*Popcorn popping noise*
This seems like a fun discussion.
1) I want moar corez!
2) Why.
1) Because we had 4 core processors nearly a decade ago, where's the progress?
2) What do you need more cores for?
1) ....Gaming?....
2) Name one game using more than 4 cores.
1) *Utter silence*
1) Transcoding and encoding maybe.
2) Ever hear of Haswell-e? The 5820 has 6 cores, quad channel memory, and it cost about the same as the high-end mainstream offering. It's only drawback is the hobbling of PCI-e lanes (when compared to its more expensive companions).
1) *More silence*
1) Screw you.
And the debate ends with nothing gained.
Seriously though, Skylake is another inching forward of processors. The CPU performance increase is...minimal. The amount of PCI-e lanes isn't exactly going up. There's no new connectivity (SATA III, M2, and PCI-e 3.0 are from last generation). The only reason to upgrade is integrated graphics improvement and minor power management improvement. If you're spending $300 on a CPU it's ludicrous to think the iGPU is going to be used often. The increase in power efficiency is probably going to save you pennies a year, so that's out the window.
I'll state what I said previously again. Skylake is shaping up to be more famous for a new RAM standard than anything it actually brought to the table. Even then, Haswell-e stole that thunder over 6 months ago. Call me unimpressed.
Edit:
do you even use at max 4Cores?
can't understand people complaining about intels 4ad cores, they also have more cores …. Intel extreme processors and Intel xeons have more cores, but those processors are mostly work and heavy tasking oriented, don’t know why you people are mad about that,
It has also been discussed several times, comparison and charts about benchs, tests and reviews, intels extreme exa core processors against moral 4ad cores…. so come up with a good point for the point,
and almost forgot, I really mad because of one thing, intel is putting so much effort on graphics when 95% of the intel i7 processor s use dedicated graphics… so intel WTF are you waiting for making a non integrated graphics i7?
Regards,
They already do. It's the "enthusiast" platform.
If you were to propose something new, I'd suggest the following.
i3 - Dual core processors with half being 2 thread and half being 4 thread. No frequency modification.
i4 - Quad core processors with integrated graphics and locked frequency.
i5 - Quad core processors without integrated graphics or threading but unlocked frequency.
i6 - Quad core processors with integrated graphics, but no threading.
i7 - Fully unlocked chips with threading and frequency unlocked.
Right now the numbering scheme tells you next to nothing, except how bad it's going to screw your wallet. i5 is reasonable, i7 is overpriced, and most i3 is garbage (except that sweet little unlocked anniversary edition Pentium). None of this even touches on a 'K" or "X" costing a hefty pricing premium.
