Intel i7 980X Review - Mindblowing :)

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Zydor Send message Joined: 8 Feb 09 Posts: 252 Credit: 1,309,451 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 15732 - Posted: 13 Mar 2010 \| 13:17:06 UTC Last modified: 13 Mar 2010 \| 13:17:35 UTC
	6 Cores are upon us - below is the Guru3d review of the new Intel i7 980X 6 Core released on 11 Mar - anyone with a spare $1,000 fling it my way and I'll find a good home for it in a CPU not a million miles away :) This thing is a beast ...... Intel 6 Core Review - i7 980X Regards Zy
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liveonc Send message Joined: 1 Jan 10 Posts: 292 Credit: 41,567,650 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 15734 - Posted: 13 Mar 2010 \| 17:21:07 UTC - in response to Message 15732.
	Is "Beast" the new black, XP, & touch? Boxers, Soccer Players, & even Obama's car are called "The Beast". Wouldn't you need a tri socket motherboard & 3 of these "Beasts", to be "Apocalyptic"? ;-) ____________
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Paul D. Buck Send message Joined: 9 Jun 08 Posts: 1050 Credit: 37,321,185 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 15737 - Posted: 13 Mar 2010 \| 18:46:31 UTC
	It would have blown my mind if all the lower end chips were also six core ... Well, I might consider replacing my one quad core with one of them this year ... but would have been nice to go to the six core version... but that might be just a bit too pricy for my wallet ... Earnings wise, far better to just get another ATI card to replace one of my GTX260 cards ... just as much, if not more bang for the bucks ... And if I got a MB that can handle two GPUs I would be way ahead even with one of the lower end of the new chips ... 4 more cores, as good or better clock rates, maybe 64-bit OS to take advantage of the 64-bit apps (and dip my toe into that water) ... Well, taxes first ... :(
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Zydor Send message Joined: 8 Feb 09 Posts: 252 Credit: 1,309,451 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 15748 - Posted: 14 Mar 2010 \| 1:42:26 UTC
	I dont think it will be too long before they filter down the line and/or drop in price. A substantial number of quad i7's are already EOL, Intel's 8 core Q2/Q3 2011, and AMD's 6 core offering end of this month will all help - competition is a wonderful thing :) Regards Zy
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