Sneak Peak at Gulftown.

[Claudius-07]

Since I am totally dyslexic when it comes to reading benchmarks... for someone who does a LOT of encoding (but nothing to do with rendering or using Photoshop etc.), how much of an upgrade is this over an Intel 9550? It took me a long time to upgrade from my AMD X2-4800 to this machine and have not even paid attention to the i3/i5/i7. Pretty much skipped the whole release.

I never have less than 10 things going at once, in fact I have 2 computers going 100% most of the time. I end up using my netbook to check email and surf not wanting to disturb the 2 comps from doing their job. I really really want ONE day to have ONE comp that can do the same work and I can still use to do the daily crap chores etc. Will this be it? I hope so.

 

[vshah]

ooh, i want. along with another 6gb of ram

 

[Hey Zeus]

Since I am totally dyslexic when it comes to reading benchmarks... for someone who does a LOT of encoding (but nothing to do with rendering or using Photoshop etc.), how much of an upgrade is this over an Intel 9550? It took me a long time to upgrade from my AMD X2-4800 to this machine and have not even paid attention to the i3/i5/i7. Pretty much skipped the whole release.

I never have less than 10 things going at once, in fact I have 2 computers going 100% most of the time. I end up using my netbook to check email and surf not wanting to disturb the 2 comps from doing their job. I really really want ONE day to have ONE comp that can do the same work and I can still use to do the daily crap chores etc. Will this be it? I hope so.

Chip is going to be a monster in Encoding. Problem is it's monster price tag of a thousand dollars

 

[exar333]

why is Intel focusing on six core and dual core cpus with 32nm yet no desktop quads? we dont really need a six core cpu with HT and a dual core isnt enough for many games now. bring on some 32nm desktop quads please.

oh is there any more info on the Xeon 32nm quads and will they be able to work in regular desktop motherboards???

ETA March. I have one pre-ordered through Tankguys (assuming it launches on time). The 32nm Xeon (1366) quads will be sweet; 32nm goodness with 12MB cache.

 

[toyota]

ETA March. I have one pre-ordered through Tankguys (assuming it launches on time). The 32nm Xeon (1366) quads will be sweet; 32nm goodness with 12MB cache.

and they will work just fine in a regular desktop X58 mobo?

 

[Zap]

Wow...a discovery of a life time!
...
This is the fabled CPU of Turin!

:awe:

/Best follow up post in this thread

 

[zuffy]

I will see if I can get one from my projects this year.

 

[exar333]

and they will work just fine in a regular desktop X58 mobo?

From what I have heard, yes. I believe Aigo has 1 (or more) and has had it running on his Asus or GB X58 board. These 2-QP link Xeons should work in most X58 boards (with or without a BIOS update; not sure here).

 

[toyota]

From what I have heard, yes. I believe Aigo has 1 (or more) and has had it running on his Asus or GB X58 board. These 2-QP link Xeons should work in most X58 boards (with or without a BIOS update; not sure here).

okay good to know. thats probably going to be the route I take so I guess I will sit tight until March and see what happens.

 

[exar333]

okay good to know. thats probably going to be the route I take so I guess I will sit tight until March and see what happens.

It looks really great. It reminds me of the Penryn refreshes of the dualies a while back. Smaller node with more cache = win!

I really don't need the extra cores (although they would be fun) but these should OC like nothing else.

 

[Ben90]

why is Intel focusing on six core and dual core cpus with 32nm yet no desktop quads? we dont really need a six core cpu with HT and a dual core isnt enough for many games now. bring on some 32nm desktop quads please.

oh is there any more info on the Xeon 32nm quads and will they be able to work in regular desktop motherboards???

They have some 32nm quads with a whopping 12mb l3$ on the way. I don't think they have made it public yet, but there are plenty of ES of them floating around

 

[tweakboy]

That is wicked sick. 12 cores. WOW

well say 6 cores,, but 12 threads,, a thread is a core. soo 12 , nice task man shot. WOW your lucky,, so is this puppy yours wow ,, When is this coming out crazy

 

[aigomorla]

why is Intel focusing on six core and dual core cpus with 32nm yet no desktop quads? we dont really need a six core cpu with HT and a dual core isnt enough for many games now. bring on some 32nm desktop quads please.

oh is there any more info on the Xeon 32nm quads and will they be able to work in regular desktop motherboards???

ask and ye shall recieve...

And yes, they work in standard X58's.

However i was given a choice between quad or hex.

And well, greed dictates hex > quad..

Anyhow id like to appologize.. i havent had the time to install the 980 yet.
My study is undergoing remodeling and they started a day earily...

Just taking the wiring down was hell, this should tell you why..

You think i have enough UPS's? I think i might need 1 more.. ()

This is just my study. D:

My floor got darker..

Anyhow ETA probably Thursday or Friday b4 i get the retail sample 980 installed.

 

[toyota]

ask and ye shall recieve...
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/aigomorla/Personal/Q3QT32nmquadcore.jpg

And yes, they work in standard X58's.

However i was given a choice between quad or hex.

And well, greed dictates hex > quad..

Anyhow id like to appologize.. i havent had the time to install the 980 yet.
My study is undergoing remodeling and they started a day earily...

Just taking the wiring down was hell, this should tell you why..

You think i have enough UPS's? I think i might need 1 more.. ()
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/aigomorla/Personal/IMG_1637.jpg

This is just my study. D:

My floor got darker..

Anyhow ETA probably Thursday or Friday b4 i get the retail sample 980 installed.

wow thanks.

 

[KLin]

http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=520

Could you run this HD benchmark and post the results please?

 

[SHAQ]

Are they releasing the A0 version of Gulftown or are they going to respin it? A0's don't get released often.

 

[aigomorla]

Are they releasing the A0 version of Gulftown or are they going to respin it? A0's don't get released often.

EOL = End of Life..

A0 -> B0

My 980 which is still in the packaging is a B0.

http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=520

Could you run this HD benchmark and post the results please?

It will be the first thing i do when i get the 980 installed.

As i said in my previous post, my study is in shambles at the moment.

 

[Evadman]

I would get more BOINC credits with one of those CPU's in a week than my entire fleet gets in a year. Excuse me while I go cry in the corner.

 

[Hey Zeus]

ask and ye shall recieve...

And yes, they work in standard X58's.

However i was given a choice between quad or hex.

And well, greed dictates hex > quad..

Anyhow id like to appologize.. i havent had the time to install the 980 yet.
My study is undergoing remodeling and they started a day earily...

Just taking the wiring down was hell, this should tell you why..

You think i have enough UPS's? I think i might need 1 more.. ()

This is just my study. D:

My floor got darker..

Anyhow ETA probably Thursday or Friday b4 i get the retail sample 980 installed.

Can i come over and play with that 32nm quad?

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Sex core

 

[ghost recon88]

Wait, your retail 980x is a B0? That can't be right, they already have B1 stepping out and it's still 6 months until launch.

 

[Absolution75]

Wow...a discovery of a life time!

I opened the image in Photoshop to see if I could make out some manufacturing information, and found this.

This is the fabled CPU of Turin!

lolol






Nice CPU there.

 

[lopri]

A couple of questions:

1) Are the leaked 32nm quads 'native' quads, or two core disabled??
2) Where does 10GbE rumor come from?

 

[DrMrLordX]

I'd still like to know what cooling he's using to get these overclocks.

 

[drizek]

why is Intel focusing on six core and dual core cpus with 32nm yet no desktop quads? we dont really need a six core cpu with HT and a dual core isnt enough for many games now. bring on some 32nm desktop quads please.

oh is there any more info on the Xeon 32nm quads and will they be able to work in regular desktop motherboards???

Because they spent a lot of money building 45nm factories and they don't want them sitting idle. Same reason why they didn't move atom to 32nm and why Arrandale wont be getting 32nm GPU until sandy bridge.

I don't know if this is technically what they are doing, but it seems like they are taking out the production of mainstream 45nm dual cores and using that capacity to produce IGPs, Atoms and Quads. I think Intel will produce as much 45nm silicon in 2010 as it did in 2009.