Intel Prepping 40 New Xeons for the First Half of 2012

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[citation][nom]eddieroolz[/nom]It would be so nice to be able to do a Xeon build, without breaking the bank.[/citation]

Oddly enough a 2P gaming computer would probably hurt you more than it would help you. Inter-process latency, inter-processor latency and memory latency have a huge detrimental effect on real time applications that aren't extremely well threaded.
 
[citation][nom]drumsrule786[/nom]I wouldn't mind a 16 core editing/gaming build. Too bad it would cost $5000 probably[/citation]

Oddly enough a 2P gaming computer would probably hurt you more than it would help you. Inter-process latency, inter-processor latency and memory latency have a huge detrimental effect on real time applications that aren't extremely well threaded.
 

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Each one will have its own designated chip-set, requiring the purchase of a new Intel motherboard for every upgrade to continue to milk profits from fan boys.
 
[citation][nom]bak0n[/nom]Each one will have its own designated chip-set, requiring the purchase of a new Intel motherboard for every upgrade to continue to milk profits from fan boys.[/citation]

its still worth every penny than sticking with AMD's dollar store CPU's
 

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Xeons and Opterons aren't the same as Core i's and Bulldozers. The Socket G34 is a very powerful platform, and for the server market right now a Bulldozer is better designed then the desktop based Xeon chips. Not to mention they are a bucket load cheaper. AMD is actually doing good in Server and Mobile markets.
 

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Nice. I wasn't expecting any IB Xeons until Q3. I'm glad I waited out Sandy Bridge.

Intel is competing with themselves, at this point. Look forward to some massive overclocking potential, as I'm sure they're pushing the 22nm nowhere near their limit.
 

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These are not for builds, although I am sure you will find them on Newegg... This is for the enterprise arena, As a admin with hundreds of servers, this is news worth waiting for, I just ordered 3 new servers for something, and the current model of Xeons are starting to show there age. This will be a large upscale. Since my next instulation will be 3 ESX servers, the more CPU power and memory support is key. These would not make a good home build at all.
 

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[citation][nom]Pinhedd[/nom]Oddly enough a 2P gaming computer would probably hurt you more than it would help you. Inter-process latency, inter-processor latency and memory latency have a huge detrimental effect on real time applications that aren't extremely well threaded.[/citation]

Dont know about the impact on the latencies, but i have a dual socket Xeon E5650's or 2x6 core Xeons for 12 cores/24 with HT and 48GB ram, it plays games just nicely =) with Radeon 58702gb. Its used mostly for AutoCAD and Revit renderings etc but i've never had a problem running any game at 5760x1080 (Eyefinity w/3 displays), in fact its very enjoyable!
 

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will be interested to see the performance of these new ivy bridge chips. considered replacing my aging i7 870 workstation recently with one of the sandy bridge e3-1200 cpus, but figured new models had to be coming out soon with ivy. just wondering what will be available for the different sockets & suitable for my needs. roll on Q2 :)
 
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