How is the performance of Sandy Bridge

[%Achan]

This new sandy bridge is quiet nicely highlighted in the market. In models of desktop processors I found this in a range between 117 and $ 317. The new dual-core Core i3 is out and some of my friend are using the same. It works nicely for the games and I am quiet greatly happy with that. The one thing I do not understand in this is that what is the new things it has in comprison to dual core or core 2 duo. Intel had nicely marketd Intel Core 2 Duo in the market and this is really a awesome cpu. I want to go for a Core i3 upgrade. But before that what I have to do to switch that. I found that there is certain issue with socket compatiblity in this new cpu range.

[Nutty]

Sandy bridge comes on new Intel Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 cpu's. The Sandy Bridge is a remarkable evolution over the previous Nehalem and Westmere, with a number of technical changes while maintaining its name: Intel Core i3, i5 and i7, with low range, medium and high respectively. It also changes very significantly the numbers of models, from the hundreds to thousands. Other significant changes are the new socket, the addition of a new generation of chipsets and improved integrated GPU on these processors, which now become part of the processor as if it were another processing core. All in all, the new Intel Core maintained the 32 nanometers, are compatible with DDR3 memory.

[Terrextre]

For this according to me the most significant physical change is the new socket LGA 1155. This is limited only to the models of Intel Core processors for desktops, of course, but in the notebook processor models usually ignore this information and that are not typically purchased individually. With the new motherboard and a brand new socket LGA 1155 will also have new chipsets. The most significant difference is that the P67 is the most basic desktop and it will not work with the GPU built into the microprocessor. Regarding the laptop chipsets reading of the different models is quite similar.

[AmdUser]

In this new support the technology has improved with Turbo Boost. This allows a sort of automatic overclocking as specific requirements of the team. The degree of improvement is still unknown. Integrated graphics is improved by implementing a new set of processor extensions, called AVX. It also says that Sandy Bridge CPU and GPU implemented on the same chip instead of the different chips on the same processor. So that gives you a much more integration on the chipset functionality. The processor brings a new architecture called ring type, which will share caches and memory between GPU and CPU to improve performance. Sandy Bridge will also be for laptops as well, of course, domestic professional servers and desktops.

[Bansi_WADIA]

The only one thing which can be obstacle is that this new Sandy Bridge will be using a new socket. This is called as LGA1155 which will not be backwards compatible with 1156 or the older 1366. This is already used in different models of Intel Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 cpu. In other words, current users of modern micros Intel Core iX can not upgrade your processor to a Sandy Bridge, or even losing certain functionality. Intel still has not spoken anything about Sandy Bridge processor models, but they are a few that have been filtered by the network. There are still lots of development done under the same topic. You might get more support on the same. There are regular systems released already with this and the performance is also better.

[Sn0w-Le0p@rD]

They are up to 29 models of new chips, so we have a versatile range to enter a wide range of devices. They also include integrated graphics chip and a distribution of optimal components using less energy and providing more performance. Overclocking processors Sandy Bridge, as already noted , will be to increase the multiplier, but in the cases stipulated by the properties of the chipset, and to increase memory frequency. As part of the platform LGA 1155, Intel will release two models of processors with unlocked multiplier. Graphic core processors Sandy Bridge will not only be integrated on a single chip with cores, but will be used in common with them third-level cache. Thus, the greater the amount of cache memory in the third level, the faster graphics core.