Intel to Release Core i7 990X Extreme Edition Six-Core Processor in Q4 2010

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Intel is working on a newer high-end processor SKU based on its 32 nm "Gulftown" six-core design, the Core i7 990X Extreme Edition. It is reportedly slated for Q4 2010. As with most other Extreme Edition SKUs, the 990X will feature a higher default BClk multipler, and a higher resulting clock speed. Like the Core i7 980X Extreme Edition, it will feature an unlocked BClk multipler to help with overclocking. Gulftown features six cores on a monolithic die, with a triple-channel DDR3 IMC, and 12 MB of L3 cache. The launch of 990X is said to have been pulled forward by a quarter, as it was earlier reported to launch in Q1 2011.

The other six-core processor that is said to release before the 990X is the Core i7 970, a standard (non-XE, limited BClk multiplier) SKU that will be positioned in the upper-Performance segment, above current Core i7 quad-core SKUs. The Core i7 970 is slated for Q3 2010.

http://www.techpowerup.com/124334/In...n_Q4_2010.html

[Florinmocanu]

probably a 3.46 ghz version. Or, maybe they surprise us with a nice 3.6 version, though i doubt it.

[Chrono Detector]

Thats nice, though we all know its going to be $1000 or more. I'll wait for the 970 thanks, hopefully its half its price.

[Aberration]

I wonder how much this i7 970 will sell for. $599, $650?

I never owned an Extreme Edition. Maybe I will save my pennies.

[chuchnit]

Hopefully this is a new stepping that doesn't die as fast, clocks better, and you can actually go by batch numbers to get an idea of clocks.

[HKPolice]

So current gulftowns are dying from overvoltage?

[Hondacity]

i think its 799$

[zalbard]

I wonder how much this i7 970 will sell for. $599, $650?

I never owned an Extreme Edition. Maybe I will save my pennies.

$499, I guess.

[Sampsa]

Original news source:

"While there are no details are known, it is more than likely that the world’s largest maker of chips will boost clock-speed of the Gulftown design up from 3.33GHz and will call the novelty Core i7-990X"

So it's just guessing and nothing new which wouldn't have been shown here before:

[Computurd]

i wish they would make a cheap six core even if it had locked multi. i know how to overclock.... just cant afford the grand or so for the unlocked ones.

[Hondacity]

thats the old roadmap..it doesn't even include the ivybridge or socket 2011

[Splave]

this feels like a money grab

[Buckeye]

Feels like when the 965's came out, then 975's came out shortly afterwards with better overclocking results.

[Sam_oslo]

This is good news, if true, because 990x will probably push the 980x to ~$700, and then the real interesting CPU in this period, the i7 970 will end up a good deal under $500.

[Etihtsarom]

kinda like qx9650>q9650>q9550. But....too close to Sandybridge to even bother with 1366.

[prznar1]

This is good news, if true, because 990x will probably push the 980x to ~$700, and then the real interesting CPU in this period, the i7 970 will end up a good deal under $500.

let us hope that this will happend like you said.

[Sam_oslo]

kinda like qx9650>q9650>q9550. But....too close to Sandybridge to even bother with 1366.

The 1336 is going to be the only option for high-end for a good while.
These coming Sandybridge CPUs are not hight end, the high end Sandybridge is expected in Q3 2111.

[Helloworld_98]

This is good news, if true, because 990x will probably push the 980x to ~$700, and then the real interesting CPU in this period, the i7 970 will end up a good deal under $500.

I doubt it, when the 980X came out it was only slightly more expensive than the 975x so a few weeks later they ended up increasing the 980X price by £50 so I can't really see them decreasing the 980x's price by more than £50 or about $70

[BeepBeep2]

So current gulftowns are dying from overvoltage?

Haha and undervolting. And HyperThreading.

[Loque]

Haha and undervolting. And HyperThreading.

no wonder, whats the point of undervolting a 980x ?

[-Sweeper_]

While there are no details are known, it is more than likely that the world’s largest maker of chips will boost clock-speed of the Gulftown design up from 3.33GHz and will call the novelty “Core i7-990X”...

In the third quarter of this year Intel also plans to release its Core i7-970 chip, which will work at 3.20GHz and will not cost $999...

However, in the fourth quarter of the year Intel plans to reveal a rather mysterious chip currently marked as “≥i7-970”...

so.. i7 970, ''i7 980?'' and i7 990X by the end of the year?

nice

[Sam_oslo]

I doubt it, when the 980X came out it was only slightly more expensive than the 975x so a few weeks later they ended up increasing the 980X price by £50 so I can't really see them decreasing the 980x's price by more than £50 or about $70

You may be right, because extreme editions keep their prices usually, but 990x is not a shrink (new generation). 975x was EOL, and therefore couldn't compete with 980x. It was dead, and nobody would buy it anyways, it presented no danger to the new CPU.

This 990x is going to belong to the same generation, and will compete directly with 980x. Then Intel will have 2 options. either Increase the price of 990x (to $1300+ ), or decrease the price on 980x (to $700- ) to prevent a direct competition. It is too early to say anything about the price yet, we don't even know if this news holds true yet, but I'm hoping for the later option.

[-Sweeper_]

You may be right, because extreme editions keep their prices usually, but 990x is not a shrink (new generation). 975x was EOL, and therefore couldn't compete with 980x. It was dead, and nobody would buy it anyways, it presented no danger to the new CPU.

This 990x is going to belong to the same generation, and will compete directly with 980x. Then Intel will have 2 options. either Increase the price of 990x (to $1300+ ), or decrease the price on 980x (to $700- ) to prevent a direct competition. It is too early to say anything about the price yet, we don't even know if this news holds true yet, but I'm hoping for the later option.

or phase out 980x and then launch 990x for u$999

[Sam_oslo]

or phase out 980x and then launch 990x for u$999

Yeah that's one option too, but this is a new CPU. I believe Intel has many 980x in storage, and in channels too. In case if it is going to phase out so early with such a big lost, then Intel either knows AMD is going to drop a BIG bomb soon, or knows something is really wrong with the 980x.

[ReverendMaynard]

or phase out 980x and then launch 990x for u$999

that's THE only option. Anyone remember Intel having two extreme cpu's in circulation? No lol.