Nehalem CPUs

Respital

Respital

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I just read an article about Amd's X4.
Original Article Found Here : http://www.maximumpc.com/article/amd_s_new_x4_quad_core

And in the last paragraph it says "... Intel is already demonstrating fully functional Nehalem CPUs and says they’re on track to launch later this year."

Are Nehalems really coming out this year .. ?
I really dont feel like buying a Q9450 and then upgrading again.
From my E6850.

Suggestions\Comments ? :)
 
Kornowski

Kornowski

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Are they 8 Cores?

And, Are they not LGA775?

Also, I'm liking the look of the vCore, plenty of OC'ing headroom there!

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Steelshivan

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Respital said:
I just read an article about Amd's X4.
Original Article Found Here : http://www.maximumpc.com/article/amd_s_new_x4_quad_core

And in the last paragraph it says "... Intel is already demonstrating fully functional Nehalem CPUs and says they’re on track to launch later this year."

Are Nehalems really coming out this year .. ?
I really dont feel like buying a Q9450 and then upgrading again.
From my E6850.

Suggestions\Comments ? :)
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And why would you have to upgrade? Is having the latest and greatest system a hobby?

If it's not, it isn't like you actually need the better processor whatsoever.
 
Respital

Respital

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maroon1 said:
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3326&p=9

I read this review for Nehalem from anandtech, and they are saying that Nehalem 2.66GHz was 20 to 50% faster than Q9450 !!!

Thats a big performance increase over Yorkfield !!
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WOAH. :eek:
I was going to get a Q9450 when the prices drop but now that just makes me drool. :D

Tuffie said:
Sounds like these will provide me with some huge price drops to upgrade my CPU. :p
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Yeah hopefully when these come out the Q9xxx will be cheaper... :)

Kornowski said:
So... Don't buy a Q6700, Wait for the Nehalems?
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Yeah if your going to build a new system i'd wait. :p
Kornowski said:
Are they 8 Cores?

And, Are they not LGA775?

Also, I'm liking the look of the vCore, plenty of OC'ing headroom there!

nehalem4.jpg
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According to Wikipedia... Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehalem_(microarchitecture)
The first chart says that... Auburndale & Havendale are going to have 2 cores...
Too bad their not LGA775 ... :(

Kornowski said:
I take it back then, Q6700 it is for me...
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And the Q9450 is for me. :)
maroon1 said:
No, they are 4 cores with hyper-threading technology.


No they are LGA1366

And the current CPU-z can't detect nehalem accurately. Nehalem have 4x256KB L2 cache, not 4 x 32

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Interesting...
hackapelite said:
^ Actually, the high-end nehalems WILL be available as a monolithic 8-core (16 logical processors).
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Yeah thats going to give AMD a run for it's customers... :p
MosIncredible said:
Nehalem's will be far from affordable at release.
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Probably true.
And judging by how the Penryn series came out their wont be a lot of them in stock.
Kornowski said:
That is true!
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Mmm hmm.. :p
Steelshivan said:
And why would you have to upgrade? Is having the latest and greatest system a hobby?

If it's not, it isn't like you actually need the better processor whatsoever.
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It is. :p
Unfortunately it's a very expensive hobby. :rolleyes:
computeruler said:
why did it say they were cheaper in the chart on the first page?
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Don't know.
Maybe they were misinformed...
They should be quite cheap compared to the Yorkshire though because some of their processors are part of Intel's Core 2 Extreme line instead of the Core 2 line..

Thanks guys...
Keep those answers coming.
 
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