Nehalem to become Core i7 processor

[goobimama]

Yup. Imagine running quad core on a mac. Only the rich mac pro owners have had the privilage of doing so. So congratulations, you are going to experience quad two years after everyone else, but at the same time, do it with STYLE.

Lame lame lame.

 

[╬Switch╬]

Lets just say it'll be easier to say than "CORE TWO DUO"

 

[IronManForever]

I guess it's more or less P7, but if they bring back P, then people will ask where did the P5 and P6 go after P4? I guess they branded them as Dual Core and Core2.

So, instead of the P, it's an 'i' I guess, more like Intel7... P1.....P2.....P3.....P4.....%#$.....^$%*.....i7

Well I'd call the dual core Pentiums(Pentium D) as Pentium 5. Though they were nothing more than two P4s glued together; yet they gave a marginal performance boost to people; Multi-core for the masses..
And then Id include, Core Duo, Core 2 Duo and finally Nehalm. So for me; this is Pentium 8. This kinda analogies make it hell lot easier to explain to my friends(all are noobs ) the whole line-up. Most of my friends dont even know anything newer than Pentium 4 !!

 

[comp@ddict]

Well, 999USD seriously, choke up, Intel's just robbing us all.
Have you ever read some benchmarks, then you should know that in REAL-TIME, a Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad with 2.67 GHz clock speed will give you the best performance.

So, if you have a Q6600 OC to 2.67GHz, and a QX9770, you won't get more than 5% rel-time performance increase trust me. And mind you, this also applies to the Core 2 Duo's.

So, it is not the increasing number of cores that is going to help, we need something new, something that created a revolution just like the Core2 xxxx did.

 

[IronManForever]

^^ Man I didnt understand a single bit of what you said.. Care to back it up? Maybe its me whos dumb but still?

 

[Maverick340]

I need a Core for Dummies book .. *sigh*

 

[hellgate]

Well, 999USD seriously, choke up, Intel's just robbing us all.
Have you ever read some benchmarks, then you should know that in REAL-TIME, a Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad with 2.67 GHz clock speed will give you the best performance.

So, if you have a Q6600 OC to 2.67GHz, and a QX9770, you won't get more than 5% rel-time performance increase trust me. And mind you, this also applies to the Core 2 Duo's.

So, it is not the increasing number of cores that is going to help, we need something new, something that created a revolution just like the Core2 xxxx did.

wats this buddy?do u hav any substantial proof to support ur views.cuz according to me this is nothing but crap.
cuz if this had been true we wudnt hav been spending on 3rd party coolers to oc ours procies to the xtreme and get the max perf out of them.
moind giving us some proof?
Thnx.

 

[IronManForever]

Well, 999USD seriously, choke up, Intel's just robbing us all.

True. But all the latest+best CPUs come in that range. Thats been the culture since I remember.

Have you ever read some benchmarks, then you should know that in REAL-TIME, a Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad with 2.67 GHz clock speed will give you the best performance.

Well; like you, we also read benchmarks; and we may be less qualified but have not come across any such review. We would be obliged if you would educate us in the matter.

So, if you have a Q6600 OC to 2.67GHz, and a QX9770, you won't get more than 5% rel-time performance increase trust me. And mind you, this also applies to the Core 2 Duo's.

Im so dumb.

So, it is not the increasing number of cores that is going to help, we need something new, something that created a revolution just like the Core2 xxxx did.

Lets stop increasing the cores. We need something better; let's start playing mario and enjoy 10000 FPS on our Celerons.

PS : Sorry dude; got time from another thread; this was something I wanted to post since long. I apologise for anything that's been demeaning as I intend good humour out of this.

Regards;
IronMan

 

[x3060]

all these cores, now just give the s/w that can utilize those...at least 2 , in proper condition , then we shall think about 4, or 8 or whatever .
most of apps don't even use that 2 to its full potential ,leave alone 4.

 

[desiibond]

Little specs on Nehalem:

731 million transistors for the quad core variant
45 nm manufacturing process
Integrated memory controller
DDR3 support (1 to 6 channel)
Native Quad core
FSB replaced by Intel QuickPath Interconnect
HyperThreading
off-die IGP (on same package)

What Wikipedia says about Intel QuickPath Interconnect:

The Intel QuickPath Interconnect or simply "QuickPath"[1][2] (the official legal name for Common System Interface or "CSI") is a point-to-point processor interconnect being developed by Intel, as a competitor to HyperTransport. QuickPath technology also includes an integrated memory controller.[3] It will replace the Front Side Bus (FSB) for Xeon and Itanium platforms. It is expected to be released in late 2008 and will first be used by Intel's Nehalem[4] and Tukwila[5] processors.

Performance numbers for QuickPath are reported to be 4.8 to 6.4 Gigatransfers per second (GT/s) per direction, and a link can be 5, 10 or 20 bits wide in each direction. Therefore the bandwidth provided by a full width link amounts to 12.0 to 16.0 GB/s per direction, or 24.0 to 32.0 GB/s per link.[6]

The initial Nehalem implementation uses a 20-bit wide 25.6 GB/s link (as reported in the Intel Nehalem Speech on IDF). This 25.6 GB/s link provides exactly double the amount of theoretical bandwidth as Intel's 1600 MHz FSB used in the X48 chipset.

 

[aytus]

all rit.. so the processors are here.. but where are the motherboards.?? intel preponded this launch.. but still motherboard manufacturers are not sure if they can prepare this 1366 boards in time //

 

[Cool G5]

When will this i7 be mainstream?
Thinking about my pc uprade later.