New Pentium "Skylake" processors out on retail in Japan

[miklast]

http://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/intel-pentium-skylake-processors-make-it-to-retail/

 

Thoughts?

[Aytex]

small performance increase

[thekeemo]

Stop beating out dual core CPUs. That era is done.

[drwiggles]

Not exactly worth paying to import one....

[FatalityDiablo]

I luv my G3258, but it definitely will be my last dual core

[harrynowl]

Stop beating out dual core CPUs. That era is done.

Eh not really most of the consumer market are quite fine with dual core CPUs.

[Atmos]

http://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/intel-pentium-skylake-processors-make-it-to-retail/

 

Thoughts?

 

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[thekeemo]

Eh not really most of the consumer market are quite fine with dual core CPUs.

The same people that use dual core systems are the same people that buy $200 bestbuy machines and complain when its barely usable within 2 months.

[cesrai]

Stop beating out dual core CPUs. That era is done.

It's fine for a lot of scenarios.

[IcedEskimo]

According to steam's annual user system surveys, almost 50% of steam users use dual core CPU's 

 

Stop beating out dual core CPUs. That era is done.

[flibberdipper]

Stop beating out dual core CPUs. That era is done.

Yeah... No. Stop being a fuckwit.

[harrynowl]

The same people that use dual core systems are the same people that buy $200 bestbuy machines and complain when its barely usable within 2 months.

Not because it's a dual core though. It's because the general consumer market clicks on those fake download buttons that install toolbars and crap to their PC.

[Aytex]

According to steam's annual user system surveys, almost 50% of steam users use dual core CPU's 

well they need to get some of the money flowing and get a quad core

[Curufinwe_wins]

It's fine for a lot of scenarios.

 

 

The same people that use dual core systems are the same people that buy $200 bestbuy machines and complain when its barely usable within 2 months.

 

 

Eh not really most of the consumer market are quite fine with dual core CPUs.

 

 

I would argue that a dual core non HT is no longer enough under any situation for a real laptop or pc (aka anything more than a chromebook) and that the longevity of a pure dual core is awful. I will say however that a desktop I3 is more than enough for most of the market today (esp that smexy 3.9 Ghz Skylake i3 coming out...)

 

BTW desktop i3> i7-xxxxU (all the U series are dual core cpu's with varying clock speed, but obviously none of them reach that high of clock)

[KemoKa]

Japan always gets the new products first. They got the 960 first as well, iirc. I was there when it released.

[cesrai]

I would argue that a dual core non HT is no longer enough under any situation for a real laptop or pc (aka anything more than a chromebook) and that the longevity of a pure dual core is awful. I will say however that a desktop I3 is more than enough for most of the market today (esp that smexy 3.9 Ghz Skylake i3 coming out...)

 

BTW desktop i3> i7-xxxxU (all the U series are dual core cpu's with varying clock speed, but obviously none of them reach that high of clock)

Let's say for a PC that only plays Source games why would you pay more for an i3 ? if I'm making an HTPC why would I need more than a dual core ?

[Atmos]

Yeah... No. Stop being a fuckwit.

 

I actually have to agree with him. Dual cores on a desktop are hardly appropriate anymore. If intel stopped making them, then companies would actually have to code their software in a way that utilizes more cores.

 

I for one never rec a dual core, to a degree. The fewest threads you should have nowadays is 4 on a desktop. Dual core hyperthreaded is the bare minimum of any cpu i rec to clients, to friends, to whomever.

[79wjd]

Stop beating out dual core CPUs. That era is done.

Dual cores are still more than sufficient for like 80% of users. So, stoping their production would be silly. (A faster dual core pentium > a slower quad core atom in many use cases)

[Godlygamer23]

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