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Originally Posted by Heliocon
Wrong, the older gen i7 quads perform better overall substantially per $ than the newer sandybridge i5s - this is due to the fact that they both can OC to the same level, while i5 has faster architecture because of the shrink, the i7 will "Always" beat it on anything heavily threaded, and often beat it on 4 threaded apps because the i7 uses the extra threads to run the os etc, while the i5 cannot do that (no hyperthreading).
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Really don't want to keep this going, (OP still hasn't got an answer and it's a question I'm interested in myself) but It is just incorrect that:
'the older gen i7 quads perform better overall substantially per $ than the newer sandybridge i5s'
recent
tests in MANY magazines and websites demonstrate that the i5-2500K outperformed all but the most expensive i7s in everything but highly multi-threaded apps.
My last post showed that the extra performance also comes at a cheaper (MUCH cheaper for comparable performance) price than the i7s too.
The ONLY proviso in all this is whether or not you intend to run heavily multi-threaded apps. In this case, as you say, the top-end i7s will be better, but even then many people would be put off by the extra expense.
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Now - can someone answer this?:
gtx560ti 2GB
OR gtx570 1280MB ???
for CoD obviously,
, at 1680x1050 or 1920x1080 and for high settings.