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all of you guys ask why ! to prepare for the future plus their not telling you buy it buy it! you will do that when you need it man plus if you pay close attention size is reducing 32nm so let them continue building smaller processors that i will like to see small powerful computing devices.

cool for you dont need power i use a quad core and i barely game and i use up the 4 cores 3 to the top after 3 hours ausing them up audio recording is what i most do
 
I don't see why people are complaining so much about the introduction of this technology. Yes, it's expensive, and this particular chip is extravagant, but I remember when the quad core first came out as a similarly expensive extreme edition. Then the Q6600 came out, and I remember when I built my first computer in 2007 I was watching the price of the quad core chips... In January the Q6600 was in the $800 range, and by late spring/early summer it was in the $500 range. I bought it when it had gone down into the three hundreds later that summer. The technology of this chip will eventually trickle down to us, so I don't see how it's anything other than something to be excited about.
 
Thing is, I have a Core i7 920 that runs four cores at 2.67.
I don't want a Core i7 980X EE that runs six cores at only 2.40.

It's better at running multiple threads, but for day to day tasks it's actually slower!
 
[citation][nom]impulse fire911[/nom]wow i7 980X EE sounds so much cooler than i9. soon it will be "i7 99670 ZX ET Holy Sht Zomg RoflSauce. Extreme Verziun"[/citation]

I feel you, they really hsould call it that, just to piss people off XD
 
Actually, I will be one of those users out there, who WILL substantially benefit from this processor. It really is ironic how so many people have the "mindset" that if you use a computer, you can ONLY surf the web, play games, and watch porn. (Small minds) lol. Glory to VMware!
 
[citation][nom]Diabolical User[/nom]Actually, I will be one of those users out there, who WILL substantially benefit from this processor. It really is ironic how so many people have the "mindset" that if you use a computer, you can ONLY surf the web, play games, and watch porn. (Small minds) lol. Glory to VMware![/citation]

hey I need 12 cores at least to watch my porn,
it's special.
 
Innovation drives innovation, which creates demand, which keeps people employed. Don't think about "why do we need 6 cores?" but instead think "I can't wait until I can use my 6 cores!".
 
"hey I need 12 cores at least to watch my porn,
it's special."

"special ed" porn... ughh!
 
FSX will use the extra cores, but not many games will utilize more cores.

Apple's next MacPro will have two of the i7 980x for a 12 core setup as Motion, Final Cut Pro, Compressor, and Logic Pro are all capable utilizing more cores for video and audio rendering, processing, and compression.

For serious projects and not schoolboy stuff, 12 core MacPro can cut a 6 hour task done on 8 core MacPros down to 4 hours on a 12 core MacPro. Pretty significant for anyone that is doing something with their computer other than playing the same old 3D twitcher games.

Oh wait, forgot this is Tom's, anything that cost more than $200 is stupid and a complete waste ...
 
using my comp mostly for gaming , i want my i5 750 to hold its ground till ivy bridge or even haswell (around 4 years), considering that every game does not even use quad's fully now , and the GPU being more important anyway .
 
[citation][nom]leo2kp[/nom]Innovation drives innovation, which creates demand, which keeps people employed. Don't think about "why do we need 6 cores?" but instead think "I can't wait until I can use my 6 cores!".[/citation]

wonderful way of thinking ... i agree with u dude ! although folding@home comes to mind , but the GPU's have taken over in price/performance in that use .... gpu's will encroach upon x86 multicore market more and more as their programmability improves ... being a deve myself , i can say that fermi and Nexus ide tools are a huge step forward .
 
[citation][nom]V8VENOM[/nom]FSX will use the extra cores, but not many games will utilize more cores.Apple's next MacPro will have two of the i7 980x for a 12 core setup as Motion, Final Cut Pro, Compressor, and Logic Pro are all capable utilizing more cores for video and audio rendering, processing, and compression.For serious projects and not schoolboy stuff, 12 core MacPro can cut a 6 hour task done on 8 core MacPros down to 4 hours on a 12 core MacPro. Pretty significant for anyone that is doing something with their computer other than playing the same old 3D twitcher games.Oh wait, forgot this is Tom's, anything that cost more than $200 is stupid and a complete waste ...[/citation]


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1 macs use xeons witch are slower but more reliable then consumer pcs due to checking and a lack of media targeted features.

2 due to the use of xeons they also use EEC ram witch is also slower but more reliable.

3 the 6 core xeons are being priced at 2000 wont be seeing them in a mac anytime soon.

4 processors do not "stack" 2 cpus of the same speed is not x2 faster then 1 8 of one speed is not x2 faster then 4. in fact the more cpus you add to 1 task the more overhead you add to that task in addition to the gains.

sorry for the rant but the above comment just bugs the crap out of me.

you call it a high powered work station I call it a crapy server.
 
Hey, maybe they can write software that will offload some of the graphics calculations to the cpu when the graphics card is maxed out. If they could do this I might see the point, for home users.
 
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1 macs use xeons witch are slower but more reliable then consumer pcs due to checking and a lack of media targeted features.
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No, educate yourself here: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/rumor-apple-to-include-new-i7-980x-in-upcoming-mac-po.ars


2 due to the use of xeons they also use EEC ram witch is also slower but more reliable.
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Use of Xeon CPU has nothing to do with the double buffered ECC RAM used in the MacPro (if that's what you mean because there is no such thing as EEC ram) and the MacPros use DDR3 ECC SDRAM. Again, educate yourself here: http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MB535LL/A?mco=MTM3NDc3NjI

3 the 6 core xeons are being priced at 2000 wont be seeing them in a mac anytime soon.
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Again, educate yourself here: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/rumor-apple-to-include-new-i7-980x-in-upcoming-mac-po.ars

4 processors do not "stack" 2 cpus of the same speed is not x2 faster then 1 8 of one speed is not x2 faster then 4. in fact the more cpus you add to 1 task the more overhead you add to that task in addition to the gains.
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Do you know what QMaster is? Do you know what Compressor is? These are Mac applications/services that split up rendering and compression tasks that can be use internally on existing CPU cores or even externally using any networked processor. For each core you add, your task will get divided up accordingly and the time to completion gets reduced accordingly -- simple math. I you want to be really educated on how, then feel free to ask, but it sounds like you'd rather live in ignorance.

sorry for the rant but the above comment just bugs the crap out of me.
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Probably bugs you because your a PC fanboy.

you call it a high powered work station I call it a crapy server.
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That's because your uneducated about Macs as you've clearly demonstrated above.
 
Wow I bet this will make Ubuntu run FAST.....Oh and only cost half of my monthly income as well.
 
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