Thursday, July 24th 2008
Intel Pre-pones Nehalem Launch
Intel Prepones Nehalem Launch
Although the introduction of Intel Bloomfield, the next-generation processor from Intel was slated for November later this year, sources at motherboard companies report that Intel could prepone its launch to September along with the X58 system chipset platform. However it is known that motherboard vendors will not be in a position to bring LGA-1366 socket based motherboard into retail channels until early October. This might not cause internal-competition between Intel's products.
Source:
DigiTimes
Although the introduction of Intel Bloomfield, the next-generation processor from Intel was slated for November later this year, sources at motherboard companies report that Intel could prepone its launch to September along with the X58 system chipset platform. However it is known that motherboard vendors will not be in a position to bring LGA-1366 socket based motherboard into retail channels until early October. This might not cause internal-competition between Intel's products.
39 Comments on Intel Pre-pones Nehalem Launch
Anyone know if X58 is DDR3 only? And I assume if I get a 4870X2 it will still work on the new platform?
Cheers.
I bet Morgoth will be ery happy with the possibility of getting his new set up earlier.
expected responses:
";) hey champ, come back tomorrow" , ":o I didn't finish it yet" , ":mad: s**** off bta!"
Anyways, it's pointless launching Bloomfield with no boards ready. Paper launches before schedule harm sales of existing products.
We knew the Q6600s were coming, and that they weren't native quads. We even knew Nehalem was being developed. It's just that not many people paid attention. So they ran out an got a Q, then a new E, then another Q and gained 10fps in the whole process.
Unless someone had a really aged system, I wouldn't recommend they upgrade at all right now.