Intel's next LGA1700 Socket to Last Over Two Generations

[klf]

amd sheet X399- 2990WX- 2 years and whole platform to garbage... 2500usd cpu +mobo.. we pay all "succes of am4 socket" amd use customers who buy X399 llike slave bitch .. #hateamdusacompany

 

[AusWolf]

LGA1200 isn't even out yet, but they're already discussing the longevity of the soon coming replacement LGA1700. Isn't that a bit hypocritical and counter-productive towards 10th gen Core sales?

Even though my i7-7700 still serves me faithfully after 3 years, I suppose my next build will be AMD-based. At least their processors don't lose all their resale value a couple months after you buy them.

 

[ARF]

LGA1200 isn't even out yet, but they're already discussing the longevity of the soon coming replacement LGA1700. Isn't that a bit hypocritical and counter-productive towards 10th gen Core sales?

Even though my i7-7700 still serves me faithfully after 3 years, I suppose my next build will be AMD-based. At least their processors don't lose all their resale value a couple months after you buy them.

I think Intel continues to flood the news sections about its non-existent products in order to keep its market value in check and the investors and shareholders pleased.

We all know that Intel doesn't have a competing product to AMD's Zen.

 

[Cranky5150]

At a time when motherboards costs more than a cpu, this is welcome news. But with intel, you can never be too sure what they will do next.

This ^^ I remember when Motherboards were affordable and came with all of the new kit you wanted. To a extent that’s still true but, such a large gap between mid tier and top of the line IMO.

 

[AusWolf]

I think Intel continues to flood the news sections about its non-existent products in order to keep its market value in check and the investors and shareholders pleased.

We all know that Intel doesn't have a competing product to AMD's Zen.

They can compete with gaming performance with their 9th gen parts, but they just can't compete with the performance/price and performance/power consumption ratios. The 10th generation seems to offset this scale even more by offering extremely low base clocks on the 65 Watt SKUs, and extremely high TDPs on the decently clocked ones. I bought my i7-7700 because it was nicely sitting in the middle ground between performance and power consumption, which seems not to exist anymore with Intel (10% less performance than the K-variant while having a 30% lower TDP). Instead they offer magic turbo 2000.1 or whatever they call it, which makes performance limited by so many factors that it makes all the 10th gen lineup (especially the higher-end ones) totally unattractive for me.

Anyway, I'm not planning on a CPU upgrade until my 7700 and GTX 1660 Ti can't play games at decent frame rates anymore (I give it about 2-3 years minimum), but if the 11th and 12th generations only build on the same flaws while having the same awful forward compatibility, then I'll definitely switch (back) to AMD.

 

[Sunny and 75]

If this proves to be true then LGA1700 platform is the one worth buying.