AT Benches Nehalem

[Nemesis 1]

http://anandtech.com/cpuchipse...el/showdoc.aspx?i=3326

Man I am num . This is way more than I exspected way more . I won't feel one bit bad laying out big bucks @ Xmas for this bad boy.

I can see it now . 4870x2 O/C Nehalem running at 3.6+ O/C . Looks like Intel is going to give ATI the ride of its life in a Xfired Nehalem bat out of hell rig. To bad NV won't get to do Nehalem chipsets. OR Sli on the fastest thing on the planet. All the benchies will belong to ATI/ INTEL. Man that is just so funny. AMD/ATI get a ride from Intel ya got to love that.

 

[PeteRoy]

I only care about gaming performance, why didn't they do any at all?

 

[FireTech]

Originally posted by: PeteRoy
I only care about gaming performance, why didn't they do any at all?

Maybe this comment explains...

The second issue we ran into was a PCI Express problem that kept us from running any meaningful GPU benchmarks.

My Nehalem savings account has just been created...

 

[JackPack]

Incredible numbers there.

Alas, I can already imagine the denials that are about to flood in, a la Summer '06.

 

[Nemesis 1]

Ya this took me completely by surprize. I was exspect at best 20% improvement. JackPack 06 took everyone except a few by surprize. This is really a nice treat for us all .

Denial isn't that a place in Egypt. Viditor should sell his AMD stock befor its falls below $1. Dam it I sold my shorts already had I known this. I would have waited. Greed gets ya every time.

SO what ya think . Nehalem xtreme with 4/6 Intel SSD drives. Xfired or 4870x2 should clean house. Than when larrabbee is released A pretty complete all intel system . I just get gooze bumps thinking about it.

 

[Shortass]

Originally posted by: JackPack
Incredible numbers there.

Alas, I can already imagine the denials that are about to flood in, a la Summer '06.

I don't think anyone will deny what most of us have come to expect to see; anyone following the news knew this would be huge.

What I'm more interested in is how much the overclockable platform will cost... I expect it will be painfully expensive.



Edited for hangover.

 

[SolMiester]

I wouldnt insult Nehalem with anything ATI!....ATI, big designs going nowhere!

 

[Nemesis 1]

Originally posted by: SolMiester
I wouldnt insult Nehalem with anything ATI!....ATI, big designs going nowhere!

What ever ya say man . But no sli on Nehalem and no NV chipsets from NV for Nehalem. That Intel Armor that ATI is waring is going to put ATI at the top of the benchies. AMD needed a break looks like NV gave it to ATI . Hopefully Intel NV work this out . As I don't really care to here how big bad intel is picking on NV.

But Intel has larrabbee coming soon enough so maybe Intel will just say NO to NV on the chipset thing. Than latter as NV is crumbling just like AMD has from the burden of taking on the sleeping giant. NV will open up SLI to all for FREE.

 

[SolMiester]

Why the need for NV chipsets, Intel work just as well with NV as they do ATI, dual GPU's are for suckers with more money than sense. The upcoming 4xxx & Gt200 series will be plenty fast enough, even for big resolutions. I dont know about you but 22" from 2 feet is big enough for me....

 

[Acanthus]

Absolutely astounding performance for an alpha chip on an alpha platform.

40% clock for clock? good god.

 

[dv8silencer]

I am very pleased.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Wheres that drool icon..

And this thing is only in the "alpha" stage as well!

 

[Regs]

Whatever loyality I had left for AMD just went out the window. The only thing I have bad to say about AMD, however, is that what they supplied us is just not enough. Solid product, but just out matched.

I'm glad I did not upgrade to a Phenom or even the 6600. The X2 at 3.0 GHz are running my games just fine. Nehalem seems like the next logical upgrade for me. Though no benchmarks yet, I can only assume a huge difference from even a 6600.

And you can forget about Shanghai. It will likely be another lack luster launch when people ask, "what's so exciting about it?".

 

[ricleo2]

Damit. I have waited it seems like forever for the new graphic cards to come out. I was all set to build a new gaming machine with a new video card this month. Now I feel like I should wait (again) on this new CPU. Unless this new powerful chip will not effect gaming much. Anybody know or have an opinion?

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: ricleo2
Damit. I have waited it seems like forever for the new graphic cards to come out. I was all set to build a new gaming machine with a new video card this month. Now I feel like I should wait (again) on this new CPU. Unless this new powerful chip will not effect gaming much. Anybody know or have an opinion?

Most modern games are not CPU bound at high settings.

It will make a difference, but it wont be a dealbreaker.

 

[Atreus21]

Something I've been wondering about 4 core Intel chips.

I remember one of the marketing points for Phenom was that it had 4 "native" cores, as opposed to two dual cores put on the same die as in the case of Q6600. Is that still the case with Nehalem? Is there supposed to be any current or eventual advantage to having each core being distinct?

I also remember talk about Nehalem being Intel's answer to AMD's Fusion idea. Did that get dropped? Was it ever more than a rumor? I didn't see anything about an integrated GPU.

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: PeteRoy
I only care about gaming performance, why didn't they do any at all?

A nahalem will not improve your fps in games where triple-SLI 8800 ultras are barely reaching 40fps.

 

[Munky]

I was expecting to see big clock for clock improvements, and I'm glad to see Nehalem delivers on that front. Can't wait to build a new rig based on it.

 

[Toadster]

Great article... and this is my favorite statement

What Intel did to AMD in 2006, it is doing to itself in 2008. Amazing.

 

[Atreus21]

Something I've been wondering about 4 core Intel chips.

I remember one of the marketing points for Phenom was that it had 4 "native" cores, as opposed to two dual cores put on the same die as in the case of Q6600. Is that still the case with Nehalem? Is there supposed to be any current or eventual advantage to having each core being distinct?

 

[HopJokey]

Originally posted by: Atreus21
Something I've been wondering about 4 core Intel chips.

I remember one of the marketing points for Phenom was that it had 4 "native" cores, as opposed to two dual cores put on the same die as in the case of Q6600. Is that still the case with Nehalem? Is there supposed to be any current or eventual advantage to having each core being distinct?

The Quad core versions of Nehalem are "Native". I.e. a monolithic die.

 

[PascalT]

Yikes, these Nehalems are going to be monsters. It makes me feel bad about upgrading last month. Then again I get to buy new hardware soon again.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: PascalT
Yikes, these Nehalems are going to be monsters. It makes me feel bad about upgrading last month. Then again I get to buy new hardware soon again.

Upgrading on the Ticks is probably the better strategy versus upgrading on the Tocks.

Folks who upgraded to Penryn (the tick to Conroe's tock) get better performance clock/clock and lower power consumption than folks who upgraded to the tock (C2D).

Same will be true for Nehalem (tock) versus holding out for the tick (westmere). Since you already have a Q9450 it would seem the better thing to do here is keep with the tick-upgrade cycle and hold-out for Westmere.

 

[PascalT]

Yea you're probably right. I'm very happy with this setup so far anyway. It's the geek in me that wants "more."

 

[Peelback79]

So it's going to have a locked multi and oc'ing will be done by adjusting the frequency in 133Mhz jumps. How does that differ from now? Is it comparable to FSB x Multi = clock? Is it now going to be Frequency x multi = clock speed? Same concept, just different number?