Sandy Bridge review.

I am surprised that Sandybridge processors only use 256 kilobytes of Level 2 cache and 32 kilobytes of Level 1 cache. Interesting that Level 0 cache has been introduced by Intel even though it is only 6 kilobytes in size.
 
Are the comparison marks out that show Sandybridge versus Nehalem and Lynnfield architecture? My guess is that Sandybridge has a little more processing power.
 
Well they're not releasing the extreme side until like Q3-Q4 if I've heard correctly... and that's supposed to be like the upgrade over the i7-930 through i7-980X. So this stuff they're releasing now isn't so much of a disappointment/overhype as it is just a warmup to what's to come.
 
I'm pretty surprised at how well it benched against the i7 980x. If an equal CPU to the one tested at Anandtech sells for ~$500, and an easily-overclockable-to-that k series CPU sells for ~$300, then I think the LGA1155 platform is gonna be pretty nice. :):cool:
 
but how does there choice on the clk gen affect things, yea Core i7 might have it, but what about midrange/lowend chips, are they going to lock the multiplier down on them to the extent they can't OC period. I see this as a terrible move
 
No multipliers won't be locked, they just won't go higher than stock, and raising the FSB affects all components (USB/PCI-E etc)

Using an unlocked multiplier to overclock doesn't yield the best performance, overclocking the NB (on AMD CPU's) reveals the best performance than just upping the multiplier.

I don't know how this will affect sandy bridge cpu's though.
 
linkin said:
No multipliers won't be locked, they just won't go higher than stock, and raising the FSB affects all components (USB/PCI-E etc)

Using an unlocked multiplier to overclock doesn't yield the best performance, overclocking the NB (on AMD CPU's) reveals the best performance than just upping the multiplier.

I don't know how this will affect sandy bridge cpu's though.
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It's a pretty annoying move from Intel, but as long as they control their egos (cheap k series CPUs) then I don't think it's gonna be too big of a deal. Not with the supposed performance numbers of Sandy Bridge. Now if Bulldozer proves to be a nice performance contender for a reasonable price, then Intel will have a problem.
 
The K version if the 2600 is like $12 more expensive from memory?

But the move that intel pulled means I won't be going sandy bridge.
 
This is in regards to my recent laptop purchase:
well so for i don't see a major cause of distress for me to have chosen i5 460m given i don't see any "mobile" release and i didn't exactly want to wait months before they appeared - also i much rather have the 1080p screen than a faster cpu - phew.

As for the SNB in specific - given i give CPU performance less of an importance and the other components more (more memory, faster hdd, faster gpu, ...) i don't see SNB as having provided solid performance improvement to say "wow" over.
 
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