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Maxvla

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Re: Computer update
« Reply #20 on: August 06, 2015, 12:23:38 AM »

Skylake hit today and the reviews are conflicting. Some say 10% gains over 4790, some show benches where the 6700k barely beats a 2600k. Sounds like I should have gone for a 2600k when they were new.

My i7 860 is so old that it isn't in many of the benchmarks but the few that it was, the i5 6600k doubled it, so despite the less than stellar release I think I will go ahead with the upgrade. I might wait a bit to see how things shake out before buying instead of making a day 1 mistake.



Even in multi-thread, the hyperthreading 860 loses by almost double to the non HT i5 6600k.

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Re: Computer update
« Reply #21 on: August 06, 2015, 03:15:38 PM »

Yup, looks like a wash in terms of IPC.  Gaming perf actually went down (ouch!) though I'm sure future firmware updates will sort that one out.

Multithreaded results look good though and that's mostly what I'm interested in.
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Re: Computer update
« Reply #22 on: August 06, 2015, 08:46:15 PM »

Seems like Skylake OCs very high though.
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Re: Computer update
« Reply #23 on: August 06, 2015, 08:58:22 PM »

I'm still rocking a 2500K at 4.5GHz. Are there any Skylake reviews out that compare Sandy Bridge through Skylake clock for clock?
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Re: Computer update
« Reply #24 on: August 06, 2015, 09:50:37 PM »

I'm still rocking a 2500K at 4.5GHz. Are there any Skylake reviews out that compare Sandy Bridge through Skylake clock for clock?
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7274/intel-skylake-core-i7-6700k-cpu-z170-chipset-gt530-review/index14.html

Add another ~5% to the 3770k and it will be ~+20% IPC for Skylake vs Sandy. Also Skylake having all the additional features that come with Z170 which Z68 doesn't have. Quite a nice upgrade.

I'm on Haswell so I'm on the border. An Intel 750 PCI-e SSD would be nice to have. That's about the only reason why I'd upgrade.
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Re: Computer update
« Reply #25 on: August 06, 2015, 09:59:17 PM »

I think the chipset is way more exciting than the chip, which is not something I expected to say about a 14-nanometer chip.
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Re: Computer update
« Reply #26 on: August 06, 2015, 10:10:16 PM »

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7274/intel-skylake-core-i7-6700k-cpu-z170-chipset-gt530-review/index14.html

Add another ~5% to the 3770k and it will be ~+20% IPC for Skylake vs Sandy. Also Skylake having all the additional features that come with Z170 which Z68 doesn't have. Quite a nice upgrade.

Cool, thanks. For gaming, most benchmarks make me think there's no major reason to upgrade from my OCed 2500K.
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Re: Computer update
« Reply #27 on: August 07, 2015, 01:16:04 AM »

I think the chipset is way more exciting than the chip, which is not something I expected to say about a 14-nanometer chip.
I agree.
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Re: Computer update
« Reply #28 on: August 10, 2015, 05:15:50 PM »

I think the chipset is way more exciting than the chip, which is not something I expected to say about a 14-nanometer chip.
Agreeed. However, the removal of FIVR and the overclocking potential are definitely intriguing as well.

I'm on Haswell-E, so I'm not planning to upgrade. But if I was, it'd be based on the feature set of the new chipset and all the other improvements that have been made over the past generations, and not necessarily the raw performance of the processor. Native USB 3.0, PCIe storage, PCIe 3.0, and DMI 3.0 are all pretty big deals.
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Re: Computer update
« Reply #29 on: September 18, 2015, 03:53:51 AM »

The reviews for skylake have been very underwhelming so far.  Skip it and wait for the next gen to come out.  If you have I would say Sandy Bridge and beyond just wait till PCI-E 4.0.
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