Tigzxx

Nice chip, not worth $999.99 though. Ill stick with an i5 dual-core 650 with HT at 4.7 Ghz on air with a P55 board.
 

but clock-per-clock, core-per-core, the Gulftown is not much faster than Core i5 or Core i7 processors. Professional users stand to benefit a great deal from the additional 2 cores and Hyperthreading support, but this is clearly not a CPU for gamers and regular consumers.

Tigzxx

I thought the i9 was for the X58 board, socket 1366? Mabey I am wrong. 

Tigzxx

how many people do you think will buy this "i9" Cpu for $999 for just 2 more cores?

sirjamesddj

Going to the actual review link on the Fud site is like reading the Monty Python Swedish subtitles about how Realli a moose once bit my sister
http://pclab.pl/art39718.html

Our friends from PClab.pl have managed to score a sample of Intel's upcoming Gulftown Core i9 processor. Intel's 32nm, 6-core beast was put through its paces on three motherboards and the PClab crew compared the results to Core i5, Core i7, Core 2 Quad and Phenom II parts.

As expected, the 6-core clocked at 2800MHz made short work of the competition in all multi-core optimized benchmarks, but clock-per-clock, core-per-core, the Gulftown is not much faster than Core i5 or Core i7 processors. Professional users stand to benefit a great deal from the additional 2 cores and Hyperthreading support, but this is clearly not a CPU for gamers and regular consumers.

One of the major upshots of the new 32nm process is a significant reduction in power consumption. In most scenarios, Gulftown uses less juice than Core i7 and Core 2 Quad parts, which means a great deal in server applications. At 42°C it was also the coolest CPU in the test. PClab did not complete their overclocking tests and claim they'll have another go at it. However, they managed to squeeze out 4.3GHz on air, without much effort.

Check it out here.

kscott190

sirjamesddj

Going to the actual review link on the Fud site is like reading the Monty Python Swedish subtitles about how Realli a moose once bit my sister
http://pclab.pl/art39718.html

Our friends from PClab.pl have managed to score a sample of Intel's upcoming Gulftown Core i9 processor. Intel's 32nm, 6-core beast was put through its paces on three motherboards and the PClab crew compared the results to Core i5, Core i7, Core 2 Quad and Phenom II parts.

As expected, the 6-core clocked at 2800MHz made short work of the competition in all multi-core optimized benchmarks, but clock-per-clock, core-per-core, the Gulftown is not much faster than Core i5 or Core i7 processors. Professional users stand to benefit a great deal from the additional 2 cores and Hyperthreading support, but this is clearly not a CPU for gamers and regular consumers.

One of the major upshots of the new 32nm process is a significant reduction in power consumption. In most scenarios, Gulftown uses less juice than Core i7 and Core 2 Quad parts, which means a great deal in server applications. At 42°C it was also the coolest CPU in the test. PClab did not complete their overclocking tests and claim they'll have another go at it. However, they managed to squeeze out 4.3GHz on air, without much effort.

Check it out here.

Guess you didn't even bothered to read the article or you would had seen that they linked to the original

atfrico

kscott190

sirjamesddj

Going to the actual review link on the Fud site is like reading the Monty Python Swedish subtitles about how Realli a moose once bit my sister
http://pclab.pl/art39718.html

Our friends from PClab.pl have managed to score a sample of Intel's upcoming Gulftown Core i9 processor. Intel's 32nm, 6-core beast was put through its paces on three motherboards and the PClab crew compared the results to Core i5, Core i7, Core 2 Quad and Phenom II parts.

As expected, the 6-core clocked at 2800MHz made short work of the competition in all multi-core optimized benchmarks, but clock-per-clock, core-per-core, the Gulftown is not much faster than Core i5 or Core i7 processors. Professional users stand to benefit a great deal from the additional 2 cores and Hyperthreading support, but this is clearly not a CPU for gamers and regular consumers.

One of the major upshots of the new 32nm process is a significant reduction in power consumption. In most scenarios, Gulftown uses less juice than Core i7 and Core 2 Quad parts, which means a great deal in server applications. At 42°C it was also the coolest CPU in the test. PClab did not complete their overclocking tests and claim they'll have another go at it. However, they managed to squeeze out 4.3GHz on air, without much effort.

Check it out here.

Guess you didn't even bothered to read the article or you would had seen that they linked to the original

Nice Find. I'll be waiting for the cheap version of this one, if there is any of course
something to cheer u up Kscott a.k.a Naruto dude...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpso6AzReJ8

lehpron

Tigzxx

chris-nyc

Tigzxx
But, as noted in the review, the i9 isn't really intended to be a gamer/enthusiast cpu, it seems pretty much aimed squarely at the server/professional demographic.

Still, looks impressive and bodes well for the next gen enthusiast cpu down the road.

I thought the i9 was for the X58 board, socket 1366? Mabey I am wrong. 

 
 
First: there is no i9, it is just that a rumor spread and everyone (including those who make CPU-Z updates, being the reason why the name is identified in relating Gulftown to i9, they had to program it in ) suspects or just wants the name i9 (even though it will likely be an i7 as there is nothing architecturally and dramatically different between Westmere and Nehalem to change the same).  I advise refering to the CPU by the official Intel codename: Gulftown for LGA1366, which happens to be shared across X58 and 5500/5520 server chipsets.  They will be identical, both ones called "Core i" and the probable Xeon 5600 series, and can be interchanged (unlike Bloomfield and Gainestown CPUs).  Once EVGA supports one Gulftown type, they'll all work.  No one will be stuck on a $999 CPU, or the highway, if they want a 32nm LGA1366 part.
 
Second, the words "intended for", and "meant for" are not restrictive in use or function, except by BIOS.  Anyone who wants Gulftown(s) can get them, enthusiasts and gamers aren't so different from workstation users (both use high-end CPUs and multiple high-end graphics), hence why Intel lumped all single-socket people into X58, but away from P55, etc.  Those that want dual-socket can get an Intel 5500/5520 chipset board; none overclock though.
 
Besides, in the server world, dual-socket is mainstream; higher-end simply has more CPUs (and Nehalem Beckton 6- and 8-core CPUs for quad-socket is coming for them).  By comparison, Gulftown would be used for mainstream or low-end server uses too.

Tigzxx
With rumors id rather just wait and see, for now i will call it the i9.

seth89
what i would like to see is a dual 1366 motherboard with PCIe x 16 slots...
that thing would get crazy benching scores.

asus has one but its a server-like board.