The Sandy Bridge Review: Intel Core i7-2600K, i5-2500K and Core i3-2100 Tested
by Anand Lal Shimpi on January 3, 2011 12:01 AM ESTThe Test
To keep the review length manageable we're presenting a subset of our results here. For all benchmark results and even more comparisons be sure to use our performance comparison tool: Bench.
| Motherboard: |
ASUS P7H57DV- EVO (Intel H57) |
| Hard Disk: |
Intel X25-M SSD (80GB) Crucial RealSSD C300 |
| Memory: |
Corsair DDR3-1600 2x4GB (9-9-9-24) Corsair DDR3-1333 4x1GB (7-7-7-20) Corsair DDR3-1333 2x2GB (7-7-7-20) Patriot DDR3-1600 2x4GB (9-9-9-24) |
| Video Card: |
eVGA GeForce GTX 280 (Vista 64) ATI Radeon HD 5870 (Windows 7) MSI GeForce GTX 580 (Windows 7) |
| Video Drivers: |
AMD Catalyst 10.12 (Windows 7) NVIDIA ForceWare 293.09 (Windows 7) ATI Catalyst 9.12 (Windows 7) NVIDIA ForceWare 180.43 (Vista64) NVIDIA ForceWare 178.24 (Vista32) |
| Desktop Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| OS: |
Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit (for SYSMark) Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Windows 7 x64 |
Special thanks to Corsair for sending an 8GB Vengeance kit for this review:
As well as Patriot for sending an 8GB Viper Xtreme kit:
All of our brand new tests (Civilization V, Visual Studio) use 8GB memory configurations enabled by both Corsair and Patriot.
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britchie - Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - link
I was wondering how Intel Quick Sync might impact PC Based Security Systems/CCTV like those from Avermedia or Geovision. For the longest time Aver advocated a dedicated graphics card but now says HD2000/3000 CPU is OK.I read about limited software support in the article and guess that Aver does not yet take advantage Quick Sync. However, I had to RMA a NV6480 just for compatibility with a Sandy Bridge CPU (even using a dedicated GPU - ATI 5000 for multiple monitors) and wondered why.
Anyone know why Sandy Bridge might cause compatibility issues with DVR/NVR Cards and what advantages Quick Sync could bring to the IP Security Camera market if top companies like Geovision or Avermedia developed software for it?
realflow100 - Sunday, September 6, 2015 - link
Heh. I can run DiRT 4 at 30FPS+ ABSOLUTELY playable even on a bit higher settingsWith Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail architecture)
Even GTA 5 plays somewhat reasonably when you disable shadows and run at 640x480 :D
IdBuRnS - Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - link
Who would have thought that 7 years later the 2600k is still relevant and competitive?