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 Post subject: Intel I7s....
PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:02 pm 
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Ok so it must be pretty sweet to see 8 cores listed in your tab..even though its really 4 hyperthreaded ones. Any one know just how much of a performance gain these are over my 3.2 Ghz Core 2 Duo?

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 Post subject: Re: Intel I7s....
PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:11 pm 
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The new platform is available with 8 pyshical cores but if all you do is play WoW, you're not going to get any performance change. You could go back to a Pentium 3 and still be fine. keke

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As a note, right now there is only the X58 (awesome board but $$) and the G41 value line motherboard for the i7 processors. This fall, there will be the P55 motherboard which is your mainstream option but it may be using a completely different socket since it doesn't use ICH at all. So if you we're considering going to i7, unless you're going the extreme line with X58, then wait. I just bought the last extreme X48 board last summer and have been trying to justify an upgrade but I can't dozorz it.

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