Intel i7 990x Six core for Q4 2010

Delta6326 · Rated PG Joined: 15 Jun 2010 Posts: 21

Intel is working on a newer high-end processor SKU based on its 32 nm "Gulftown" six-core design, the Core i7 990X Extreme Edition. It is reportedly slated for Q4 2010. The 990X will feature a higher default BClk multipler, and a higher resulting clock speed. Like the Core i7 980X Extreme Edition, it will feature an unlocked BClk multipler to help with overclocking. Gulftown features six cores on a monolithic die, with a triple-channel DDR3 IMC, and 12 MB of L3 cache. The launch of 990X is said to have been pulled forward by a quarter, as it was earlier reported to launch in Q1 2011.

The other six-core processor that is said to release before the 990X is the Core i7 970, a standard (non-XE, limited BClk multiplier) SKU that will be positioned in the upper-Performance segment, above current Core i7 quad-core SKUs. The Core i7 970 is slated for Q3 2010.

I need to get one of these!

thisjustanother · Rated PG Joined: 18 Jun 2010 Posts: 6 Location: Phoenix

i won the 980x at an intelgameon booth. im glad i didnt have to drop a thousand on one.

x.clay · Posted: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:57:23 Post Subject:

wow, nice prize. What are you planning to do with it?

knight0334 · Posted: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:35:29 Post Subject:

Ouch! $1000 for a processor? ...this reminds me of the early Slot A Athlon days.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:14:09 Post Subject:

And look, the $200 processors do everything I need, and then some :-)

Thank you guys for spending the $1000 to make your e-pen!s grow, so those of us with brains can get then same (or better) CPU 6 months later at 1/4 the price :-)

... and of course to thisjustanother... Hate you! Laughing

oasis789 · Rated PG Joined: 21 Jun 2010 Posts: 14

6 physical cores with h/t means 12 effective cores... OMG thats awesome. I wish I could afford one of these babies. And a air-conditioner for it.