i9-What are Your Thoughts?

[ScottALot]

I've been thinking a bit about the i9 and the whole i series in general.
The i3 is dual-core w/ Hyper-Threading
The i5 is quad-core w/o Hyper-Threading
The i7 is quad-core w/ Hyper-Threading
So I'm guessing the i9 will be six-core w/o Hyper-Threading? Or will it have hyperthreading? Another question, does anyone know if it will clock higher than the i7? I understand most applications don't use the whole quad-core thing to their maximum, so it makes sense that the i9, being higher up on the 'i' level, should have higher clock speeds. I don't know what to think :/

What do you guys think?

 

[Twist86]

Doubt it since it will be the new "i7" it will have it.

I think the I9 has that new graphics deal like the I3 so it might provide better frames in games.

 

[ScottALot]

Since the new "i7" will have what?

 

[Twist86]

hyper-threading. I was referring to it as the next I7 since it will be the new top dog most likely as the I7 currently is.

 

[ScottALot]

The i7 already has hyper-threading. What "new" one are you talking about.

And back to ladies on the avatar, huh?

 

[Twist86]

Yep...mangina at heart.

So I'm guessing the i9 will be six-core w/o Hyper-Threading?
What do you guys think?

Doubt it since it will be the new "i7" it will have it.

 

[ScottALot]

Bleeeeagh, what?!

 

[Jamin43]

I posted some preliminary tests from Engineers Sample a few threads down from this one on the CPU forum

http://www.computerforum.com/166052-intel-6-core-cpu-engineers-sample.html ( Intel 32 Gulftown is the i9 you're referring to with the 6 core 12 thread cpu )

 

[Stoic Sentinel]

Bleeeeagh, what?!

Lol, I think he's trying to say that the i9 will be the next "i7" as the best CPUs on the market and therefore should have hyper-threading.

 

[CdnAudiophile]

There is no such thing as an i9 anymore. The processor will be an extreme only and is called the i7 980x Article It will probably retail for $999.99

 

[Drenlin]

It won't be top dog for long anyway..aren't they developing an eight core Xeon already?

 

[ScottALot]

I doubt it'll support X58... it'll most likely be a server proc.

 

[Bodaggit23]

I doubt it'll support X58... it'll most likely be a server proc.

Read each post in your thread dude...

http://www.softsailor.com/news/14073-intel-core-i7-980x-coming-in-march-2010.html#axzz0ZvHa84r7

 

[bomberboysk]

i9 will support hyperthreading just like the i7 does, the i5 doesnt do hyperthreading because it is a mainstream/lower end unit, not a midrage/higher end like the i7 lineup.

 

[Ethan3.14159]

Meh, too expensive. Although, not nearly as expensive as AMD's current 6-core Opteron's.

 

[ganzey]

Meh, too expensive. Although, not nearly as expensive as AMD's current 6-core Opteron's.

well yea, but those are server cpus. can someone explain me the difference between server cpu's and desktop cpu's. is it just the cache amount?

 

[ScottALot]

A quad-core with hyperthreading performs close to the performance of 8 cores... so the i9 will be like 12 cores?!

 

[ganzey]

A quad-core with hyperthreading performs close to the performance of 8 cores... so the i9 will be like 12 cores?!

yes

 

[ScottALot]

And I'm correct in saying a dual-core with hyperthreading doesn't match a quad-core w/o hyperthreading, right?

 

[bomberboysk]

A quad-core with hyperthreading performs close to the performance of 8 cores... so the i9 will be like 12 cores?!

No, it does not increase the computational power of it, all it does is allow programs to be run more effeciently by threading them. Compare an i7 to a dual xeon setup(with hyperthreading disabled on the xeons) and then say it performs close.