the W's should be better OC'ers too generally, VID range drops from 1.375 to 1.3,The X series Xeon's are only worth the price if used in dual socket mobo's. The W series Xeons are the i7 counterparts (single QPI) and the w3680 is listed by intel as $999; same as the 980x.
though memory bandwidth could become a bit of a limiting factor,
a 4GHz 980 (4*12 full load) vs exp. PC12800 * 3 channel = 48GHz vs 38,400..,
you might need a 2000MB/s or at least highly OC'ed 1800 modules to take care of these extra 4 cores.
why the hell did they make these chips support only 1066 and 25GB/s bandwidth
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anyway, it is shockingly amazing!!
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/c...80x_gulftown/6
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