Used my first Sandy Bridge notebook!

Dual cores will still be more prevalent, but if quad-cores cost $1150 before all sales and get 5 hours of battery life with a discreet GPU, I'd say they're mainstream.

 

I think Intel is saying Quad would be mainstream for SB and Quad would be entry level(i.e. almost all including walmart models except special purpose ones) for IB.

 

I think that you're thinking of desktops. Quads hit mainstream for notebooks in IB.

 

According to the wikipedia page, for desktop processors, SB quads start from performance processors (entry and mainstream are still dual cores).

I have a question though, on the same page it's written:

I'm new to all this notebook world but won't this (eight-cores) cause a problem (heating maybe?) to laptop from 15' and below?

I wonder how long after the fifth of jan will we see the extreme processor (2920XM) in a laptop

 

I stand somewhat corrected; however, quads (well, one quad) are dropping down to mainstream prices on desktops.

That part about Ivy Bridge is referring to desktops, most likely.

 

I don't think so, I mean we have dual core netbooks, tablets, and cell phones.

 

But we don't even have planned 6-core notebooks yet, plus I don't think that a 45W octo-core is possible with reasonable clock frequencies (even considering Turbo Boost) yet. That seems like something for at least Haswell, and even then it might only be Extreme Edition until Rockwell.

I'd love to be wrong, however, considering that after replacing this defective laptop I don't plan to buy again until at least Rockwell.

 

It will probably be possible at 22nm (i.e. with Ivy Bridge). Intel claims Ivy Bridge will make quad-cores "mainstream" (read: sold in Walmart) so there is almost certainly going to be a 6-core CPU towards the high end, quite possible an 8-core one.

 

Can't we have like 1GHz ulv quads and 3GHz mainstream quads?

 

unlikely for the 3Ghz(not counting turbo but the base one). Should be able to see 2GHz Quad in the 35W envelope and lower may be the 1.6Ghz(i.e. current 720QM) in the 25W envelope, in Ivy Bridge.

Whether Intel is going to sell them into the entry/mainstream notebook segment depends not on technical issue but how cheap they can make it and how much they want to extract from us.

 

Yes, I read this but can't remember where?

Not likely, but higher models should see approach this if memory serves. I just wish I could remember where I read the specifics on this.

 

May I ask when HP will release this notebook

 

If stores already have it, I bet less than a week after the 5th. Even the 6th seems likely.

 

That is very good news. Actually it is double good news! I thought Sandy Bridge would be more pricey.

Are you still willing to sell the notebook? I don't live in the USA, so will you be able to ship it?

 

I thought this "HP allowed us to sell this notebook before the initial release. Now we only got 1 in stock lol." was referring to you

Anyway...

 

My workplace was selling it. Some HP models are specific to a retail store like Best Buy, Micro Center, etc.

 

How does this video card compare to the higher end 5xxx series like the 5850 or the 5870? They are both GDDR5 and I suspect that there is still quite a distance between the 6570 and 5850 where the 5850 being the superior in terms of pure performance (it's probably inferior, as is usually the trend, in terms of power consumption and temp).

 

The 6570 has 400sp, 5850/5870 have 800. So it's still way behind, but it should be a very decent performer for a mid-range notebook card.