“In a nutshell, the Core i7 920 is an overclocking monster and it delivers industry leading video encoding, image compressing, thread munching behemoth and a great value CPU. However, it sits in an expensive new platform that sniffles at games, still. Most of us will want to wait this launch out and see what happens as DDR3 kits drop in price and new X58 boards are launched.”Here are some more Processor articles from around the web:
- Core i7 Overclocking and Graphics Performance Update @ Hardware Zone
- Icrontic introduces Core i7 overclocking calculator NehalemCalc v1.0
- New Hit from Remake King: Intel Core i7 @ X-bit Labs
- First Look at Nehalem Microarchitecture @ X-bit Labs
- Intel Core i7 Nehalem 920, 940 and 965 XE Processors Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Changing for the Future – Intel’s Core i7 @ Hardware Zone
- Overclocking Core i7 at Intel 2008 @ NordicHardware
Voyeuristic overclocking
Since the closest you can get to an i7 system is to read a review until Intel finally releases it in the not too distant future, you just can’t overclock them yet. That hasn’t stopped reviewers from pushing these chips as hard as they can manage. To get an idea what you can expect when you can finally buy one for yourself, drop by bit-tech and see how they made out.
