That waiting game we all do...

[TridenT]

I wish there was a good website like macrumors buyer guide ( http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ ) but for when to expect CPU/GPU releases.

I'm curious as to when to expect the next gen stuff. I'm wanting to get a new laptop but I don't want to get something that is near the end of its life and the next gen is just around the horizon for the same price. When can I expect the next latest and greatest?

 

[Borealis7]

sorry for questioning a member since 2006, with 13k posts...but is this a joke?
you can find that information here in the rumor threads!

 

[TridenT]

sorry for questioning a member since 2006, with 13k posts...but is this a joke?
you can find that information here in the rumor threads!

Yeah, ten thousand rumors by trolls from something like the national inquirer. I'll pass. I'm not sure how long it's been since Sandy Bridge release and when to expect whatever is coming next. I thought Ivy Bridge was supposed to be here like this next month for a long time, but I think it was pushed back?

 

[velis]

pass that and just buy something that suits your current needs.
It will be obsolete in 4 years anyway, so why even bother.
In the mean time it will serve your purpose...

 

[TridenT]

pass that and just buy something that suits your current needs.
It will be obsolete in 4 years anyway, so why even bother.
In the mean time it will serve your purpose...

Yeah, why don't we all just buy shit and never wait for anything as we post here on this tech forum. Go back a few years and buy a 3870 even though a 4870 is just next week.

 

[Lonbjerg]

sorry for questioning a member since 2006, with 13k posts...but is this a joke?
you can find that information here in the rumor threads!

Bear in mind we are dealing with a MAC-user here most likely...logic is not vaild there.

 

[TridenT]

Bear in mind we are dealing with a MAC-user here most likely...logic is not vaild there.

I don't use a Mac actually. I have an iPhone, but that's all I have for Apple products. Rest of their stuff is generally overpriced.

 

[nanaki333]

feminist, mac user... same thing.

 

[soccerballtux]

sorry for questioning a member since 2006, with 13k posts...but is this a joke?
you can find that information here in the rumor threads!

forums aren't about searching they're about discussion!

 

[Edrick]

I wish there was a good website like macrumors buyer guide ( http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ ) but for when to expect CPU/GPU releases.

I'm curious as to when to expect the next gen stuff. I'm wanting to get a new laptop but I don't want to get something that is near the end of its life and the next gen is just around the horizon for the same price. When can I expect the next latest and greatest?

If there was a website that gave us all the pre-release information and release dates, there would be no need for rumors at all.

But you can find all you need to know regarding what little information is out in these forums. You just have to find the reputable posters.

 

[Edrick]

I thought Ivy Bridge was supposed to be here like this next month for a long time, but I think it was pushed back?

Where did you ever read that? IB was never going to be released in 2011. The release date is now march/april 2012.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Yeah, ten thousand rumors by trolls from something like the national inquirer. I'll pass. I'm not sure how long it's been since Sandy Bridge release and when to expect whatever is coming next. I thought Ivy Bridge was supposed to be here like this next month for a long time, but I think it was pushed back?

SB was released in January IIRC. SB-E is supposed to be here in November I believe, but IIRC will be a significantly more expensive platform than SB (since it is the enthusiast platform) and I'm not entirely sure the performance justfies the additional cost.

At any rate, I just bought a 2600K and board and am going that route after getting fed up with waiting for BD since May.

 

[TridenT]

SB was released in January IIRC. SB-E is supposed to be here in November I believe, but IIRC will be a significantly more expensive platform than SB (since it is the enthusiast platform) and I'm not entirely sure the performance justfies the additional cost.

At any rate, I just bought a 2600K and board and am going that route after getting fed up with waiting for BD since May.

Might have been SB-E that I was thinking of. I was thinking that SB-E=Ivy-Bridge for a while.

SB-E is going to be more expensive than current SB, right? It's already kinda spendy in my book. It just means they're releasing the 6 core $1000+ processors, yes? Not really something I am interested in. :/

I think I might just get a i5-2410M at this point. Any noticeable power consumption differences between i7-2620M and i5-2410M?

If there was a website that gave us all the pre-release information and release dates, there would be no need for rumors at all.

But you can find all you need to know regarding what little information is out in these forums. You just have to find the reputable posters.

And if you read the Macrumors website buyer's guide you'd realize everything they work on is rumors too, but they give a good idea of when to expect a new product.

 

[aigomorla]

i am holding off buying laptops until the 3d lappys come out.

I hear its not too long.... but i want glasses free 3D!

 

[greenhawk]

I'm wanting to get a new laptop but I don't want to get something that is near the end of its life and the next gen is just around the horizon for the same price. When can I expect the next latest and greatest?

in terms of laptops, the cpu being the main part, the next intel cpu release is Ivy Bridge at about March/April next year. How long it will take for it to appear in a laptop I have no idea (release or a few months later?).

GPU wise, proberly nothing of note for a laptop as most of them are on the lower end anyway (assuming not using the integrated GPU on the CPU).

As to price, we are talking intel/amd gear here, not apple. Old gear is generally priced cut a lot compaired to Mac's were the prices for older gear does not change much from the price of it's new replacement.

If looking for AMD's cpu offerings in laptops, no idea what their rollout is seeing as bulldozer is due about now.

 

[TridenT]

in terms of laptops, the cpu being the main part, the next intel cpu release is Ivy Bridge at about March/April next year. How long it will take for it to appear in a laptop I have no idea (release or a few months later?).

GPU wise, proberly nothing of note for a laptop as most of them are on the lower end anyway (assuming not using the integrated GPU on the CPU).

As to price, we are talking intel/amd gear here, not apple. Old gear is generally priced cut a lot compaired to Mac's were the prices for older gear does not change much from the price of it's new replacement.

If looking for AMD's cpu offerings in laptops, no idea what their rollout is seeing as bulldozer is due about now.

Seems like a middle of the road type time. :|

 

[Lonbjerg]

i am holding off buying laptops until the 3d lappys come out.

I hear its not too long.... but i want glasses free 3D!

No glasses 3D have some serious limitations...FYI.

 

[TridenT]

sorry for questioning a member since 2006

fucking multi?

 

[Costas Athan]

I wish there was a good website like macrumors buyer guide ( http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ ) but for when to expect CPU/GPU releases.

I'm curious as to when to expect the next gen stuff. I'm wanting to get a new laptop but I don't want to get something that is near the end of its life and the next gen is just around the horizon for the same price. When can I expect the next latest and greatest?

Buying the first pieces of a new generation isn't always a good idea. There may be problems that will be resolved later. For example there was a recall for motherboards with Intel's chipset for Sandy Bridge.

Even a revision of the same processor has better characteristics. So when a new thing is out there is no reason for rush.

 

[ITXGamer]

Computers are like everything else.

The release date for the new one is about two months after you spent all of your money on the current one which will be worthless in one month because everyone will be waiting for the new one next month.

That's why future proofing in an oxymoron.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Computers are like everything else.

The release date for the new one is about two months after you spent all of your money on the current one which will be worthless in one month because everyone will be waiting for the new one next month.

That's why future proofing in an oxymoron.

Yeah . . . good point . . . an oxymoron . ..

You can weigh all the "intel" [in-tel-li-gence] available at the moment -- about BullDozer, about Ivy Bridge, about socket-2011.

The "intel" I've heard here about In-tel:

* They may release an i7-2700K CPU
* There will be socket-1155 Ivy-Bridge chips
* Per the second item -- you may be able to use these socket-1155 Ivy-bridgers in your Z68 system with a firmware and BIOS update
* It is likely, even if the first three items are incorrect, that you could just replace a mobo and CPU for an IB socket-2011 upgrade, and with/without "SYSPREP," a boot-drive on today's Intel controller may be bootable and reconfigurable on next-year's Intel controller

AND THEN . . . you have to weigh the performance if an over-clocked i7 Sandy against the IB options. If the IB offers an octo-core or hex-core, the available experience suggests that a CPU with fewer cores always over-clocks better than a CPU with more cores.

 

[mosox]

The guys at Overclockers UK have a thread "AMD Bulldozer Finally! Coming Soon!" 168 pages long.

Anyway there's too much fuss about the new CPUs. Back in the day (80xxx, Pentium) the CPU would seriously slow down your PC, now a CPU from 3 generations back (like the C2Q) is still very good and overkill for many owners. That's why Intel doesn't drop the prices for them or the Lynnfield.

Now, for the video cards, none from the C2Q era can run many current games.

But the CPUs? If they stop making new ones, 99% of the users will be satisfied with the current ones 5 years from now.

 

[MustangSVT]

sorry for questioning a member since 2006, with 13k posts...but is this a joke?
you can find that information here in the rumor threads!

Now you should have answer to your questions after seeing his replies :thumbsup: