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Nvidia DMI chipset development on hold
Xtras:
My advice to new people looking to pick out a processor:
Skip Wikipedia (which at times can get too technical) and go to the comparison charts on Intel's homepage. Intel actually has charts that compare similar processors. You will notice little cliques within these charts (for example when the processors jump for 8mb to 12mb cache or something like that). At each of these cliques, you will find a pretty sizable jump in price. Then decide whether that new feature is something you feel will really take off in terms of performance. Intel also includes pretty nice "tech explanation for idiots". They detail what FSB and L2 Cache and all of those are in terms anybody can understand (that was how I originally figured it out actually).
Lol, no matter what the reason, you should not be buying a Q6000 series at this point.
Go straight to the Q8000 series processors. Q6000 was more of Intel's trial at quad core technology. A first generation iPhone if you will. The Q8000 series is the resulting iPhone 3G. Q8000 and above feature 45nm cores, better overclocking (though this largely depends on your mobo), and quite a few fine tweaks that most people won't know of but which make a difference nonetheless.
Provided I am running just fine with a Q6600, but it just has no advantage right now, whether in price or quality. Actually, a lot of dual core processors beat it in performance now.
K7IA:
I lost a few brain cell reading (all of) this :D
--- Quote ---What is the difference between the 2-core-4-thread Core i3 and the 2-core-4-thread Core i5?
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oh that is easy, the die package is different (http://www.techpowerup.com/img/09-06-24/47a.jpg),
Core i3 2/4 is an Arrandale with Socket mPGA-989
Core i5 2/4 is a Clarkdale with Socket 1156
Also from what I can gather, nVidia could not get the chipset licence for 1156 pin Core i3/i5i/i7 which is considered to be low-end Nehalems.
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That's an H55/H57 motherboard for Clarkdale (dual-core Core i5 with on-die GPU) with mini-ITX form factor. Yay for small form-factor!
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WOW, that is super!
kureshii:
--- Quote from: enginarc on October 12, 2009, 07:49:52 AM ---
--- Quote ---What is the difference between the 2-core-4-thread Core i3 and the 2-core-4-thread Core i5?
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oh that is easy, the die package is different (http://www.techpowerup.com/img/09-06-24/47a.jpg),
Core i3 2/4 is an Arrandale with Socket mPGA-989
Core i5 2/4 is a Clarkdale with Socket 1156
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That's what I thought too... but then I realised that cheatsheet might not show all the processors available at launch. Heck, I'm not even sure if anyone knows all the processors that will be available at launch.
For instance, a 3-month old article from Anandtech (I've read similar from some other sites as well, but since I don't keep track of all my sources I can't list them now) suggests there may be socket-1156 Core i3s. And they supposedly come in 2-core and 4-core variants. That clearly suggests the possibility of a Clarkdale Core i3, which doesn't sound impossible for Intel to produce... but then again I don't even know what the difference between them will be so I can't say for sure.
In all likelihood, i3 just might be i5 with less cache and artificially limited clock speeds (and no turbo feature). I guess we'll find out in 2010.
--- Quote ---Also from what I can gather, nVidia could not get the chipset licence for 1156 pin Core i3/i5i/i7 which is considered to be low-end Nehalems.
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Yep, that's what the first post is about :)
K7IA:
OK, so now I am speculating, based on what I read so far is correct.
ref.1 http://www.techpowerup.com/img/09-06-24/47a.jpg
Core i3 is actually a Core2 Duo (ref.1) , replaces Core2 Duo brand, compatible with P45 chipset mobos, created to satisfy the likes of me (I have a P45 chipset mobo)
Core i3 2/4 mPGA-989 created to be used on LV mobiles only, has lower profile due to packaging.
Core i5 is the midget between i3 and i7 for those who can't afford an i7 cpu but want something upgradable to i7 and have money for a P55 mobo but ignore the fact that the ACTUAL i7 is a 1366 pin cpu.
As a result, Intel blows nVidia chipsets by just changing the interlink between components without too much changing the CPU architecture (just like the Socket/Slot cpu revolution of Intel in 1999? ) and well I didn't see any low-end nehalems Core i3/i5/i7 in the diagrams that don't utilize a DMI link, and no more Core2, Quads which means goodbye to nVidia chipsets.
kyanwan:
--- Quote from: kureshii on October 11, 2009, 12:02:30 PM ---
An HD-capable setup like that could one day be available for less than $400.
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That -
I don't think I could ever accept something like that as a PC - but maybe as a "smart" terminal, it might be damn frickin cool.
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