Originally posted by: IBMer
So sorry for some reason I had it in my head that the review only covered the 3.2 ghz one. Thank you.
Edit:
Actually in looking at that review it does not have the 3.33 ghz Core Duo, do you know of any reviews that do?
Originally posted by: error8
I would get an i7 only if:
1) I am very rich and I want to have the latest and the greatest hardware possible (not that is something wrong with this );
2) I am gaming with a tri SLI GTX 280 or a quad cross fire with 2X4870x2 and I want to squeeze every last drop of performance out of them;
Except these two, I can't find other reason to buy the Nehalem platform. For the moment, with a single card configuration, an E8600 overclocked or not, is the smartest way to go. Games will eventually start using four cores at some moment, but for a couple of titles that are doing this now, it doesn't worth paying a premium for an i7 or even getting a C2Q.
Originally posted by: JTsyo
3) You only upgrade every few years and want to futureproof.
Originally posted by: error8
I would get an i7 only if:
1) I am very rich and I want to have the latest and the greatest hardware possible (not that is something wrong with this );
2) I am gaming with a tri SLI GTX 280 or a quad cross fire with 2X4870x2 and I want to squeeze every last drop of performance out of them;
Except these two, I can't find other reason to buy the Nehalem platform. For the moment, with a single card configuration, an E8600 overclocked or not, is the smartest way to go. Games will eventually start using four cores at some moment, but for a couple of titles that are doing this now, it doesn't worth paying a premium for an i7 or even getting a C2Q.
Originally posted by: jaredpace
3.16ghz dual core vs. 3.2ghz core i7:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...?p=3366380&postcount=1
For single graphics cards, the wolfdale setup will perform the same, or faster than the corei7, plus it overclocks higher - giving even more. If you're using SLI, you will see bigger gains from X58, NV200, and Corei7.