Is it time to say good bye to LGA775?

[GundamF91]

How long do you think it'll take for LGA775 CPU to become 2nd tier stuff?

 

[PhlashFoto]

When Nehalem ships.

 

[toadeater]

LGA775 still has a few years left in it. CPUs are no longer as important as they used to be. A recent LGA775 CPU isn't going to bottleneck upcoming graphics cards, and maybe by 2011 Windows 7, games, and applications will finally take advantage of multiple cores. On top of that, you have GPU computing/co-processing starting to take off; your GPU is going to give you an unprecedented boost in processing capability soon. Something like a Nehalem would largely go to waste in a desktop system that isn't doing rendering, scientific computation/simulations, or some other CPU-centric task. LGA775's main limit would be bandwidth, but I don't see that becoming a bottleneck for most people any time soon.

 

[Cogman]

Originally posted by: ELopes580
When Nehalem ships.

QFT. Nehalem will remove a 775 socket because of its IMC. Honestly though, the 775 socket has had a good long run. (thank goodness intel finally broke away from the "Lets change sockets every other weekday" game)

 

[imported_Champ]

January 2010, then finally the mainstream will be out and hopefully be affordable, and prices may get lower in prep for next "tock"...32nm?

 

[aigomorla]

1 yr after neha budget line comes out.

 

[taltamir]

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2205375&enterthread=y

Check out the above thread... I show hard proof that Mass Effect is CPU bound at under 60fps (with dips into the low twenties fps!) on an E8400 @ 3.6ghz with a 4850 @1920x1200 max in game settings (no forcing AA in drivers), people with a Quad Core @ 3.6 using affinity to limit core usage report that it stops being limited by the CPU when going from 3 to 4 cores. We are soon going to test other games to see how widespread is this issue. But people mentioned flight sim X, oblivion, and even the witcher, as other known cases where a 3ghz dual is not enough.

Nehalem will not even be enough for todays video cards in CF or SLI.

 

[Extelleron]

When LGA1160 ships.

With the E0 steppings of Wolfdale & Yorkfield coming out soon, I think we will see some good times though for LGA 775 this last year of its life.

 

[Markfw]

Originally posted by: taltamir
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2205375&enterthread=y

Check out the above thread... I show hard proof that Mass Effect is CPU bound at under 60fps (with dips into the low twenties fps!) on an E8400 @ 3.6ghz with a 4850 @1920x1200 max in game settings (no forcing AA in drivers), people with a Quad Core @ 3.6 using affinity to limit core usage report that it stops being limited by the CPU when going from 3 to 4 cores. We are soon going to test other games to see how widespread is this issue. But people mentioned flight sim X, oblivion, and even the witcher, as other known cases where a 3ghz dual is not enough.

Nehalem will not even be enough for todays video cards in CF or SLI.

You posted this reply in at least 2 different threads, and it has nothing to do with the threads.

As for my reply to this thread ...

Originally posted by: aigomorla
1 yr after neha budget line comes out.

QFT

 

[bryanW1995]

he should have quoted toadeater's reply in his message as he was clearly responding to the video card statement.