Nehalem-EP......BLOOMFIELD

[Hornet331]

even though i agree with you all that comparing a dualsocket to a singlesocket system isn't that fair - especially if the singlesocket cpu has not the same amount of physical threads. BUT still, even if the comparison isn't fair it's still valid to do such a comparison due to the reasons LIKMARK mentioned: IF a dualsocket barcelona system performs about the same as a singlesocket nehalem system, but only costs a fractional amount i think the comparison is justifiable.

but thats the thing we dont know, we dont know the pricing of xeon procs, and as i mentioned eralier, if intel releases a 2,4ghz gainestown that slightly undercuts DP opterons in price the whole comparisson between singel socket and dual socket makes even less sense.

Bloomfield is a highend desktop chip and not aimed at servers thats why we have Xeon.
Why should a company buy a bloomfield rig (where the proc costs 1000€ alone) when they can get 2 gainestown procs (lets asume 400€ each) for a lower price which perform a lot better in multithreaded apps (thought they are clocked lower, lats say at 2,4ghz) and simply crush bloomfield?