I5 out, no phenom II 965 price drop, wtf?

[medjohnson77]

If the 5800's are all that they are saying there going to be, I will not be running the 4800's in my main rig anymore, and will upgrade. We will see what effect it has then. Regardless however it turns out, I think a smart person would wait and see instead of jumping on the I5 platform right away. What do they have to loose by waiting a couple of weeks, nothing IMO. If anything price's might drop alittle.

 

[jimmysmitty]

Well as of yet I have not seen a GPU setup bottleneck one PCIe2.0 x16 lane. Its much like PCIe 1.1 is still good for most cards.

I would say more that the bottleneck would come only if you have more than two GPUs because with tests a x8 setup saw barely any loss with both PCIe 1.1 or 2.0.

 

[garyuu]

... the question is whether the CPU that is twice as expensive is the same price as the other manufacturer's comparably performing model. In this case, the i5 is about the same price as the PhII 955, and cheaper than the 965....

in the UK things look rather different. i5 is priced at about the same as the AMD 965 which is all wrong for Intel.

Just had a quick scan of the prices of the quad cores of Intel and AMD in the range £100 to £150.
In particular I wanted to look at the Intel i5 and how it compares to a similarly priced AMD chip

£146.87 (incl. vat ) Intel i5 750 CPU [2.66GHz, Retail, Socket 1156]
which is 2.66GHz and gives each core 256K of Level 2 and 2Meg of Level 3
(total 4x256K L2 and 8M L3)

versus

£154.20 (incl. vat) AMD PHENOM II X4 965 AM3 BLK EDITION RET
which is 3.4 GHz and gives each core 512K of Level 2 and 1.5Meg of Level 3
(total 4x512K L2 and 6M L3)

Errmm 3.4GHz before any overclocking versus Intels 2.66GHz->3.6GHz with its (ahem) enabled turbo mode?

What I expect is that the i5 is going to have to be discounted as it is not competitive against amd965

This is the first time that Intel has been not competitive at launch - no compelling reason to buy i5 in the UK when better value exists in Phenom 965.

The graphs on this page did not include the 965 and so should be updated. I reckon the 965 3.4GHz will top the i5 bars that are displayed in the graphs (and thats before any overclock). Add to that the fact that the motherboards for the 965 are falling in price and the i5 really isn't looking that hot for a UK buyer.

If anyone wants to UK price challenge an "i5+motherboard" versus "amd965+motherboard" (comparable motherboard please) then I'll stand corrected.

 

[MarkG]

What I expect is that the i5 is going to have to be discounted as it is not competitive against amd965

'Not competitive' other than beating the P2 in pretty much every benchmark I've seen?

Something tells me you'll see a lot more i5s sold this quarter than P2-965s.

 

[icenum]

IMHO bulding a quad core to me is a huge jump, only thing I get bit worn with is constant changing of cpu configurations..Buy today tomorrow its obsolete.

I upgrade every 1-2 years, with 3-4 computers. If I get decent benchmarks 3dmark (only test after build) and smooth gameplay I'm happy...
Quad future proof-dual core lot of bang for the buck.
mobo platform changes limits your choices for cpu upgrades. Bic lighter effect..

Still waiting on Halo 3 for PC..Xbox sits in closet. Still play ever now-then. Mostly on PC.