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    Sandy Bridge Mainboards

    in Hardware Hell

    Posted

    It's hard to choose isn't it? Imma wait a few weeks more and see about how the game really runs but I am also tempted to wait for Ivy Bridge and see how that socket stacks up, in case CoD:IL-2 runs ok on my computer. My high end 775 is no longer high end. :icon_cry:

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    Cliffs Of Dover Announcement

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz and Desert Wings: Tobruk

    Posted

    I agree Perf, I'll likely have to upgrade to get the most of of COD, but I'll sit tight until I see how it runs on my rig before dashing out to buy new kit (except 8GB of DDR3 which will arrive on Monday - rofl)

    Jabo

    As I sit here googling and comparing framerates between my pretty much high end 775 system and the newer sockets, I'm starting to think that the only upgrade I REALLY need right now possibly for CoD(using RoF as reference), might be just another graphics card. I get steady 60FPS in RoF already, almost maxed out at 1920x1200, so most definitely, I'm gonna grab another beer and wait.

    Sandy Bridge Mainboards

    in Hardware Hell

    Posted

    It is a nice bundle but the new Asus UEFI does have a "turboboost" option, very much improved from former "noob overclocking" functions from earlier sockets and various brands. Click the button and you'll instantly have 4+gHz. Overclocking is becoming mainstream and much easier.

    ASUS-P8P67-EVO-BIOS-1.jpg

    I'm not sure if I'd pay for that clock instead of doing the clicking myself. That's what's nice about Sandy Bridge, as if the new UEFI BIOS hasn't made things easy enough, the processors themselves have been made more efficient and "clockable" than the ones I'm used to. Overclockers nowadays pretty much chunk out 5gHz of 2500K and 2600K's as if it was nothing. On air cooling.

    Sandy Bridge Mainboards

    in Hardware Hell

    Posted

    Here's a jolly good review to compare 2500k and 2600k to precent i7's and i5's.

    http://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/zardon/intel-core-i7-2600k-and-core-i5-2500k-review/

    Yeah the 2500k is an i5 but the only real difference is shared L3 cache, 6mb vs 8mb, and hyperthreading besides the IGP which I won't be using. I'm not used to having hyperthreading so I don't know if I'll be missing it either. My wallet will miss the extra dough from getting a 2600k instead of a 2500k though and since a 2500k will easily hit 4.6gHz, the increase from my Q9550 will be enormous.

    Sandy Bridge Mainboards

    in Hardware Hell

    Posted

    Yeah looks tempting but I need a PCI slot. Don't want to buy a new soundcard yet. Thinking about the ASUS P8P67 DELUXE here. Nice board, UEFI, PCI slots, two x16 slots(x8/x8), 8 backpanel USB etc. Should be plenty. I'm not sure how much of a difference there is between a 2500k and 2600k though, besides 2 more mb L3 in the 2600k plus hyperthreading. I think I'm going for the 2500k.

    Sandy Bridge Mainboards

    in Hardware Hell

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    If you have a 775 cpu cooler you're very satisfied with(like me), ASRock P67 boards have both 1156/1155 AND 775 mounting holes incorporated. I'm thinking about getting either the ASRock P67 Extreme 4 or Extreme 6. Pretty decent pricing on those.

    Sandy Bridge Mainboards

    in Hardware Hell

    Posted

    The integrated Intel HD3000 graphics usually performs on par with an ATI HD 5450/Nvidia GT220, on turboboost, so I wouldn't really consider it for a gaming computer. You can kinda overclock the 2600/2500 as well, but it has a locked multi so the only option is to run it with "turboboost" option, which is limited to around 4.2-4.3gHz and from my experience, those kinds of tools usually adds alot more heat than overclocking normally, since they tend to bump up the voltages quite a bit more than necessary. I'm not experienced with SB though so they might have refined the "noob overclocking utilities" a bit. There is no DX11 support in H67/P67Sandy Bridge IPG's, so if you want to play Cliffs of Dover in DX11, you can't. The only reason to why I'd pick the H67 is if I did lots of video encoding, film making etc. and not much gaming. The Sandy Bridge procs rule when it comes to converting/encoding because of the extra horsepower from the IGP.

    It is a nice architecture and very flexible for the normal user, but if you run games at 1600x1200 and above, H67 will limit your options quite badly. You can also forget using much AA or AF with the integrated Sandy Bridge graphics. Especially AF. However, DirectX 11 and DirectX 10.1 graphics support is largely a moot point with regard to integrated graphics. Whatever GPU capabilities that are present in Sandy Bridge and Fusion, they are more suited to entry-level gaming and playing games from a generation or two ago rather than taking on top-tier DirectX 11 titles. For that task, using one or more high-end discrete graphics cards is highly recommended.

    That's my 2 cents anyway. :)

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