Intel Core i7 970 Gulftown On Linux

[HardOCP News]

If you are a Linux user you should definitely check out the Intel Core i7 970 review at Phoronix today.

Besides putting 12 processing threads at your disposal, these CPUs are built upon the 32nm die shrink of Nehalem and boast 12MB of L3 cache. The first Gulftown desktop product to launch was the Intel Core i7 980X, which was quickly followed by the Core i7 970, and we now finally have the chance to test out this incredibly fast but expensive processor under Linux."

 

[RadioActiveLobster]

If you use Linux it's because you can't afford Windows7 so how are you going to afford this?















I jest!! I jest!!

 

[Monkey God]

Thats a really bad article.

 

[drescherjm]

If you use Linux it's because you can't afford Windows7 so how are you going to afford this?

Some users do not choose the OS for the cost but the features / functionality. I would be interested in using this in my i7 920 linux box at home only if the price was 1/3 of what it is now..

 

[3far4shot]

Do Linux users actually have a good amount of software out there for them that takes advantage of the multiple threads and cores of the 970?