Core i7 7700K processor review: Desktop Kaby Lake
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/core_i7_7700k_processor_review_desktop_kaby_lake,1.html
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/core_i7_7700k_processor_review_desktop_kaby_lake,1.html
It reminds me of the launch of Socket AM2 CPUs. As a consumer, I hope we see a repeat of the market upheaval a couple of months later.This has to be the most boring cpu launch ever.
Having just built a Z170 system a few months back, I'm thrilled with the news that Kaby Lake offers nothing substantial except for 4k DRM.
Most „interesting“* detail about KBL atm: Pentium G getting hyperthreaded.
yeah I was reading the arstechnica article, and have known progress has slowed in the last few years but I didnt think it was this DireThis has to be the most boring cpu launch ever.
Core i3 can have either 3mb or 4mb of cache.It still has less cache than the Core i3 equivalent, right?
I think its also the fact that broadwell and skylake have both been meh and then intel followed it up with super meh. 10nm better enable higher clocks then this 14nm+ rev kabylake otherwise cannon lake is going to be ultra meh.Getting 15-20% lower power consumption at the same performance lavel, without microarchitectural changes or a new process node is pretty impressive, IMHO.
I understand Kaby Lake looks disappointing for anyone on this forum; Most here care more about performance, CPU or GPU, more than anything else. It's the same if Bugatti announced their new Veyron had 20% better mileage instead of 20% more hp; Useful, but not sexy.
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I think its also the fact that broadwell and skylake have both been meh and then intel followed it up with super meh.
I think Haswell was still pretty good.Every single launch since Sandy Bridge has been meh.
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They have been using the same architecture since Sandy. I wonder if anything really new is in the works?
http://www.legitreviews.com/msi-all...-5-2ghz-select-intel-z270-motherboards_190225At CES 2017, MSI was presenting their hardware line-up that included the latest Intel 270 motherboards. They had an interesting demo running the MSI Z270 XPower Gaming Titanium ($329.00) with an Intel Core i7-7700K processor at 5.2GHz, the same can be applied to their Z270 Gaming M7 ($249.99), and Z270 MPower Gaming Titanium ($239.00) motherboards. Legit Reviews talked about it with MSI and CES 2017 and they stated that any Intel Core i7-7700K should be able to hit 5.2GHz on liquid cooling with a single click of their Gaming Overclock button within the UEFI. That’s an impressive statement.
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The demonstration at CES 2017 did indeed show the system up and running within the UEFI, but not within Windows (which is the real test). The test system included the MSI Z270 XPower Gaming Titanium motherboard, G.Skill F4-4000 DDR4 memory, and a Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate. We asked them to reset the UEFI back to defaults, and once that was done. They demonstrated the single click to get to 5.2GHz, simply by setting the Game Boost to 11. After a quick reboot, the system took a moment to re-enter the UEFI, but once it did, it was showing 5.2GHz once again.