greenmedic88 on 18 November 2008
There's a lot more headroom for the i7s, but for most that's not the issue so much as the initial cost of entry (new premium mobo/premium RAM + CPU).
For now, the vast majority of users will be better served with a simple core 2 duo set up, at least as far as gaming goes. The prices haven't immediately plummeted though (they haven't even changed).
It probably won't be until some new killer app is released that really makes the i7 seem beneficial that the adoption rate begins to take off. Right now, it's going to be the hardware enthusiasts who are doing X58/i7 builds.
I will probably skip the "tick" phase of Intel's current and wait instead for the "tock" update late next year.
