If I had the money...
By
Bill Z Bubba,
Posted on: 2009-08-19 10:18 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
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In theory the Socket 1156 P55 based motherboards should be cheaper than the current crop of Socket 1366 X58 based motherboards. Still I wouldn't be surprised that more than a few variants will still be in the plus $200 range, full of copper heatsinks, heat pipes and multiple gigabit ethernet ports.
Since only two video cards can be supported with the integrated PCIe controller on the CPU (two as x8 connections), the really hard core, deep pocket DIYers probably won't embrace these boards.
On a plus note most MB manufactures have licensed the "secret code" that nVidia use to only have in their motherboard chips so both X58 and P55 mobos will support both SLi and Crossfire. I'm still disappointed that the only thing that prevented other mobos from supporting nVidia SLi was essentially a decryption key that the driver looks for embedded in nVidia motherboard chipsets and not some hardware deep voodoo.
Yea, the 2.80/3.46GHz i7-860 looks to be priced the same as the current 2.66/2.93GHz i7-920. The i7-860 is also more power efficient, only 95 watts rather than the 130 watts of the i7-920. The benchmark articles when the NDA lift comparing the CPUs from the two socket families should be an interesting read, not only CPU performance but single and multiple video card performance as well.
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I'm running a core i7 920 with 9GB of RAM. Cost me under $1200. Why is everyone waving these high prices around?
i'm not sure we're waving around prices, as much as we're all broke as all heck. and roughly 750 bucks (mem, cpu, mobo and the odd cooling supplies), for what amounts to a game for Mid, is hard to justify these days. =P
by the by, i'm thinking the 920 is gunna be a steal after these new i7's come out. drop sub 200 around christmas yah think?
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On a plus note most MB manufactures have licensed the "secret code" that nVidia use to only have in their motherboard chips so both X58 and P55 mobos will support both SLi and Crossfire. I'm still disappointed that the only thing that prevented other mobos from supporting nVidia SLi was essentially a decryption key that the driver looks for embedded in nVidia motherboard chipsets and not some hardware deep voodoo.
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only 95 watts
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Must be cool under pressure.
Lots of nobs and dials.
Willing to run for long hours without crashing early (not meant to be as dirty as it might sound).