Intel i7-980X (among other chips) launched
 

Intel just released several hexa-core chips today, mostly notably the 3.33 GHz i7-980X that's targeted towards consumers.

Is anybody planning to get one?

[QUOTE=ixfd64;208537]Intel just released several hexa-core chips today, mostly notably the 3.33 GHz i7-980X that's targeted towards consumers.

Is anybody planning to get one?[/QUOTE]

My birthday is coming up ... hint, hint.

[QUOTE=ixfd64;208537]Intel just released several hexa-core chips today, mostly notably the 3.33 GHz i7-980X that's targeted towards consumers.
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Maybe that will cause a drop in the price of the Quad chips ... fingers crossed

[QUOTE=ixfd64;208537]Intel just released several hexa-core chips today, mostly notably the 3.33 GHz i7-980X that's targeted towards consumers.

Is anybody planning to get one?[/QUOTE]

Not until someone will perform some decent test about memory bandwidth... :smile:

Luigi

[quote=ET_;208545]Not until someone will perform some decent test about memory bandwidth... :smile:

Luigi[/quote]
You may wish to read:

[URL]http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3763&p=9[/URL]

Although not 100% conclusive, it seems a good start...

[QUOTE=lycorn;208680]You may wish to read:

[URL]http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3763&p=9[/URL]

Although not 100% conclusive, it seems a good start...[/QUOTE]

Thanks!

Luigi

[quote=ixfd64;208537]Intel just released several hexa-core chips today, mostly notably the 3.33 GHz i7-980X that's targeted towards consumers.

Is anybody planning to get one?[/quote]

I would like to have one. They are overclockable like hell but too expensive. Perhaps after I got rich ^^ ...

The memory bandwidth of the i7 980X is lower than some other 4-core i7.
That is according to this benchmark: [URL]http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/intel_core_i7_980x/5.html[/URL]
Or this: [URL]http://www.lostcircuits.com/mambo//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=1&limit=1&limitstart=3[/URL]

Like the other people already said, the good thing about the Intel's tick-tock cycle is that the mainstream items are getting cheaper and better along the new enthusiastic-oriented offerings.
The i7 930 looks appetizing.

Found this on eBAY
 

I didn't think the i7-920 came in different speeds ... but rather it was overclockable:

[CODE]NEW ULTIMATE Intel Core i7 920 [B][U]4.56GHz [/U][/B]Extreme SLBEJ D0[/CODE]

The intel website says: [CODE]i7-920 - 2.66 Ghz up to 2.93 with turbo boost [/CODE]

Yeah, there's that coveted D0 stepping. The X3520 is D0, too, AFAIK.