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deepthought86 |
Just a hint of what's to come if AMD falls further behind in the high-end segment. The ugly Intel is back
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Krogoth |
What is the point?
Intel is very stupid to marketed a platform that is clearly meant for professional users as an "enthusiast" platform. At least its performance is not as embarrassing as AMD's ill-fated 4x4. Skulltrail (cool name) = the aura platform that only professional users and tiny minority of fools that have way more $$$$ than sense will get. /me hugs his "$299 Q6600" |
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evermore |
So...what exactly do you get from having an LGA771 socket instead of 775? Aside from limited motherboard compatibility, and non-enthusiast design of the ones that do exist.
Multi-socket support is all I can think of. Even if I had wads of spare cash I don't think I'd bother with multi-socket. |
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crazybus |
Intel seems to be trying really hard to make the Phenom FX look like the sane choice.
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StashTheVampede |
Intel is positioning it's enthusiast platform on the Xeon socket? The line between enthusiast and server is ... always blurry.
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wingless |
For a pair of those I can buy a great set of coil overs, a turbo kit, a fully built long block, or a big brake upgrade + Nismo S.S.S. 2-way LSD for my 240sx....
When computer parts cost as much or MORE than "expensive" mods for cars then they cost too damn much. I do not believe those processors have enough performance to justify that kind of price. |
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JoshMST |
Geeze, reminds me of when the Pentium 2 266 was released. It was a $1500 part as well at introduction (though it did drop in price rather quickly).
This is what scares me about Intel when they feel they don't have any competition in a certain market. They are a well run business, and if they see the opportunity to increase their margins, they will not hold back. Luckily we do have other performance parts that are not so highly priced, such as the C2D 6850 and a pretty affordable quad core. Still... that's quite the sticker shock. |
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Chairman_Now |
So, is AMD's 4x4 platform alive or dead at this point? Anyone know if AMD is going to ship consumer socket F CPUs beyond the current models (as in, quad core)?
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d0g_p00p |
This is what we are going to see if AMD fails. Ahh, back to the good old days of Intel ruling all.
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Jeffery |
Since they are using LGA771, I do wonder if lower clocked Xeons will boot with the Skulltrail board? If so, two $500 E5430s (2.66Ghz/12MB/1333Mhz) should overclock nicely.
What is more, two E5472s (3Ghz/12MB/1600Mhz) would perform almost identically for $1000 less per pair. --If not, I think AMD will have a much more accessible 8-core, uber-multi GPU enthusiast platform. It would be interesting to see how the Xeon parts overclock as compared to their desktop brethren. |