Anyone heard news on the i9 Intel Core

[tweakboy]

I read somewhere i9 will be 2x faster then a i7 980x and built on 32nm fabrication

save ur pennies!!!

I think march april will be interesting in the hardware world..

 

[Absolution75]

They dropped the i9 name in favor of just keeping it i7 last time I've heard.


You're reffering to gulftown right? IMO 32nm quads is a much more interesting prospect than 6cores =p.

 

[aigomorla]

uhh i have both an i9 and a 980.

And i can tell you the 980 is most definitely faster then the i9.

Why? because they scraped the name i9, and decided to call it the i7 980X.

Infact even some debug tools still call my cpu an i9.

 

[Tsavo]

uhh i have both an i9 and a 980.

And i can tell you the 980 is most definitely faster then the i9.

Why? because they scraped the name i9, and decided to call it the i7 980X.

Infact even some debug tools still call my cpu an i9.

They should name these things more logically.

Core i2-2/2.8. Core i2-4/3.4.
Core i4-4/2.6. Core i4-8/2.8.
Core i6-12/3.2

 

[Kantastic]

They should name these things more logically.

Core i2-2/2.8. Core i2-4/3.4.
Core i4-4/2.6. Core i4-8/2.8.
Core i6-12/3.2

That was confusing.

 

[Acanthus]

That was confusing.

it makes sense to me

1st number is cores, 2nd number threads, 3rd number clockspeed.

 

[fffblackmage]

At least AMD seems to have some logic in the naming scheme of their processors. I originally thought the newer Core i5s were quad cores....

Someone in Intel needs to be fired, seriously.

 

[Borealis7]

you cant use the clockspeed in the model name, what about turbo mode? what about SpeedStep and sleep states? most of the time if you look at RealTemp or something you'll see Idle clocks which arent the real frequency of the processor.

i agree using the number of cores/threads makes sense, couple it with a number like this:

i2-4 / 6 <-- e-peen size!
i4-8 / 12
i6-12 / 50 (before launch, afterward reduced to 25)

 

[Tsavo]

That was confusing.

I work for Nvidia's branding department.

 

[Borealis7]

I work for Nvidia's branding department.

nicely done, sir.