[Fudz] Intel 2011 extreme Core i7 is 990X

[Idontcare]

Intel 2011 extreme Core i7 is 990X

Intel's top Extreme Edition CPU for Q1 2011 just got a name. It will be called Core i7 990X and as you can imagine it will be faster than currently fastest Core i7 980X.

The clock speed of Core i7 990X is 3.46GHz, some 130MHz faster than Core i7 980X's 3.33GHz.

http://www.fudzilla.com/processors/processors/intel-2011-extreme-core-i7-is-990x

OMG talk about a total snoozefest if this is true.

133MHz speedbump over the existing 3.33GHz 980X?

So their most extreme top of the line enthusiast performance cpu is going to get 4% faster after a whole year has passed? Whoa! I can feelz the innovation and it is rapid.

 

[JAG87]

Why go faster when no one is tailing you?

 

[Edrick]

Why bother?

With SB 2011 coming out in Q2/Q3, who would spend $999 in Q1 on a older, soon to be dead, socket?

 

[aigomorla]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait....

990X i thought was suposed to be lga1366.

Oh do you mean in 2011?

Why bother?

With SB 2011 coming out is Q2/Q3, who would spend $999 in Q1 on a older, soon to be dead, socket?

cuz the world is ending in 2012.
So intel is giving everyone there last fixes b4 the ultimate off switch.

 

[khon]

Meh, at least it's 6 months before the replacement will be out.

The Q9650 came out 3 months before the i7-920, and it cost twice as much. People still bought it though, and I expect the same will happen here.

 

[Idontcare]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait....

990X i thought was suposed to be lga1366.

Oh do you mean in 2011?

Not my confusing title, copied it straight from fudz, but yes it is confusing.

 

[RavenSEAL]

Why would anyone even bother buying this when you can just overclock the 980X to be faster than 3.46GHz in the first place? Intel gets a thumbs down on this one.

 

[khon]

Why would anyone even bother buying this when you can just overclock the 980X to be faster than 3.46GHz in the first place? Intel gets a thumbs down on this one.

Supposedly it's a new stepping, so it will probably have better overclocking potential than the 980X. Not saying it's much, but it is something.

 

[aigomorla]

Why would anyone even bother buying this when you can just overclock the 980X to be faster than 3.46GHz in the first place? Intel gets a thumbs down on this one.

new stepping and yes its that yummy.

Its not meant for everyone, but hey, who doesnt want a hexcore overclocked @ around 4ghz with a vcore requirement of less then 1.2v on average?



And even better for those of us on water.

The Hexcores currently are more limited to VTT and Vcore limitations because of the IMC.
Now we fix some stuff, make things require less vcore, and overclocking scales up, yes, you guys can count me in on one of these puppys to resecure my crown on this forum for another 6 months.

Wait did Nadeshiko even lose that Tiara?
<last line is total sarcasm... well partially>

 

[RavenSEAL]

True, but is there really a need to overclock anything over 3.3ghz? Considering the highest end games/applications now a days run on 3GHz single core, 2.8 Dual or 2.4 Quad. I continually think about OCing my E8500, but there is just no need for it. Even thought it is probably one of the sweetest processor to OC. Hell, this thing can do 4.2 on air. Only thing worth OCing(Personally) is GPUs.

 

[aigomorla]

True, but is there really a need to overclock anything over 3.3ghz? Considering the highest end games/applications now a days run on 3GHz single core, 2.8 Dual or 2.4 Quad. I continually think about OCing my E8500, but there is just no need for it. Even thought it is probably one of the sweetest processor to OC. Hell, this thing can do 4.2 on air. Only thing worth OCing(Personally) is GPUs.

well i run multi gpu's on my platform.

And gpu scaling has been shown to go as far as 4ghz.

Since this is a 990X, lets ignore the budget view on this, because budget and 990X would never fit in the same line, unless the words suicide was to follow it.

But guys who do have 980X, will typically have SLI or Xfire...
If they dont.. then i question there buying knowledge, as i can get a much better Xeon Hexcore for almost the same price, proably a little cheaper, which has a better IMC.

 

[Edrick]

On the same train of thought, it can be said that most guys who would be looking to buy a new 990X would be tech savvy enough to know that something much sweeter is just around the corner.

This has to be Intel just clearing out stock of Gulftown before SB is released.

 

[aigomorla]

This has to be Intel just clearing out stock of Gulftown before SB is released.

i hate to be the bringer of bad news, and i am only saying this because i have not gotten any documentation of 2011.

But from the gist of it.... intel will milk 1155, b4 we consumers get 2011.

I dont expect 2011 for a while, unless bulldozer does bulldoze though benchmarks.
But a lot of us aren't holding our breath on that either.

 

[khon]

i hate to be the bringer of bad news, and i am only saying this because i have not gotten any documentation of 2011.

But from the gist of it.... intel will milk 1155, b4 we consumers get 2011.

I dont expect 2011 for a while.
Not until at least i hear about it on the enterprise side.

I expect they'll release 2011 about a month before AMD releases BD, just so they can completely steal their thunder.

 

[aigomorla]

I expect they'll release 2011 about a month before AMD releases BD, just so they can completely steal their thunder.

nope....

Then AMD would cry a river.

BD will come out, im guessing it wont be so great... thats if the new management didnt pick up any bad habits from hector ruiz.

And if it smashes, then i predict, 2011 will skip 32nm, and we'll see 22nm introduction.

If BD kinda floops like first gen PH, then 32nm 2011's will leak out after 1155 gets a stepping refresh.

My predictions.

 

[khon]

nope....

Then AMD would cry a river.

So what ?

BD will come out, im guessing it wont be so great... thats if the new management didnt pick up any bad habits from hector ruiz.

And if it smashes, then i predict, 2011 will skip 32nm, and we'll see 22nm introduction.

Why would they skip 32nm when they've already got a fabrication process for it ? If anything it would seem they might delay 22nm.

 

[RavenSEAL]

Why would they skip 32nm when they've already got a fabrication process for it ? If anything it would seem they might delay 22nm.

I agree, even looking at 45nm, which i feel Intel didn't really get everything they could out of it, 32nm is going to be able to do some ridiculous things. Hell, i'll think we'll be looking at stock processors hit 4.0Ghz by next year. Sometimes, the speed at which new technologies are developed makes me wonder whether companies are just pushing to get the next most expensive thing out there. I was just reading somewhere than 11nm was due by 2016, thats crazy, not that its a bad thing, but hell, Intel and AMD need to slow down a bit. The time lapses between new technologies is shrinking and shrinking to the point that buying the best products on the market today will make em last year's tech in less than 6 months.

 

[aigomorla]

So what ?



Why would they skip 32nm when they've already got a fabrication process for it ? If anything it would seem they might delay 22nm.

I said if BD was a threat.

Intel will not give up crown, if BD is a threat, they will bring out 22nm.

I dont think intel has any intentions of giving up crown anytime soon.

 

[SHAQ]

Moore's Law is dead. It's back to a theory now.

 

[khon]

I said if BD was a threat.

Intel will not give up crown, if BD is a threat, they will bring out 22nm.

I dont think intel has any intentions of giving up crown anytime soon.

Even if BD is a threat, how does it help Intel to skip 32nm ? I mean they have it ready to go, which is not the case for 22nm, so wouldn't they release 32nm 2011s as a stopgap at the very least ?

 

[bryanW1995]

somthing this fast must go back to the ULTIMATE performance metric:

Check out this lightning fast e4400

 

[aigomorla]

Even if BD is a threat, how does it help Intel to skip 32nm ? I mean they have it ready to go, which is not the case for 22nm, so wouldn't they release 32nm 2011s as a stopgap at the very least ?

now why would they do that when there ramping there 22nm fab process in lue of SSDs?

Have you even heard of a 2011 lineup yet?


I think 2011 is still up in the air until after BD.

But your correct, it wouldnt make more sense, however, how about this model?

1. Intel is gonna push 1155 + SSD's.
1155 is 32nm SSD's are 22nm

Intel will slowly retire out the 32nm fabs in lue of 22nm fabs.
SSD's = $$$

Once SSD market is semi saturated, then the SSD fabs will change over to CPU fabs.

Now this only works if intel has 22nm fabs, but we all knew several months ago, intel has been pumping out of 22nm fabs.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1555722/intel-showcases-22nm-wafer

You see now why i was telling people intel will screw us this generation in lue of SSD's, and then pop us with a big one afterwards?

Seriously speaking guys, do you think Intel will let AMD take crown for more then 1 quarter?
I highly doubt it.

 

[khon]

Aren't the SSDs 25nm rather than 22nm ?

 

[aigomorla]

Aren't the SSDs 25nm rather than 22nm ?

whoops your right...

D:

LOL... in any rate, intel has 22nm fabs.

And i trust my friend with timelines more so then intel.
If he says he has no clue, he really has no clue.

Khon my friend is fairly accurate with timelines.. and i think ive shown that on more then 1 occasion

 

[khon]

whoops your right...

D:

LOL... in any rate, intel has 22nm fabs.

And i trust my friend with timelines more so then intel.
If he says he has no clue, he really has no clue.

Khon my friend is fairly accurate with timelines.. and i think ive shown that on more then 1 occasion

Fair enough.

I've always wondered though, why are the linewidths different for SSDs, CPUs and GPUs, anyone know ?

I mean CPUs are on 45nm going to 32nm, while GPUs are on 40nm going to 28nm, and SSDs are on 34nm going to 25nm.