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Lifer
- Dec 30, 2006
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you have to wait for z67 boards to come out later this year, sorry.
Yep as long as your waiting the 2700K should arrive around the same time.
you have to wait for z67 boards to come out later this year, sorry.
From the way it sounds, not even Z67 is the answer. From what I've read, it will support overclocking and the GPU, but only if you use Intel's GPU, not if you use a discrete GPU, so we're right in the same place we are now with P67. The problem is that switchable graphics aren't available on the desktop and that is what is required to access the functions of both GPU's. It doesn't sound like that's gonna get figured out in 6 months.
(it still obviously wont work on P67, shame on Intel).
Given the choices of P67 or H67, I'd still choose P67
3) If I OC my K chip, that speed of transcoding thru the CPU will be better anyway and maybe closer to the QS
Yes, but not at the same time without workarounds, and not on a P67.On Sandy Bridge, you can have the discrete graphics run with the integrated chip, even on desktop.
P67 users still get the shaft.
You won't come close to the speed increase QS gives, even with an overclocked K chip.
You won't come close to the speed increase QS gives, even with an overclocked K chip.
The developers of x264 may disagree with you... we need an objective comparison of QS vs overclocked x264 at equivalent output quality. I do not consider 640x480 transcoding high quality, and the times associated with this are not troubling (heck, even x264 can reach 400fps at sufficient quality settings for a 4" screen). Encoding BR at high quality for projection on to a 120" screen IS painfully slow (as in 980x overclocked is about real time... 1hr BD movie takes about 1 hr to encode). I have seen no demonstrations of this for QS, so I have no idea how fast it is.
You won't come close to the speed increase QS gives, even with an overclocked K chip.
Time for the million dollar question: when in Q2 will Z68 be available?
People are chomping at the bit for Sandy Bridge and it's unfortunate that we don't have solid information to guide our purchasing decisions. And how can we even be sure that Quick Sync will be fully supported by Z68? Furthermore, how much of a price premium will Z68 command over P67?
I hate it that we're left grasping at straws for this kind of information.
or maybe I should not get so hung up on overclocking.......
maybe I should get an H67 mobo, save $50 by not buying a discrete GPU (I'm not a gamer), and then I can still run up to 4.3 or something just using the "LIMITED TURBO OVERCLOCK" or whatever.
I assume the H67 still allows that? I mean, 4.3, 4.6, whatever. Maybe its safer for me not to push the voltage super-high to get a 4.9 OC anyway.