Quote Originally Posted by mstp2009 View Post
Contacted a buddy in D1D at Oregon about this SS and for what Nehalem info I could get out of him.

He says:
1) not a fake, but CPU-Z is off on several things (he won't tell exactly what)
2) Nehalem boots and runs stable under load on all major OSes
3) Intel could have it "rushed" to market in 2 months if need be, but they don't feel the competitive pressure to do so (thanks AMD).
4) most of what is being worked on now are the chipsets for the various platforms (desktop, server, etc.)



And yes Shintai, this is all on just my word. So don't bother thread crapping my post, time will prove one (or both of us) right.
That's all I need to know right now. If Intel has working samples that have passed quality control on most boards and it could rush it in 2 months... and with this in mind they say that it will be a lot better than Core and 30% more power efficient, I believe them. It will be better. The rest is just details. Intel does know better. And you know why? Because if you knew better, then you'd work for Intel... or at least be under NDA right now.

I trust the new Intel. Because we're talking about a new Intel. It makes perfect sense that they'll wait it out on Nehalem and just keep testing it and making it better before release. It's just common business sense. If they were to rush it now in 2 months and it would be buggy and it would have weak support, then I'd question Intel's management. I don't really need Nehalem right now so I don't mind waiting another year or so for it... as long as it's gonna be spot on and there won't be any incompatibilities.