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Is anyone else going for the next-gen platform? Its revolutionary in many ways, which makes it worth the money for geeks like me ;)
Bloomfield / X58 chipset
- New socket LGA1366, so upgrade options will be open for a long time
- Intel's first integrated memory controller, giving direct links to the system memory (like AMD has)
- Native quadcore design
- Triple Channel DDR3 memory support, with a max. total bandwidth of 32GB/sec
- Front-side bus (FSB) architecture is replaced by the new QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)
- Both ATI Crossfire(X) as nVidia SLI support (when a board is certified by nVidia), in 2x16 or 4x8 lanes
- Integrated physics engine scaling (possibly result of Havok they acquired).
- Simultaneous Multi-Threading, which will allow the quad core chips to work on eight threads simultaneously
- 7 more SSE4 Instructions
- 'Turbo Mode' using a microcontroller which auto-overclocks a core when its on full load in steps of 133Mhz in 0,001ms
- Reported great overclock potencial in general, about the same as with current Yorkfield quadcores.
Available in stores from 17th November 2008:
$284,- Core i7 920 (2,66GHz @ 4.8 GT/s QPI)
$562,- Core i7 940 (2,93GHZ @ 4.8 GT/s QPI)
$999,- Core i7 965 EE (3,2GHZ @ 6.4 GT/s QPI)
these are batch prices
Bloomfield / X58 chipset
- New socket LGA1366, so upgrade options will be open for a long time
- Intel's first integrated memory controller, giving direct links to the system memory (like AMD has)
- Native quadcore design
- Triple Channel DDR3 memory support, with a max. total bandwidth of 32GB/sec
- Front-side bus (FSB) architecture is replaced by the new QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)
- Both ATI Crossfire(X) as nVidia SLI support (when a board is certified by nVidia), in 2x16 or 4x8 lanes
- Integrated physics engine scaling (possibly result of Havok they acquired).
- Simultaneous Multi-Threading, which will allow the quad core chips to work on eight threads simultaneously
- 7 more SSE4 Instructions
- 'Turbo Mode' using a microcontroller which auto-overclocks a core when its on full load in steps of 133Mhz in 0,001ms
- Reported great overclock potencial in general, about the same as with current Yorkfield quadcores.
Available in stores from 17th November 2008:
$284,- Core i7 920 (2,66GHz @ 4.8 GT/s QPI)
$562,- Core i7 940 (2,93GHZ @ 4.8 GT/s QPI)
$999,- Core i7 965 EE (3,2GHZ @ 6.4 GT/s QPI)
these are batch prices
Edited by Lunatic at 18:14 CDT, 30 October 2008 - 20642 Hits
