Tuesday, January 9th 2007

Intel Responds to AMD’s Quad FX


With AMD's Quad FX processors recently launched with the ability to run a pair of dual-core CPUs, Intel has unveiled its next step to strengthen its hold on the market. At CES 2007, the silicon giant announced a proof-of-concept PC designed to counter AMD's 4x4 systems, named the V8. The system contains a pair of quad-core processors running at 2.4GHz using a 1066MHz system bus - when paired with an NVIDIA 8800GTX it manages to score 6089 on the 3Dmark06 CPU benchmark. However, it isn't all good news for Intel fans. The V8 system requires FB-DIMMs and only works with a single GPU at present, whilst Quad FX systems can use standard unbuffered memory along with multiple GPUs. If Intel doesn't manage to solve the problem with multi GPU support soon this may give AMD time to release 8x8 systems, which wouldn't be part of Intel's plan.
Source: DailyTech
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59 Comments on Intel Responds to AMD’s Quad FX

#51
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Wile ELets hope so. I'd take the small performance hit to get the benefits of FB-DIMM, if I could oc them.
The performance hit isn't that small. Considering the theoretic bandwidth is 25,6GB/s and benchmarks only get up to 6-7 (8 is already overclocked slightly) Latency is 89ns for me as well. I'd say the hit is quite large, though in real world applications this is not noticeable at all.
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Wile E
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DanTheBanjomanThe performance hit isn't that small. Considering the theoretic bandwidth is 25,6GB/s and benchmarks only get up to 6-7 (8 is already overclocked slightly) Latency is 89ns for me as well. I'd say the hit is quite large, though in real world applications this is not noticeable at all.
Sorry, I meant the small performance hit of oc'ed FB-DIMMs vs non oc'ed DDR2-800.
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#53
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Well, the performance increase from extra cores is nice too :)

Anyway, I'll bug you once I know more about overclockability of FB-DIMMs. ie when timings can be changed.
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#54
Wile E
Power User
DanTheBanjomanWell, the performance increase from extra cores is nice too :)

Anyway, I'll bug you once I know more about overclockability of FB-DIMMs. ie when timings can be changed.
That'd be awesome.
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#56
hat
Enthusiast
imagine oc'ing 8 cores..
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#57
zekrahminator
McLovin
Psssh, it's a load of crap. They're just showing off one of their servers with awfully expensive memory, and only one GPU slot. People will see this, and hopefully realize it's only good as a server before buying it. Trying to run say, Crysis while encoding 7 DVD's (eight cores) would bring the system to a crawl.
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#58
tkpenalty
lol... Whats next? Dual sound cards in SLI? Wait no!!!! OMG QUADCORE NORTHBRIDGE!!!
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#59
prime95
Quad core + server board = hack job. Doesn't quad fx support SLI/Quad SLI? This thing only looks like it has 1 video card in it... besides, 1 in a million people will ever be able to afford it... only to be disappointed that 8 cores really isn't doing them much good... except bragging rights.
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