[QUOTE="Auraknight1"]Bump. I just think more people should see thiswklzip

Do you know the price wars that could come if this card would end up not at the same speed as the gtx285 but at least 5% faster :P

Im pretty sure there will be a price war if 4890 end up faster or almost equivalent to 285 at the price of 200-300 nvidia is not stupid its just like 200 series dropping price overnight when 4800 series came out

LGA 1366 is strictly aimed at the enthusiast market and supports triple channel (6 slots) ddr3 IMC.

LGA 1166 is the mainstream version, supporting dual channel (4 slots) ddr3.

That is the difference, it's a platform that will be cheaper for the consumer, so instead of an attempt at chastizing them, appreciate that fact that they aren't forcing you into a platform that has more power then you could ever hope to use. Just wait fo the 32nm dual core cpus with 4 processing threads. That's the sweetspot. Personally, I'll be buying a 6 core 12 thread westmere when they drop to relieve my e6600 of its position.

Staryoshi87

Thats what i hate about intel they want you to rebuy everything for each upgrade think about it if u buy a 100 board now and have to buy a 200 board later and a 300 cpu just for the up grade or would u want to buy a 200 board now and upgrade only the cpu next time

as for the i7 and phenom II arguement phenom II and i7 are pretty similar in gaming phenom II might be abit better

http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-phenom-ii-x4-920-and-940-review-test/

cpu dont matter much in gaming but however the review is done with only i gpu can u guys find a review with crossfire and sli performance with phenom II and i7

i would suggest GTAIV

nothing kills modern PCs better then console ports

kyokpa

gta 4 is just badly programmed for pc

Why, because one (I7) has the mch on die and is ment for the enthusiest market. While the other (I5) has ICH on die and is ment for the mainstream market. There are a few other differences as well. How would the same board work for both?artiedeadat40

i know they are in different class but intel should still use the same socket people hate to have to change mobo and ram everytime they upgrade their cpu and amd done very well on that