Blue_Scholar
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I dunno...seems like click bait more than anything else.
I'm just relaying information, if you're interested in Haswell-E then everything you need to know is provided in the title, the link is there to only identify the source of the information. Unless you can read Chinese it would pointless for you to click on it anyway, don't you think?
Here is further corroborating information (and more specific) regarding it's release:
I wish there was DDR3 X99 motherboards as well, DDR4 is going to be expensive and I don't really want to swap DDR3 for DDR4, they did this with X48 and P45 with motherboards with either DDR2 and DDR3, why not for this one as well?
This is the upgrade I've been waiting for. Still rocking a C2D and DDR2 memory, was really waiting for something new and I think this is it.
This is the upgrade I've been waiting for. Still rocking a C2D and DDR2 memory, was really waiting for something new and I think this is it.
Finally some news on X99!
I've been rocking an ES 6 core while waiting for X79 to come out with an 8 Core CPU.
Looks like it will only happen with X99.
Off course, now 8 core seems so last generation. Now I want a 12 core lol.
BTW, don't need to tell me I don't "need" anything more than x cores for this or that. It is simply for e-peen fun.
Pray the rumors of an unlocked 18-core Xeon are true. The thought of such a chip makes me weak inside...
What's so hot about Broadwell and X99 versus a i5-4690 (or i5-4670) and H97 (or H87)?
What's so hot about Broadwell and X99 versus a i5-4690 (or i5-4670) and H97 (or H87)?
DDR4, more cache, more cores, more PCIe lanes, wider ram bus
just about every thing about it is MUCH better
Hmm, decisions decisions if this is true. I'm running 1366 as well and have been looking at getting some more RAM for it (currently running 6x4gb modules) for my lab environment, but if this announcement is true I will be very reluctant to throw any more money at the platform.
On the flipside though 1366 is still 'good enough' for the majority of what I'm doing.
DDR4, more cache, more cores, more PCIe lanes, wider ram bus
just about every thing about it is MUCH better
I want faster SATA.
For the majority of us CPU performance is well above where it needs to be for games, and every-day usage and general work. Awesome... yes!
I want faster SATA.
I want a SATA device that maxes out SATA I bandwidth @ 4K low queue depth reads instead of 30 to 50MB/s.
Not to mention if the rumored unlocked 18-core Xeon actually becomes a reality, X99 will underpin a truly monster processor, with its nearly identical brother, the C610, backing up the processor in a 2P configuration.
I'm hoping....and praying that the top Xeon SKUs end up unlocked and end up adding some real excitement to the desktop for the first time in years...
Is there a ballpark figure (or a guess) on what a 18 core Xeon CPU would cost for a consumer desktop motherboard?
Is there a ballpark figure (or a guess) on what a 18 core Xeon CPU would cost for a consumer desktop motherboard?
What I'm also wondering --
How in the world are 18-cores going to be decently utilized in the near future without a hefty shift in software development, whether program-specific or via OS thread-scheduling?
I'm really hoping Haswell-E will be "the" upgrade from x58. I don't think I've ever been on one platform for so long (5+ years!?) since the having the option of upgrading to a hexcore on x58 (i7 970 at 4.4GHz). I looked at review from 2600K, but didn't impress much. x79 was tempting, but also looking at benchmarks I held off. I'll probably upgrade to x99 regardless since x58 is just one big hot mess...HOT being the definitive word.
Having the option of 64GB is the tempting portion for VMware. I just hope IPC and overclocking have good results.
This is why clock speed continues to be more important than number of cores for the vast majority of consumers and enthusiasts.
There are plenty of server and workstation applications that will readily scale to multiple threads. Depending on the task you could still become I/O limited before maxing out all cores, though.
I frequently do large cross-compile builds that would greatly benefit from having a lot of cores.
But for enthusiasts doing primarily gaming with only the occasional highly parallel task, there's no benefit to going with a ridiculous number of cores over a higher-clocked 4/6 core CPU.
Is there a ballpark figure (or a guess) on what a 18 core Xeon CPU would cost for a consumer desktop motherboard?
If you want an 18-core unlocked CPU, you will be lucky to O/C that thing by 200MHz. The 8-core CPU coming up from Intel in September will be what a 3.1GHZ roughly...
Based on early postings from European retailers, the 18-core Xeon will sell for roughly $4K USD.