That 4.5ghz overclock isn't taking into account the fact that we should be able to change the base clock. Saying all that, I think I'd be reasonably happy with 4.5ghz, but I really want to know what else I lose besides 2 cores and 5MB level 3 cache.
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That 4.5ghz overclock isn't taking into account the fact that we should be able to change the base clock. Saying all that, I think I'd be reasonably happy with 4.5ghz, but I really want to know what else I lose besides 2 cores and 5MB level 3 cache.
Yep, since we can change base clock the base multiplyer of 36 for the quadcore is quite nice. If you can reach 150mhz base clock thats already 5400 mhz...
And you probably lose nothing, cause i guess the lowest bins are just failed hexacores.
I'm more worried about the 'upto 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes' I've been seeing on slides in this thread.
Its the as with S1366 it also offers "up to 36 lanes"...
On 1366 the PCIe controller is on the chipset, on 2011 it's on the CPU, there is a lot more room for abuse on that front. But it's only a minor concern, I think they'll leave the lanes alone as long as it isn't a part that needs trimming for yields.
They could hae done the same on the X58 if they wanted it.. cutting features for different market segments can be done everywhere. But since S2011 for desktop is marketed @ enthusiasts with aim at multi gpu setups you wont see anything less then in the previouse platform.
Right now we even get more lanes then on the X58, 40 vs 36 and even if they only offer the 36 lanes they are the double speed of the X58 ones.
Wow interesting...Cache and clock speed are different on the EE from its nearest sku/bin. It's been awhile since Intel has done that..I think the original EEs had the > Cache..And for the entirety of the core series, the EE's have only had higher clocks. Nehemlah/Westmere EE's had the same cache as the bin below it... Intel is really milking the whole cut and paste features for each sku strat..geez
Hmm fully unlocked for 500€, the onyl thing you miss is the extra 3mb ram...
Depending on how high you can go with the bclck I might get a xeon this time round, because they probably will have the full cache and are better binned.
There was a recent rumor which says that motherboard makers will showcase X79 motherboards at Computex. However I didn't hear anything about this lately. Do you think that we will see anything from motherboard makers at Computex about X79?
They will :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Corwin
wonder how much difference that 3m will make in actual usage?
http://www.fudzilla.com/motherboard/...board-is-siler
From FudzillaQuote:
OC, CF, SLI and 8 DIMM slots
Intel's X79 and Sandy Bridge E are meant to live as a workstation products, but as life sometimes tends to be unfair to both products and people, these workstation parts will have to dress up as desktop drag queens until the end of their existence.
They won’t be cheap either, as whenever Intel uses extreme prefix, it ends up quite expensive, sometimes even over $999 for a CPU. With that in mind, the new DX709SI board also codenamed as Siler will finally replace the venerable X58 platform.
Currently highest end board selling is DX58SO2 and this one is set to get replaced by Siler. Siler is a native DDR3 motherboard with USB 3.0 support and Dual LAN, if these are the features that can excite anyone these days. The more fun part is that the board supports Overclocking and it’s made with that in mind.
It also supports 2x 16 PCIe graphics slots and you will be able to use booth Crossfire and SLI, whatever makes you feel better.
What the heck are the 980 and 880 chips that are supposed to be out now?