dividebyzero said:
BMfan be trollin'.....and like a lot of trolls, receives most of his world view and knowledge base via voices picked up by his tinfoil hat and Star Trek reruns.
Also (to avoid consecutive posts)
.I realise that price/performance is excellent for the 2600K/2500K and so the whole "I'm paying for something I'm never going to use" argument is slightly less valid, but there's a part of me that just thinks it's a bit of a waste / doesn't like the principal! ;-)
Try totally invalid. The price paid for a Sandy Bridge CPU is pretty much the same as you would pay for comparable performance for a Bloomfield CPU without GPU.
Don't want to use on-die graphics- simple- buy a P67 board. Think of it as an optional extra -like ashtrays or cup holders in cards.
Using your argument you could also say that buying virtually any motherboard on the market "is paying for something I'm never going to use". When was the last time most people ;
Used the serial port on their motherboard?
Used 12-14 USB ports simultaneously ?
Used 6-10 SATA ports simultaneously ?
How many people use Firewire, Floppy, or for a growing number of users IDE ?
I currently have an ancient C2D E6600...I'm about to buy an ATI 69xx or similar (current card is a GeForce 6200 and yes I know!) so would be slightly miffed at having to buy an Intel CPU that includes an inbuilt GPU that I would never use, but the alternative is either wait 6-9 months for Sandy Bridge E or else buy an outdated i7/socket 1156 combo, which would be a bit daft.
No, What's daft is that you'd consider using an HD 6950/6970 with a E6600 for the next 6-9 months. Just because the on-die GPU is there doesn't mean you have to use it. It doesn't degrade CPU performance
Also, is there any indication what type of units/what price-point the Sandy Bridge E units would be targeted at? ie: There's no point me waiting 6-12 months for it if it turns out they are all $700-$1000 units out of my requirements/price range..
The "E" in Sandy Bridge E stands for Enthusiast or Extreme. It will be the replacement for the present Core i7 9xx CPU's and will support 40 lanes of PCIE 3.0, have quad channel DDR3-1600 support, while the CPU's themselves will be (much as the present CPU's are) server grade Xeon's that don't meet the requirement. I'll let you connect the dots on pricing.