Intel Responds to AMD's Quad FX System with 8 core procy

[iMav]

Intel makes 8-core processing the new playground

At CES 2007 today, Intel announced a proof-of-concept PC designed specifically to counter AMD's 4x4 platform for gamers. Dubbed the "V8" system, Intel demonstrated a system running on a pair of quad-core Kentsfield Xeon processors for a total of eight physical cores.

The system runs at 2.4GHz utilizing a 1066MHz system bus and is loaded with FB-DIMM memory. The graphics card is supported by a single NVIDIA 8800GTX. According to Intel, the "V8" system dished out a score of 6089 on 3DMark CPU bench

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ab aayega maza .... im gonna wait a bit more for my upgrade

 

[ajayashish]

i will wait as well... but then i think will never be able to buy... this war is going to go on and on and on

 

[iMav]

yes thts true but if u see after p4 thr was a cold war ... a time wen neither was coming up with anything so i expect something like tht again after some time (not soon enough though)

 

[PCWORM]

oooooohhhhh.
that is grt....
but im crying 2 say that i cannot buy even a good core2 duo for myself

 

[ajayashish]

well that was not a cold war... but a CORE WAR

 

[paul_007]

well that was not a cold war... but a CORE WAR

LoLz LOlz ..

yeah u r right