Ask Your 2nd Gen Intel Core Processor Questions Here, Update: Now with Answers!
by Anand Lal Shimpi on January 5, 2011 1:01 PM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- Sandy Bridge
- Asus
ASUS and Intel are putting together a webcast that they've invited me to attend. The topic of discussion? Sandy Bridge. The webcast will air after Intel's official announcement of Sandy Bridge at 9AM PST on January 5, 2011 at CES.
The discussion will be a conversation between myself, Gary Key (former AT Motherboard Editor, current ASUS Technical Marketing Manager), and Michael Lavacot, an Intel Consumer Field Application Engineer.
If you have any questions you'd like to see me answer on air or that you'd like me to grill ASUS and Intel on, leave them in the comments to this post and I'll do my best to get them addressed.
Of course we will also have our full review of Sandy Bridge around the same time.
Update: Intel posted some of the videos from this webcast on its YouTube channel. I tried to answer as many of the big questions you guys asked as I could in the video or in our Sandy Bridge review.
I'll add links here for more videos as they get posted:
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ppokorny - Thursday, December 9, 2010 - link
Here's a thought. SAS drives have dual channels. 2x 6Gbps...allingm - Thursday, December 9, 2010 - link
How does Sandy Bridge communicate between the CPU and GPU, and how is this similar to any of the consoles?How will the GPU evolve in future versions of Sandy Bridge and future chips?
Do you see Sandy Bridge as a revolution in how graphics are written for the PC?
Does Sandy Bridge suggest a shift away from Larrabee ideals?
Is it possible to have DirectX/OpenGL run on both the CPU and GPU seamlessly (to the programmer)?
When is DirectX 11 support coming?
Will Sandy Bridge enable smaller laptops?
How will Sandy Bridge affect Asus's product line up.
Whizzard9992 - Thursday, December 9, 2010 - link
There were rumors of "Turbo 2.0," but I was disappointed to see fixed turbo figures in the leaked specs.Will SB have the new temperature-controlled turbo? If so, how does it work? If not, when should we expect to see it?
Catalina588 - Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - link
Temperature-controlled Turbo 2,0 works great. My i5-2500K stock runs Folding@Home 24x7 with 100% CPU utilization at 3.7 GHz, four bins over rated speed, with Core Temp reading of 60C. Multi-tasking, it seems to me that Turbo 2.0 does a good job of powering up (i.e., at app startup) then idling when it can. I am very pleased with Turbo, and SB overall.Casper42 - Thursday, December 9, 2010 - link
I don't care much at all about 1155.1) When will we see the 1366 replacement?
2) will it be Socket B or R or what?
3) Triple channel or quad channel memory?
4) PCIe 3 like the server roadmap?
5) Any chance of native USB3 for X68 considering the extra 4-6 months lead time?
plutopia - Thursday, December 9, 2010 - link
What role does the SB graphics' EUs play when a dedicated GPU dedicated GPU is used? Do they just idle, or can they be turned into an APU/PPU/etc. or even, work in conjunction with a dedicated GPU?Or if they don't do anything in this scenario, are they turned off?
plutopia - Thursday, December 9, 2010 - link
--early-morning-dozyness-corrected--What role do the SB graphics' EUs play when a dedicated GPU is used? Do they just idle, or can they be turned into a functional APU/PPU/etc. or else, work in conjunction with a dedicated GPU?
Or if they don't do anything in this scenario, are they turned off to save power and heat?
Catalina588 - Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - link
No, they don't morph. Yes, they power down and free up that power envelope for higher Turbo 2.0 performance by the CPUs. CPU and GPU share the thermal headroom.white2011A - Thursday, December 9, 2010 - link
how power consumption from sandy bridge new compare with previous sandy bridge? thanksVenya - Thursday, December 9, 2010 - link
What is "previous Sandy Bridge" ???