yep.. from what I looked at, the i7-860 is the one to get. Like the 5850
graphics card, the i7-860 hits the higher end sweet spot for
price/performance.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Tomporowski" <didym...@gmail.com>
To: <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 16:48
Subject: Re: [H] i5-750 vs i7-920
Gee, James, thanks for muddying the water some more! ;-)
Actually I hadn't considered it and, from the benchmarks I just went to
look at, I believe you're correct. For the most part it is faster than
either the i7-920 and the i5-750, didn't check price but did notice that
it also runs cooler than the 920.
Thanks much....Steve
On 2/19/2010 2:47 PM, James Boswell wrote:
I'm gonna say... I7-860
roughly the same price for the chip as the 920, fits the same board as
the i5-750 and is quicker than either
2.83Ghz base clock, peak of.. 3.46Ghz turboboost (IIRC)
4 cores, HT enabled
On 19 Feb 2010, at 17:44:280, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
Not that I'm ready to pull the trigger on a new upgrade, but I was
wondering what kind of performance increase I could expect from an
upgrade. Currently my fastest system is an E8500 (the other is an
E6850) and I was looking at bang for the buck. Here's the confusion,
in comparing the i5-750 and i7-920 (roughly my price range), the
benchmarks are all over the place with one not definitively better
than the other. The big issue, of course, is that the i7-920 is about
$100 more. So is there any reason (for a gamer) to go with the i7-920
over the i5-750?
Thanks....Steve
