q9650/Q9550

 

[SolMiester]

I thought the i5 used DDR2, not DDR3?....how then are OCP comparing like memory?...

edit - ah got it, dual channel DDR3 as apposed to Tri Channel DDR3!!