Leaked Haswell-E Engineering Sample Images

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VR_Zone has posted a couple leaked images of an Intel Haswell-E engineering sample and a slide with an overview of the processor. Notice the USA markings on the chip?
 
nice: quad channel DDR4. not as nice: DDR4-2666 and higher specs aren't finalized yet. callitawashonperformance
 
^if you do something like that the "bulldozer boogeyman" will return. What happened to that guy anyways? :p

4 modules (each with 2 CPU cores, 1 shared FPU, 1 shared write combining cache, 1 shared L2, 1 shared decoder, 1 shared dispatcher) vs 8 whole CPU cores.
 
There is a good chance this will be my next upgrade.

Looks like I will have to buy all new ram though!

the 3930k is still plenty fast, but it is no longer stable like it originally was for some reason. I had it at 4.7ghz rock solid for years, but lately I've had random freezes, even after dropping it down to stock clocks...

I'm guessing something (motherboard, RAM or CPU) just aren't aging well...
 
whoa 8 cores... shouldn't we have like 60 cores by 2010 or something according to Intel's original roadmap when they told us that single core is dead - multi core is all the rage? and it's still way below 4 ghz. please work on clock speed again, Intel.
 
Couldn't you just put a Xeon 2690v2 with 10 cores in your desktop today, if you REALLY wanted to? (not that I see much benefit from it with current software, unless your workload is very heavy on rendering or encoding)
 
Personally, not looking forward to the whole 4 channel memory thing. Kinda wondering why each memory module doesn't have 4 channels built internally, instead needing to buy 4 ram sticks? It just means that whatever ram you buy, you better be happy with, cause in order to upgrade you have to replace all the ram. Where as right now I have 2 sticks in my machine, and if I wanna add 2 more then I'm not throwing away the old 2 sticks. Not to forget, 4 memory sticks is going to be expensive.

Also wondering why we aren't moving to GDDR5, due to all the integrated graphics these chips are getting nowadays?
 
whoa 8 cores... shouldn't we have like 60 cores by 2010 or something according to Intel's original roadmap when they told us that single core is dead - multi core is all the rage?
lol, I remember Intel was talking up many cores back in 2006, which we later learned is when Larrabee started development, Atom was well into development and as competition against Sun's Niagra. That strategy certainly didn't work out, but it wouldn't have mattered anyways. The "microserver" market is still illusory and Sun's highly threaded processors were overtaken in performance by other traditional processors and just died after the Oracle acquisition.

The number was 32 cores by 2010 and those weren't intended as desktop processors. We're still kind of waiting for general computing on Intel's MIC processors, which are mainly used as rendering nodes and jsupercomputers running GPU-type loads.
 
X99 will be one of those chipset you can buy and sit on it for years. Only need to swap out the GPUs every other year.
 
Been sitting on my P67 chipset with years, nearly 3 years now (January is 3). Still almost as fast as the latest 4770k (and just as fast unless I can find a golden 4770k that can clock to 4.7+) and nothing in sight that will tear it apart.

I remember going from a Q9550 to an i7-920, then to a 2600k. All were good upgrades and good jumps. Ever since the 2600k, there hasnt been a good boost in CPU power to warranty anything.
 
I'll probably upgrade to this but we'll see when it gets released. I'll be upgrading from a first gen i7-920, so i imagine the upgrade will be quite nice. Either that or i'll pick up a 3990k or 4770k since that will most likely drop in price.

Either way I'm exciting to build a new machine!
 
nice: quad channel DDR4. not as nice: DDR4-2666 and higher specs aren't finalized yet. callitawashonperformance
Also wondering why we aren't moving to GDDR5, due to all the integrated graphics these chips are getting nowadays?[/QUOTE]

GDDR5 is based on DDR3 with many interface and controller changes. It's not suitable for main memory.
 
I'd love an excuse to upgrade my 2600k. Hopefully X99 gives me a reason.

Same for me. I've been itching to upgrade my 2600k also, but x79 seems too close to the end of the line. I'd hate to jump on the x79 train this late in the trip.

What's the release date rumor for these?
 
X99 will be one of those chipset you can buy and sit on it for years. Only need to swap out the GPUs every other year.

I'm still sitting on whatever I bought in 2009 and swap out gpus every so often. Still have no reason to upgrade anything else.
 
X99 will be one of those chipset you can buy and sit on it for years. Only need to swap out the GPUs every other year.

I'd love to believe that, but then you know SATA express will come out, then PCI Express Gen 4, then lightpeak ports will become available, etc. Suddenly that ultra modern chipset you've got is starting to seem a little lacking. :(
 
I'll probably upgrade to this but we'll see when it gets released. I'll be upgrading from a first gen i7-920, so i imagine the upgrade will be quite nice. Either that or i'll pick up a 3990k or 4770k since that will most likely drop in price.

Either way I'm exciting to build a new machine!

Yeah, I' m drooling over this myself to replace an i7-930
 
as much as id want it, part of me says dont buy it unless 14nm chips will work on the chipset. nothing like releasing old cpu's with a better chipset along side newer chips with a weaker chipset.
 
So here's the question.

Will X99 chipsets be backwards compatible with current 2011 ivy's?
 
X99 will be one of those chipset you can buy and sit on it for years. Only need to swap out the GPUs every other year.

If those new consoles really bring 8 core support then X99 could last next 5-6 years providing top level performance :D
 
If those new consoles really bring 8 core support then X99 could last next 5-6 years providing top level performance :D

Not saying this definitely won't ring true, but keep in mind we don't necessarily need the same amount of cores as the console if our 4-6 cores have a decently higher clockspeed and/or IPC. No matter how many cores the consoles have, they are mid-range cores at best, plus we can buy much better GPUs. It is unlikely anyone will need to upgrade any relatively modern high-end 4-core PC to keep up with the games that see release on Xbone and PS4. Possible, but unlikely.

Also to add to my previous post, since you stupidly STILL can't edit in this section, the other reason is if you use tons of PCI-E lanes, though I personally think > 2 GPUs is downright silly (I don't mean that as a good thing).
 
Meh. How about leaked Haswell-E performance numbers? ;-)


Its either this or Skylake for me. x58 is getting boring.
 
I'm more excited over the x99 then the 8 core haswell. I hate that about Intel. In order for me to get native sata3 and raid0 trim and pcigen 3 i have to buy a a haswell and ontop of that get ddr4 which will probably cost a ton. BS imo.
 
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No USB 3.1?

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Bummer. I was hoping this was socket 1150 compatible. I'm guessing now that the second you buy into a new socket it becomes obsolete.
 
I'd love to believe that, but then you know SATA express will come out, then PCI Express Gen 4, then lightpeak ports will become available, etc. Suddenly that ultra modern chipset you've got is starting to seem a little lacking. :(

A lot of that IO stuff will not have devices to fully support it from the start, and when it is supported the devices will cost more than current solutions.
It should have Thunderbolt, and that will be enough for storage and display connections.
SATA Express is the only desired feature right now, and the manufactures can still bring it to the chipset, it just won't be native support.
 
Personally, not looking forward to the whole 4 channel memory thing. Kinda wondering why each memory module doesn't have 4 channels built internally, instead needing to buy 4 ram sticks? It just means that whatever ram you buy, you better be happy with, cause in order to upgrade you have to replace all the ram. Where as right now I have 2 sticks in my machine, and if I wanna add 2 more then I'm not throwing away the old 2 sticks. Not to forget, 4 memory sticks is going to be expensive.

I'm not sure where you have been, but Sandy Bridge-E and Ivy Bridge-E are already quad channel memory, it's not like this is anything new. Before that Bloomfield and Gulftown were triple channel memory.
 
I'd love an excuse to upgrade my 2600k. Hopefully X99 gives me a reason.

I will wait for ram prices to drop before I jump on it. My 2500K still plays everything fine, but and upgrade in 1-2 years might be good. :D
 
I thought Haswell-E was what was going to finally get me to upgrade from my 980X, but really, what will I be able to do with 8 cores that I can't do with 6?
 
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