http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/ Engadget Comments for Gulftown processor dubbed Core i7-980X, making its debut Q1 2010? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
i6 for six cores obviously...

oh wait....]]>Dec 15th 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
Somebody wield the banhammer on this guy already... I've seen his spam on the last two articles I've read on Engadget.]]>Dec 15th 2009 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
To quote Daffy Duck from Ali Baba Bunny: "Mine Mine Mine! Go Go Go! Mine Mine Mine!"]]>Dec 15th 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
i say that all the time!]]>Dec 15th 2009 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
The X58 chipset supports only 2 x16 PCIE 2.0 slots not the processor. The 1156 socket processors are the ones that have the PCI-E lanes built onto the processor and not the chipset.

http://www.intel.com/Products/Desktop/Chipsets/X58/X58-overview.htm]]>Dec 16th 2009 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
I know, i probably won't need it, the performance difference won't be great. But i'm an idiot and for no apparent reason, i want this.]]>Dec 15th 2009 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/and a $1999 option for the mac pro !!]]>Dec 15th 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
joke is a joke :P : D]]>Dec 15th 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
i cant wait to hear more about intels h55 chip/set thats upcoming... another socket change, but onchip graphics :D
perfect for itx and embedded markets.]]>Dec 15th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
At this point there is not. A year from now? Maybe. ]]>Dec 15th 2009 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
According to channelweb there are fourteen 32nm processors coming mid-march. 12 are 5600 Xeons, 7 of which are quad cores, and the other two are 3.33GHz 6 cores in the form of this Core i7 and it's Xeon sister. This is normal for Intel when a socket is established, the lower priced 32nm single socket processors will come at some point later.]]>Dec 15th 2009 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
Meh, if I'm dropping that much on super-high-end cpu I really doubt that I'm going to care about using an extra $10 in electricity every year]]>Dec 15th 2009 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/I don't think it's not so much the cost of the electricity as the logistics of handling the seemingly ever-increasing heat output of these beasts. Granted, we're talking about the 'extreme' edition but some of us are more interested in seeing how much the move to the 32nm manufacturing process can reduce heat output while maintaining the same level of performance.

I personally don't think any of my games are even going to gain more than a few fps from running a 3.3 GHz hex-core cpu compared to a 2.8 GHz quad. I don't do anything else that's very CPU-intensive (sorry SETI/FOLDING people). I'd be very impressed if my next PC could do the same thing that my current one does while being passively cooled. I know there isn't much chance of that for another few years though. It would be possible now if it weren't for the fact that video cards are being released that run at over 100 degrees celsius out of the box and that this is considered acceptable.>:o(

Integrating graphics into the CPU could be very interesting and I hope it leads to future systems moving away from the CPU+GPU setup of today. Of course there will be enthusiast systems with dedicated graphics for quite some time but to me it makes sense to adopt an integrated approach to 'mainstream' graphics processing.]]>Dec 15th 2009 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/I don't think it's not so much the cost of the electricity as the logistics of handling the seemingly ever-increasing heat output of these beasts. Granted, we're talking about the 'extreme' edition but some of us are more interested in seeing how much the move to the 32nm manufacturing process can reduce heat output while maintaining the same level of performance, e.g. mobile, mATX, miniATX, etc.]]>Dec 15th 2009 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 16th 2009 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Huh. They should do that. 32nm, it's all good. But it might overheat too much.
Maybe they should just make a 32nm 4-core processor. Then Apple can be happy.]]>Dec 15th 2009 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
Really? It's the same as the current i7 9xx chips, and 10 W less than amd's 965. ]]>Dec 15th 2009 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/For a 3.3GHz 6 core CPU?? That's about 22W per core...]]>Dec 15th 2009 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
In that case please go back to fudzilla and stay there, thx]]>Dec 15th 2009 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/What's a Fudzilla? ...is it Mozilla's ugly sister?]]>Dec 15th 2009 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
Well, Core i7 Extreme. And what I'm hoping is that Apple decides to use these in the new Mac Pros in addition to the Gulftown Xeons so we can opt to save some money if we don't want a workstation processor.]]>Dec 15th 2009 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
For my next system I am seriously thinking of just going 6core-i7 to replace my dualQUAD Xeon. Anyone think it'll be a better machine?]]>Dec 15th 2009 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/
How sure are you that a memory error has never occurred? It's more of a preventive measure rather than a real necessity for workstations.]]>Dec 16th 2009 3:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 15th 2009 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 16th 2009 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 21st 2009 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 16th 2009 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/gulftown-processor-dubbed-core-i7-980x-making-its-debut-q1-2010/Dec 16th 2009 3:44PM