Ask all your 2nd generation Intel® Core Questions here for our webcast on Jan 5, 2011

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ASUS and Intel are putting together a webcast that they've invited Anand Shimpi to attend. The topic of discussion? 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor. The webcast will air after Intel's official announcement of the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor 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 Anand answer on air or that you'd like Anand to grill ASUS and Intel on, post them below and Anand will do his best to get them addressed.

Of course we will also have our full review of the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor around the same time.

 

[Dribble]

As I have always o/c my cpu's, I am interested in overclocking. Obviously there will be unlocked processors so you can switch multiplier but what else? Can you adjust voltage? Can you o/c memory - completely or just in big jumps (e.g. 533,800,1066)? If big jumps what's the top memory speed that you can use?

 

[WelshBloke]

What are Intel aiming for with Sandy Bridge? Are they trying to compete with discrete video cards or with AMD's on die solution?

Are they going for gamers or for gpgpu performance, and do they think that the improvement (compared to their previous efforts) will be significant enough to change anyone's choices given that integrated graphics can, at the moment, handle most video and desktop stuff?

 

[Soleron]

Why has Intel's strategy on graphics changed (with SB) to providing fast graphics on even the low-end models, as opposed to before where it was intended to be enough to run a display?

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Just a theory, but could Intel quite possibly be doing what AMD and their new Caymen GPU are doing? They both seem to be shifting to a GPGPU strategy which is very likely to be a sign of things to come. If most of the major players are doing this and unless there is a big over-sight on the situation, this will be the future - but i would guess everyone knows this and saying this is just stupid, lol

 

[Teizo]

When a discrete gpu is detected, will that part of the processor shut down completely, or will it share low level support?

Would it be possible to use Sandy Bridge graphics to power the desktop and windows apps, and just leave the discrete gpu for the more intensive 3D application? Or, has the adaptive power modes of modern discrete gpu's rendered this as nonessential, and thus not necessary.

 

[Wreckage]

Does Intel intend to revive Havok FX for Sandy Bridge?

 

[geofelt]

Can you overclock the K processors on a H67 chipset?

 

[firewolfsm]

How far can the ring bus design scale? How many years/cores before they expect to replace it?

 

[Sp12]

1. What attempts are being made to allow enthusiasts and discrete users to realize the value in SB's integrated GPU and hardware transcode units?

As a followup: Do you feel the primary benefit lies in switchable graphics reducing desktop (idle) power draw, in GPGPU applications (using the integrated graphics chip to aid calculations for users with a discrete chip), or combination thereof?

2. What sort of improvements can we expect with Ivy Bridge in regards to GPGPU applications. What efforts are being made to create GPGPU applications to take advantage of Sandy Bridge's integrated graphics (especially in regards to accelerated physics *Havok*).

 

[scrubman]

How can I see/listen to the webcast?