jandlecack
Banned
Hey, I am upgrading my PC entirely around Christmas this year. Now I'm in a twist. I don't know precisely when the Nehalem is coming out, although it's not a problem for me to wait a few months into 09. Shouldn't be more than 3 though.
In any case, I could either upgrade to Penryn hardware and go for something along the lines of Q9550 (speaking price category) - or wait for Nehalem and buy one of their midrange products, which automatically leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
I want to focus on CPU (and chipset/RAM) because I will keep my GPU, but I don't want to spend around £1000 to go "highend" with Nehalem. How much, if any, performance gain will I get from a Nehalem that will be priced around £300 compared to a Penryn Quad of that price?
I know the answers will include speculation but I'm happy for anything at this point, as I'm puzzled as to whether the "downgraded" Nehalem chips are really worth going for instead of a highend Penryn.
In any case, I could either upgrade to Penryn hardware and go for something along the lines of Q9550 (speaking price category) - or wait for Nehalem and buy one of their midrange products, which automatically leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
I want to focus on CPU (and chipset/RAM) because I will keep my GPU, but I don't want to spend around £1000 to go "highend" with Nehalem. How much, if any, performance gain will I get from a Nehalem that will be priced around £300 compared to a Penryn Quad of that price?
I know the answers will include speculation but I'm happy for anything at this point, as I'm puzzled as to whether the "downgraded" Nehalem chips are really worth going for instead of a highend Penryn.