When the task manager has to show two levels of cpu graphs, you know you've got something good under the hood.
So will the Westmeres run at lower clock speeds to accommodate the TDP requirement of 135W? Will 32nm get it all the way there? Or will 2.4ghz just have to be the new 2.66?
With this kind of stock clocks I hope they at least treat it with an extensive turbo mode. Something like 2 bins per core-not-used would be satisfactory.
With this kind of stock clocks I hope they at least treat it with an extensive turbo mode. Something like 2 bins per core-not-used would be satisfactory.
It is an ES chip, so for all we know retail chips might have higher stock clocks.
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It is an ES chip, so for all we know retail chips might have higher stock clocks.
Exactly, remember how low clocked the first Bloomfield ES were? But even so I think we might see up to 2.93 (launch) or 3.06GHz (slightly later) but beyond that I'd be sceptical or the die shrink has have to do wonders.
Very nice, seems like it might be some tweaks in there other than 2 extra cores, guess it's for making up for the slightly reduced clock speeds in apps that cannot utilize 4+ cores.
Hopefully the supporting boards for these CPUs have better OC options than my Supermicro.
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