Friday, April 17th 2009
Core i5 Specifications and Prices Surface
Intel's next big thing in the making, the Core i5 series processors are nearing launch, which is reportedly delayed to October. The new processors replace the Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo series of processors, while leaving the high-end market for Core i7 to play with. These processors are based on the LGA 1156 socket, and are incompatible with Core i7 motherboards. Recent reports shed light on three models in the making to start the lineup, all of which are quad-core processors based on the Lynnfield core, built on the existing 45 nm process.
The common features of these processors include: four x86 processing cores with support for HyperThreading technology, an integrated dual-channel DDR3 memory controller specified to run DDR3-1066 and DDR3-1333 modules, 8 MB of L3 cache, and support for TurboBoost technology. The three models will come with core clock speeds of 2.66 GHz, 2.80 GHz, and 2.93 GHz. The three will be priced at US $196, $284, and $562 respectively. With the TurboBoost technology enabled, the clock speeds card be stepped up to 3.2, 3.46 and 3.6 GHz respectively, on the fly. Shortly after launching these processors, Intel may introduce the industry's first 32 nm processors. With these prices, the chips clearly intrude the price-domain of Core i7, though perhaps their lower platform costs could serve as deal-makers.
Sources:
TechConnect Magazine, HKEPC
The common features of these processors include: four x86 processing cores with support for HyperThreading technology, an integrated dual-channel DDR3 memory controller specified to run DDR3-1066 and DDR3-1333 modules, 8 MB of L3 cache, and support for TurboBoost technology. The three models will come with core clock speeds of 2.66 GHz, 2.80 GHz, and 2.93 GHz. The three will be priced at US $196, $284, and $562 respectively. With the TurboBoost technology enabled, the clock speeds card be stepped up to 3.2, 3.46 and 3.6 GHz respectively, on the fly. Shortly after launching these processors, Intel may introduce the industry's first 32 nm processors. With these prices, the chips clearly intrude the price-domain of Core i7, though perhaps their lower platform costs could serve as deal-makers.
61 Comments on Core i5 Specifications and Prices Surface
Amd isnt the winner like that, kinda rushed on that one, but will be winners in buyers mind, they gonna confuse the consumers like nvidia does ?
Gives me a headache already.
and will lga 1156 or what it was have possibility for westmere, but whats the extra pins on Core 7 for ? jeez.
Looking at :
This www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2008/07/17134256397l.png
That makes a 300 mhz extra and x58 the deal with core 7 then ?. looks odd to me.
i'd stick with one socket, and give user possibility to upgrade, and use cheap mobo's.
I think this is an ALRIGHT move from intel.. not great by any means because I doubt the mobos will be THAT cheap...
A X58=24GB of RAM, AND the home for the fastest CPU, 965/975 Extreem, that will OC out the BOX to 4GZ with about three settings and on air. Nothing will be faster for awhile.If you want a Ferrari you got to pay, you want a nice fast Mustang get a AMD.
The hardwares maker do their best for performance, the programmers are the one who need to get their games/programs multi-threaded.
Heck, you don't even need a quad-core for gaming :rolleyes:.
True you don't need a quad core to play games no news there but neither is the need for throwing more threads into games and applications that inherently can't benefit from it. C2D and C2Q were brilliant ideas when they excluded HT because they clearly showed no need for it in the games and applications we continue to use.
Processors don't drive computers, software does. MS knew that, apple knows that, intel knows that. Intel isn't responsible for pushing HT in software, just as MS can't be expected to push drivers on hardware makers. If the consumer wants it, it will be done.
Besides, why buy a i7 or i5 and have to constantly turn HT on or off based on what you are trying to run? That in itself is a negative :p.
As far as triple channel memory goes, if it doesn't offer any benefit why should the average enthusiast consider it? You said it yourself, triple channel memory doesn't offer much. So perhaps you should ask yourself why should folk invest in it to begin with.
Just because you can fine an example or 2 doesn't mean that the masses should follow suit in marching order at the premium asked for. So to answer your question, everyone is entitled to not only their own opinion when it comes to purchases like this but, they are also entitled to refrain from said purchases if there is no real benefit owning it.
And in this example, i5 doesn't offer any real benefit to existing CPU line up for the price they are asking for.
Then I said;followed by;Which is the summary of my posts in this thread. None of which indicates what you stated.
HT is not a new "feature" (Quad-cores and multi-threads are similar) , It's something that simple make the cpu more effective. Something like increasing cpu clock.
To make a game supports many threads is a hard thing to do. But, isn't that on the programming side? The cpu read the languages, it's not WRITING it.
It's true that many games don't require a quad-core cpu, but why are we overclocking them anyway? Because it runs not good enough at default clock!
And that's mean we don't really need to OC them if all games and programs are multi-threaded.
In FPS games, the game only process the things you see in front and around you in a certain radius , so, the field that you see is really small, but it's different in RTS games, or games like Empire Total War.
Empire Total War is a new game, it's quite cpu intensive, because of all the unit on the battle field, big map too. The game only run on 1 thread out of 8, and that's thread always at 100%, and I'm running my CPU at 3.8GHz! The lag/hiccup is annoying.
:p
this will kick any mustangs arse
I was allways under the impression that QPI IS exclusive for the i7 (1366) and the i5's will not have QPI they will still have FSB.