Hi guys,

Now, Intel i3 already available... but i cant find reviews and benchmark yet... (even at intel website dont have the spec)

so, wat's the meaning of 2 core 4 thread's?

How does it performs?

Thanks

p/s : with the info in my head i think it is, 2 real core + 2 virtual core.....

Leaked benchmarks here...




Anyway, that site had a mistake.. the GTA4 graph is missing and a wrong graph was in place. However this site Core i3 530 benchmarks have the correct one..



This post has been edited by lex: Dec 24 2009, 01:15 PM

looking at these benchmark, i would say i3 530 is quite a good deal at RM445 (PC Zone)..
hopefully this price will be lowered when it is officially launch in Jan,.

It means it has 2 Cores , aka its a dual core processor but each core has 2 threads (HT technology). It just makes it more efficient and it will behave like a C2Q !

well..
assuming that the benchmark is accurate, i'd have to bow to hyperthreading.

it's neck and neck with a full fledge 4 physical cores.

now even e8xxx oso got beaten..
technology so cruel nowadays

ps:hope my old q9550 stil can handle next year game nicely..
funding for 2011 upgrade starting next month

dun worry, i believe q9550 still have many years left

don't worry bro.
gaming wise, you're q9550 can still hold it.

but i'll take the benchmark with a pinch of salt.
just wait for an official review.

Is is possible for 1 core to have multiple threads?

that's possible, but not in the foreseeable future tho.. im still drawing the blueprint

Yes its called HT. It has been possible since era of Pentium 4 . Currently at most it can support 2 threads. 1 core can have up to 2 threads , it can change , depending on how technology comes


I think the q9550 series can still take it. Again its for benchmarks , if you notice its just few more fps or few more additional scores. quad cores really have 4 cores vs 2 cores with 2 threads.

I do know about HT
Just wanted to know whether it's possible to have 2 or more threads per core.

Won't having multiples threads increase the operating temp for the processor.I read about this somewhere last time.

Interesting....

but i wonder why they didn't put i5 in the benches...

i think i'll just wait for official lunch and review out...

btw, i3 got integrated gc as well right???

This post has been edited by syazwanreno: Dec 24 2009, 05:44 PM

Same

Is it i3 can be used on P55 mobo but the IGC will be disabled?

Yup.The graphic performance is quite impressive from the unofficial review.

i3 & i5 both using socket 1156.So yes P55 motherboards can be used.Why would the IGC be disabled with P55 motherboard?

Then why use H55 mobo? I'm really missing something here.

Anyway just asking. In case I want i3 instead of i5. Must see benchmark first.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core

Seems like Intel may change the socket,yet again...

µPGA-989 are for notebooks/laptops...

how to use the integrated gc when the mobo dont have monitor ports(VGA/DVI)?

My bad,after saw the different socket straight away went

i3 already been available in PC Zone right?Nobody tried i yet?

@syazwanreno
You need to buy a dedicated graphic card then.

This post has been edited by super_evil_alien: Dec 24 2009, 07:24 PM