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Test upon Intel Core i7

Dan_D said:
I don't have it yet. Kyle does. He also has at least one Nehalem CPU which was seen in the video.
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I am eagerly waiting a full review of an x58/ci7 2.66/2.93. Along with sli capabilities, once nvidia approves it. How long till we see a full review Dan?
 
Sweet.
really tempting but the new platform requires ddr3...damn I just upgraded to 8gb ddr2
 
xpsango said:
the best thing about these new chips is the single socket. No more lga775 and 771;I can get a nice dual socket mobo and upgrade till I am blue in the face. I am just gushing thinking about my 12core vm rig.
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really? core 2 is one socket
 
lowteckh said:
I'll be rooting for Westmere or Sandybridge V=.=. Wasn't it said before that Nehalem might all become socket 1166 or w/e as it moves away from release? That'd mean that 1366 won't be compatible w/ 1166, so early adopters would need a new mobo? Haven't seen much discussion regarding this, all are just speculation.

intel release schedule btw: http://www.techpowerup.com/68544/Nehalem_s_Successors_Caught_on_Slides_at_IDF.html
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Haven't heard anything about the socket changes, but since Nehalem -> Westmere is just a shrink the socket change will likely be Sandybridge if that happens. Damn Intel is moving so fast Nehalem will be a flash in a pan.
 
socket 1166 is/was supposed to be for the budget cpus that use the new architecture. they are/were also supposed to have locked multis and locked fsb. so no more low end overclocking, at least on intel.
 
vanilla_guerilla said:
socket 1166 is/was supposed to be for the budget cpus that use the new architecture. they are/were also supposed to have locked multis and locked fsb. so no more low end overclocking, at least on intel.
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not anymore? say if i do get a x58 mobo, wil i be able to put in teh die shrink version of i7 later down the line?
 
jonneymendoza said:
not anymore? say if i do get a x58 mobo, wil i be able to put in teh die shrink version of i7 later down the line?
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most likely since a die shrink is almost always in the same socket. Then again i did have a socket 423 p4 back in the day :(
 
dezertrat said:
most likely since a die shrink is almost always in the same socket. Then again i did have a socket 423 p4 back in the day :(
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I don't recall Socket 423 Pentium 4's being built on a different process than Northwood Pentium 4's that were Socket 478. However you are correct. Die shrinks usually use the same socket. However that doesn't make the motherboards or the chipsets compatible with the newer processors.
 
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