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

iMav · 09-01-2007, 02:24 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 · 09-01-2007, 02:32 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 · 09-01-2007, 02:35 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)