New Intel CPUs -- i5 and i7

[rahven32]

Yeah that was the other thing I was worried about. Multiboxing really could be hurt by not having hyperthreading. ATM with the Q6600 I'm using there isn't HT. It runs fairly well OC'd to 3000mhz. What I'm afraid of soon as I start to box one of the next generation mmo's it won't be possible without HT. WoW would run fine I'd think but you will be buying a sinking ship so to speak. But it's that way with any computer really. My goal when buying new computer stuff is to buy the one that will give me the most distance I can get and still be able to afford it. Or another way to look at it is don't buy a dummy tire when you know eventually your going to have to buy a real tire lol.

[Freddie]

There are a lot of things to speculate about here!

I agree that hyperthreading is a big question. Usually it helps, but sometimes it hurts and sometimes it hurts tremendously. Check out this benchmark. The stock 750 beats i7 -- even the i7 975! -- presumably due to its lack of hyperthreading.



(From http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/290...ng/index5.html.)

I suspect this result happened because all the code and data were cached. I suppose this is much less likely to happen with five WoWs but it would be helpful (like I said before) if somebody with an i7 920 would test the effect of hyperthreading with five WoWs.

Another question is upgradeability. If you're planning to buy a 6-core Gulftown then of course the 920 and LGA 1366 are the way to go. But Gulftown is supposed to cost $1000 or more and not many people will buy it.

If you're not planning to buy Gulftown, is 1366 really more upgradeable than 1156? A lot of people think so, but I really don't know why. Maybe you have good reasons for thinking so and you can tell me.