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

6 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/intel-responds-to-amds-quad-fx-system-with-8-core-procy.46001/

iMav
iMav Original post #1
Jan 9, 2007 at 2:24 PM
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
Jan 9, 2007 at 2:32 PM
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
iMav #3
Jan 9, 2007 at 2:35 PM
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
PCWORM #4
Jan 9, 2007 at 2:48 PM
oooooohhhhh.
that is grt....
but im crying 2 say that i cannot buy even a good core2 duo for myself
ajayashish
Jan 9, 2007 at 3:16 PM
well that was not a cold war... but a CORE WAR
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Jan 9, 2007 at 3:49 PM
ajayashish said:
well that was not a cold war... but a CORE WAR


LoLz LOlz ..:)) :))

yeah u r right