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How long would an i7 last before it becomes substandard?

Kantastic

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As title... approximately how long will an i7 last until it becomes the single cores of today for web browsing and casual gaming? I know it's a pretty hard question to answer as nobody really knows, which is why I emphasized approximately. :toast:
 
It will be a long time

Games are just starting to use 4 cores
 
I would have to imagine about 5-7 years, maybe a bit longer. The high-end computers from about 6 years or so ago make perfect web browsing/basic work machines.
 
I would guess years tbh..or until their next flagship comes out. Frankly I still feel my Q6600 is more than up to task for gaming and heavy use...so I can only imagine the 8 threaded I7 will be a pretty solid standard for a good while, even when 12-16+ core/thread chips are released later on...until there's more that needs it and actually uses all of it, and NEEDS it, I'd say I7 is a safe bet.
 
A minimum two years. Easy. The i7 is very powerful. Even in years to come it could still be used for gaming and such.
 
Kantastic said:
As title... approximately how long will an i7 last until it becomes the single cores of today for web browsing and casual gaming? I know it's a pretty hard question to answer as nobody really knows, which is why I emphasized approximately. :toast:
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Never. i7 will always be priced out of the casual budget for new computers. Dual-core Core i5s are in a better position for the casual gamer.

I'd say that dual-core is the new single-core. Even computers used just for web browsing are more responsive with dual-cores but they also don't benefit from additional cores. It will be many years before quad-cores become a necessity for simple tasks like that.
 
Maybe around 4-5 years, same amount of time I had a Pentium 4.
 
it will start to slide down the slope starting in march 2010.
 
Slide down the slope, but it's still a freaking milestone of processing power and memory bandwidth. It will be relevant for at home computing for at least 5 years past it's release which was last Nov.
 
Personally my i7 will be phased out as my main chip in approximately ~12 months as i try and aim for a 18 month CPU cycle.

My Q6600 flew through those 18 months at 3.2-3.6ghz and still runs OC today in rig #2, and that chip is now over 27 months old.

When my i7 becomes the new rig #2 CPU, I dont think that will need phasing out for a helluva looooong time, I've had it almost 6 months already, and I see it lasting me the next 3-4 years at the very least.
 
'til 2012 when the rest of the world goes out with it:roll:
 
For a loooooong long time. Hell, a Pentium 3 with 512MB ram is fine for web surfing/word processing etc
 
FordGT90Concept said:
Never. i7 will always be priced out of the casual budget for new computers. Dual-core Core i5s are in a better position for the casual gamer.

I'd say that dual-core is the new single-core. Even computers used just for web browsing are more responsive with dual-cores but they also don't benefit from additional cores. It will be many years before quad-cores become a necessity for simple tasks like that.
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With the PII 620 I'm not so sure you won't be seeing quads getting lower priced soon, thats almost in the casual price range of a lot of duals.
 
Even so, it probably won't be until HTML5 and IPv6 before a quad-core would benefit web browsing.
 
For sure going to be quiet a while before general tasks require a quad when most games don't even use them, but seeing a quad released under $100 is a good sign that they will be available on lower end machines in the near future. And that isn't what I would call a low end chip, heck I hit 17.5k in 3dmark06 with a $60 PII 240, to be able to crack 20k with a processor under $100 that is a real quad, it doesn't get much better than that.
 
I would say even longer than 5 years maybe as much as 10 years . the fact that the web is really simple a task for even a single core CPU . i7 will be good and strong well past 8 years .
 
hat said:
For a loooooong long time. Hell, a Pentium 3 with 512MB ram is fine for web surfing/word processing etc
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Yeah and takes a shit load less electric too while it's at it lol.

2 -3 years if you want to play games at there best or near best. But really depends on what you plan to do on it in 3 years time really and at what resolution.
 
Based on the info we have today, i7 should be a viable platform for years to come. But, today's hardware is hardly being used by today's software. Remember how Crysis changed everything. There could easily be something around the corner that brings i7 to its knees.
 
There already are, but they are not consumer level programs. Try to render a 20 minute full 3D video (pixar quality plz) in HD quality and get it done in a timely manner.
 
I add a question to the thread and ask if they make new motherboards for the i7 ?

Because it seems strange that there is only a rampage extreme 2 from Asus for example, or perhaps a review that makes a EVGA classified as more accessible price.
 
Very few companies got the i7 mobo thing right, and those who didn't lost a LOT of money. EVGA did her right and we're still seeing x58 releases. ASUS bit hard early on. Mostly don't expect to see anything new until more new standards are released (sata III), and don't forget the release of Gulftown.
 
Speaking of Gulftown, did you see the stock coolers for them yet?! :eek: Pretty nifty if you ask me.

gulftown_heatsink_1.jpg
 
^^I hope that's fake because if not that's utterly rediculous. I can say one thing for sure though... we are definately moving the wrong way here. Sure our computers are way more powerful than those of a few years ago, but my god... look at the power consumption and heat output... look at the heatsinks of today compared to those of 5 years ago...
 
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