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Codename Devil's Canyon is out from Intel. We see just what the new Core i7 4790K processor is all about as we put it through our CPU testing regiment.
Our review of the new Intel Core i7 4790K. It has been some time coming even though we have had an Intel sample for some time now. We wanted to take our time and not only review the processor but create a little overclocking guide for our readers buying one. We found a lot of interesting things - including some processor degradation when we pushed it too hard, for too long. All things considered Is this the processor you want to consider for your next system? What about Intel's new NGPTIM? How does it overclock? How is power consumption? How does it rate beside the 4770K?
A little under two years after the release of Intel’s high-end desktop – Sandy Bridge-E – LGA 2011 processors and the corresponding X79 chipset, it’s time for the platform to go through its refresh phase. Featuring a die shrink from SB-E’s 32nm to 22nm, Ivy Bridge-E is intended to take command of Intel’s flagship line of high-end, consumer processors. Welcome Intel’s newest hexacore processor sat at the summit of the company’s desktop CPU line-up, the Core i7 4960X Extreme Edition.
Ever since Intel released Ivy Bridge to the LGA 1155 platform, LGA 2011 owners were wondering when they would see High End Desktop (HEDT) processors based on the 22nm Ivy Bridge architecture. Up until today the LGA 2011 platform lagged two generations behind the mainstream LGA 115X platforms which are now as far forward as Haswell, two generations ahead of Sandy Bridge. However, today is a great day for all enthusiasts because Intel are taking the covers off Ivy Bridge-E. Ivy Bridge-E brings the 22nm processors to the socket LGA 2011 platform and the X79 chipset. What can we expect to see? Well, similar things to what we saw with the transition from Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge except with bigger numbers as we are working with a six core processor not a quad core. Of course there will be quad core processors available and Ivy Bridge-E brings to the market the Core i7 4960X, the Core i7 4930K and the Core i7 4820K which is the quad core while the previous two are hex cores.
Other than the change in architecture there is actually a lot of continuity with Ivy Bridge-E because Intel keep the same socket pin-out, the same chipset and for current LGA 2011 system owners the vast majority of you will be able to keep the same motherboard – all you’ll need is a BIOS update from your chosen motherboard vendor. In today’s review we are going to examine the performance of the new Core i7 4960X in a variety of benchmarks covering gaming, synthetic CPU performance, power consumption and much more. Of course what we are mainly here to try and decipher is whether Intel’s Core i7 4960X is a worthy successor to the Core i7 3960X and if so where does it triumph over its predecessor. What we’ll also be looking for is to see how well the Core i7 4960X stacks up against Intel’s best LGA 115X CPU, the Core i7 4770K, and how well it fares against AMD’s budget Piledriver based eight core the FX-8350.
Ivy Bridge E is in many ways the same old same old we have seen from Intel over the last few launches. Ultimately we can chalk this up to a lack of competition from AMD, so what we get is a good processor that is only slightly better than the previous generation in terms of performance. Being an owner of an Intel 3960X myself I see no reason to upgrade from the previous generation, useless you are really concerned about the 20W difference in power consumption. From our experience most people that can afford a $1000 processor are not concerned about the power bill and with only marginal improvements on the performance front there is no reason to upgrade from Sandy Bridge E at this point.
The Core i7 4960X is a hyper-threaded (6 core/12 Thread) 3.6GHz processor which has a turbo boost up to 4.0 GHz. It features a 15MB cache, 40 PCI Express lanes, an integrated memory controller capable of four channels and is fully unlocked for performance tuning.
The 4820K could have been a real contender, as it is priced similarly to the Core i7 4770K - being even slightly cheaper - but with the benefits of the Socket 2011 platform like a quad-channel memory controller. The benchmarks however clearly show the Core i7 4770K to be the faster processor, which can be largely explained by Haswell's optimizations. Only in one benchmark is a clear benefit visible of the higher memory bandwidth. In addition, the 4770K is significantly more efficient, while Z87 motherboards as well tend to be cheaper and consume less power than X79 models. So here too we can state that only when your intended usage scenarios include a need for high memory bandwidth or the use of more than two grpahics cards, the 4820K is the better choice. In all other events, go for Socket 1150 and Haswell.
Ende Mai diesen Jahres hat Intel überraschend zwei neue Prozessoren mit dem kleinen Zusatz "K" vorgestellt und damit die Wünsche der Overclocker endlich wahr werden lassen. Die Rede ist von den neuen Core i5 655K und Core i7 875K Modellen, die über einen offenen Multiplikator verfügen und im Bereich des finanziell Möglichen liegen. Wir haben uns den Core i7 875K etwas näher angesehen.
Looking to get the best bang for your buck when building that new computer? You might want to take a look at the newest line-up of processors from Intel, the Core i7. Join Artiom B. and Christopher S. as TechwareLabs shows us what this processor is really capable of doing. Will this Processor live up to our expectations? Join us as we drop it into a test rig and take a look...
Today we are going to take a look at another Core i7 processor from Intel. We got ourselves a 920 to play around with and use in our test system. Comparisons will be between this and the new AMD Phenom 2 955 which is the fastest AMD processor on the market right now. We are going to see what type of performance we can get from this unit that is supposed to be taken out of the Intel inventory to make room for cheaper units named Core i5.
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