Sandy Bridge refresh in Dell laptops?

Judging from past product releases, how long until the new i7-2760QM shows up in the precision line of notebooks? Supposedly it is coming out toward the end of this month but how long until Dell adds it to their lineup?

I am looking at buying the i7-2720QM but it would be a shame to purchase it only to have the new parts arrive with better performance at the same price point. On that note how much better does the i7-2820QM perform than the i7-2720QM? The new i7-2760QM is speculated to have similar performance despite the smaller L3 cache.

 

No one will know for sure unless one of the Dell reps posts here when they are available. Likely they may not add it unless they get a decent stock to keep up with the amount ordered. Or just keep checking the website? Worst case you order an older CPU, you sell it and upgrade up..

 

Huh? Refresh? They're just releasing higher-clocked models of the existing architecture. Refresh was six months ago...

As far as I can see, 2720QM vs the 2760QM is just a 0.2GHz bump on regular and turbo. Same cache size, same feature set.

 

From the test of some ES cpus, 2760qm is a bit better than 2820qm. 2MB L3 cache has nearly no effect.

 

Refresh as in not a new product. Also they are the same price... The 2760 costs as much as a 2720 but is as powerful as a 2820. Seems worth it to me.

I should have been a little more clear in my post. What I am asking is based on previous refreshes, does Dell seem to adopt the new chips quickly or slowly. For example when the i7-720QM was replaced by the i7-740QM in the last generation of chips. I understand that without a Dell rep posting info we won't know for sure. I'm looking for an educated guess.

 

Sandy bridge was a big jump, I'm sure any refresh will be little. But then again you could wait for the next or the next..

 

They are saying late Sept release for the i7-2760QM. Seems like it would be worth the wait for the extra performance if Dell adopts the chips fast enough. But your definitely right. I've already waited and waited for the IPS display, probably best to just settle. There is always something new coming out...

 

I'm not trying to hard on you just honest.. Your asking an it could be if question for a small amount of performance. In reality get the best you can now and if you need performance go with the i7-2920XM and get to work make some money but something so small from my experience isn't worth more then a quick thought. If you really need performance go higher if not then stick with it.. What are you going to be using the computer for? BTW... It will be a while before the implement it probably Nov. Dec. if. Remember the Precision have a lot of testing done on them.

 

If you're willing to wait and you know it's around the corner, probably worth it. But the chips aren't even in the Intel database, so I wouldn't be so sure.

What you will likely be getting when you get a 2760 is a 2720 at a higher multiplier because the process has become so good that they can sell it at a higher speed consistently. If you need 8MB L3, you will probably need to go 28x0 or higher.

Also, not sure where people are getting this extra L3 2MB cache from. Comparing ES models is a very bad thing, since ES usually represents the highest tier and 27x0 is the lowest for quad. Being Intel's lowest tier quad, they tend to cut it down more to save money or (if you look at it the other way) cripple it to make you want to go one level up.

Unfortunately, most tier one OEMs will adopt such "refreshes" very slowly. The reason is that they buy parts in very large quantities, so it will be a while.

 

I didn't think you were being hard on me... I appreciate your opinion. I am a web designer / developer. I run client's web applications on Linux VM's from virtual box in windows. I also use creative suite. Other than that I am just trying to get the most bang for my buck.