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    Sandy Bridge this year?!

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by grandie, Jul 14, 2010.

  1. grandie

    grandie Notebook Geek

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    ghegde Notebook Evangelist

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    it'll be while when it'll show up in a laptop tho
     
    ghegde, Jul 14, 2010
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    32nm? wow i'm guessing the yield rate would be quite low atm
     
    xeroxide, Jul 14, 2010
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    Will the sandy bridges use the same socket as the current procs in the r2?
     
    kenichols29, Jul 14, 2010
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    No. You will need a new motherboard for the new socket.
     
    Websurfer, Jul 14, 2010
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    If Intel releases in Sep (which is what they say will happen), it'd be likely you won't see it in some AW model till Dec. I would love to see one in Sep, but AW is not known for bringing out models at the same time as an Intel release. There is testing to do and so forth, although they should in theory be able to test on the prerelease stuff that Intel makes available to designers. For whatever reason, the M17x managed to lag the release of chipsets by several months.
     
    FXi, Jul 15, 2010
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  7. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    released in sptember ... great the alienware with it should be readdy for CES 2011 with a little luck ati will be having a new line up to so i migt upgrade
     
    granyte, Jul 15, 2010
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  8. Websurfer

    Websurfer Notebook Consultant

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    We should get a better idea of when PCs using Sandy Bridge might be available at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco this September.

    Intel Sandy Bridge Comes Out Ahead of Schedule - May debut this year instead of 2011 - Softpedia

     
    Websurfer, Jul 15, 2010
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  9. Lozz

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    websurfer is correct.. sandy bridge brings IGP to desktop and laptop users whether they want it or not. The new sockets are LGA2011 and LGA1155
     
    Lozz, Jul 15, 2010
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    Yes, systems might "come out" with Sandy Bridge this year, but just like in previous releases, often it will take several months before you will actually receive the laptop in your hands to use.
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 15, 2010
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    aye, paper launches and hard launches are often far apart.
     
    Lozz, Jul 15, 2010
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  12. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    i still don't get why they are making paper launch to tell thier competitor what to build?
     
    granyte, Jul 15, 2010
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    just for media/inform the customer as well as generate interest. Dev's get the specs to know what to make way before a soft launch.
     
    Lozz, Jul 15, 2010
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