Nehalems -- i7 -- Released

[asingh]

The new Intel processors and the respective chipset, X58, have been released.

*www.guru3d.com/article/intel-core-i7-920-and-965-review/

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  [*]Core i7 920 at 284 USD (mainstream)
  [*]Core i7 940 at 562 USD (performance)

• 
  [*]Core i7 965 Extreme at 999 USD (enthusiast)

• They have 4 physical cores (8 logical) on a 45nm fabrication process all on a single die.
  
• 731 Million transistors.
  
• No FSB -- the fast interconnect peripherals directly communicate with the chip, known as QPI -- Quick Path Interconnect.
  
• Hyper threading is back (from the P4 days).
• Mounted on a new socket LGA1366 (Socket B) -- complimented by DDR3 memory support (can support triple channel).

Asus has a mother board for this CPU - P6T Deluxe.

Also this page has a reviews on Enthusiast Gaming, based on the new CPU and chipset/motherboard.

*www.guru3d.com/article/core-i7-multigpu-sli-crossfire-game-performance-review/

• 
  [*]Radeon HD 4870 CrossfireX
  [*]Radeon HD 4870 X2
  [*]Radeon HD 4870 X2 Crossfire X (QuadFire)
  [*]GeForce 9800 GX2 SLI
  [*]GeForce GTX 260 SLI
  [*]GeForce GTX 280 SLI
  [*]GeForce GTX 280 3-way SLI.

Now lets hope/pray that prices come down.

Enjoy the articles..!

 

[Indyan]

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