Quote Originally Posted by Sn0wm@n View Post
let's forget server part for a minute shall we .... and lets focus on desktop ... 8 cores @ 3.2 on release and later on maybe even higher without turbo boost ....


and if you so love the server part then you could see how wrong my statement was when JF-AMD makes an official statement about the clocks of the bulldozer cpu lineup ....
If you're looking purely at desktop, do you really need 4+ modules? Honestly I'm more interested in seeing the 2 module version, I really could care less for anything beyond 4 threads as I just can't think of anything I do that needs the processing power.

It's the samething I brought up in the Sandy Bridge thread, I'm most interested in seeing both how many additional multipliers you get beyond turbo and also how the 2500k is priced. Because quite frankly I don't need an i7, especially not the additional motherboard costs, so if I can get a quadcore (non ht) sandy bridge that overclocks to 4.5 ghz on air, then I'll be a really happy camper.

Same goes for AMD, if their 2 module processor is only 5% behind SB (unlikely, but we can hope), and they clock to 5ghz on air, then that's what I'm getting. As I said before, in the end I could really care less how well the top end stuff costs and performs as I can't afford it anyways. If one company offers a significantly better valued product around the ~$200 level, then I'll be very content.