CPU/Mobo Intel Core i5 650 - 660 and 661 processor review

[rajan1311]

Re: Core i5 650 - 660 and 661 processor review

Not worth imo 670 is too costly and others wud simply choose a 750 over 661.

+1 . Exactly my point.

The prices should be at least $40 less to be worth talking about...

 

[Anubis]

Re: Core i5 650 - 660 and 661 processor review

Intel will not lower price of Core i5 660 as that will kill competition from AMD

There's no sense in buying Core i5 660 and Core i5 670 until their prices are reduced to below 7k ( which is never gonna happen )

Nobody will buy Core i5 660 and Core i5 670

These 2 processors are completely flop

 

[pretttt]

Re: Core i5 650 - 660 and 661 processor review

H55 mobos are going to be in range between 4.5k-5.5k

how is that possible?
Intel's charging same 40$ to the mobo manufacturers for both the H55 chipset and P55 chipsets. Still P55 mobos are not available below 6K.

 

[rajan1311]

Re: Core i5 650 - 660 and 661 processor review

how is that possible?
Intel's charging same 40$ to the mobo manufacturers for both the H55 chipset and P55 chipsets. Still P55 mobos are not available below 6K.

Just wait na....how can he prove it.. its his point thats it...

 

[comp@ddict]

LOL^^

neways, well coming back to the processors.

Apart from those who have endless money to spare and hardcore OC enthusiasts, the COre i3 will tick a LOT with the people.. but heck it receives competition from the Athlon II X4(not a big one, price is the factor)....

 

[WingZero]

even core i3 doesnt impress, have a look

Core i3 + H55 V.S. AthlonII X3 + 785G

Core i3 + H55 V.S. AthlonII X3 + 785G

Originally Posted by hardspell.com

it is not difficult to find out that Core i3 + H55 though have a lot of progress, but still can not exceed AthlonII X3 435 + 785G .

In general performance , processor computing, file compression, video encoding and 3D rendering , the two systems basicly can be considered equal shares. But in high-definition video playback and game test, Core i3 + H55 began to be gradually behind AthlonII X3 435 + 785G ,and the gap is gradually wide . In particular in game, whether in speed or compatibility, Core i3 + H55 still is not good, so when compare with AthlonII X3 435 + 785G , there will are still many shortcomings .

It seems x3 435 beats core i3

Even more interestingly the x3 can unlock the l3 cache to become a full fledged x4

http://en.inpai.com.cn/doc/enshowcont.asp?id=7154

The A2 x3 can equate to a phenom x4.

 

[pretttt]

Re: Core i5 650 - 660 and 661 processor review

Just wait na....how can he prove it.. its his point thats it...

fine.
but if it happens it will be very good. I've been postponing my upgrade for soooo long now, my brother thinks its a joke now. I wanted to see the performance/price of the 32nm processors, but they seem underwhelming. I'm thinking of finally taking the jump and buying i5 750 and P55-UD2.
Do you guys think it makes sense to wait for the H55 boards if one is buying i5 750 for the cpu?

 

[Anubis]

Re: Core i5 650 - 660 and 661 processor review

fine.
but if it happens it will be very good. I've been postponing my upgrade for soooo long now, my brother thinks its a joke now. I wanted to see the performance/price of the 32nm processors, but they seem underwhelming. I'm thinking of finally taking the jump and buying i5 750 and P55-UD2.
Do you guys think it makes sense to wait for the H55 boards if one is buying i5 750 for the cpu?

If you can wait then fine

I couldn't wait . So i jumped for MSI P55 CD53

 

[comp@ddict]

even core i3 doesnt impress, have a look

Core i3 + H55 V.S. AthlonII X3 + 785G

Core i3 + H55 V.S. AthlonII X3 + 785G

true, although the performance is good, it fails at price point...price being the main factor for failure...

And the Athlon II X4 at same or lesser price(lesser) than Core i3 while performing better and having better IGP as well(785G) wins...

Technologically, it's a big win for INTEL(heck their IGP plays games finally ), but market wise, not really.

 

[DarkAngel]

• If Intel prices them aggressively then it wil kill competition.
• In Intel's tick-tock architecture this is just a change in manufacturing process and not a complete architectural change.
• The memory controller in the GPU seems to affect performance and we have to wait till sandy bridge(1.5-2yrs) for it to be integrated to the chip. The core i-3's manages to beat the E-7xxx counter parts and those who wants an alternatives for the C2D can go for this.
• This is the final death bell for the intel C2D i guess. I guess within a year we would see intel stopping production of them and the i-3's would replace them.
• But to their credit the overall power consumption of the processor and IGP and the board seems to be less/ on-par with the E-7xxx series and well below the AMD counterparts Its not a great success like the i-5 750 but a decent upgrade from the current intel processors.
  
• AMD will still rule the 3-6k value segment of the market(for some more time)

 

[PoBoy]

LostCircuits :: Intel's Clarkdale: CPU & iGFX Part II

During the power measurements, we noticed some rather extreme power consumption on the CPU, which got us curious as to what was going on here ... A comparison between the two breakout graphs above shows that there is only marginal CPU utilization when a discrete graphics card is used, whereas in the case of the IGP flying solo, the CPU run full throttle ... What this all comes down to is that whenever there is a situation where Intel can offload some of the graphics processing power to the CPU cores, Clarkdale really shines, essentially, it is a smart implementation of sharing power between CPU and GPU that cranks up performance ... The bottom line here is that depending on the contents/workload, and maybe some driver optimizations, Intel has found a way to offload a major portion of the iGFX workload to the CPU cores, which reflects in a substantial performance increase. If the CPU - for whatever reasons - cannot be recruited by the iGFX, graphics performance drops substantially ... Looking at the benchmarks here, particularly the 3DMark Vantage results that are essentially living on x86 subsidiaries, we think we have some sort of backdoor to the (cancelled) Larrabee performance ...