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Spoke too soon and ordered anyway, the Broadwell-E CPU's will fit X99 motherboards so unless new X99 motherboards offer some drastic new tech then I can just sell the 5820k down the line and drop a Broadwell-E in
^^Definitely doing the right thing in not buying x99 now. Too close to drop that much money with Broadwell-E release just around the corner.
Sort of related but, what do people think is going to happen when Zen comes along? Since it's rumoured to be about level with Broadwell in IPC, will Intel up the core count on their mainstream chips next year like has been suggested with Cannonlake?
^^Definitely doing the right thing in not buying x99 now. Too close to drop that much money with Broadwell-E release just around the corner.
Sort of related but, what do people think is going to happen when Zen comes along? Since it's rumoured to be about level with Broadwell in IPC, will Intel up the core count on their mainstream chips next year like has been suggested with Cannonlake?
If i remember correctly:
Broadwell-E is Q2
Skylake-E was meant to be end of the year but got moved apparently to Q1 2017.
There was also talks of skipping straight to Skylake-E due to how close they were. But i think that was just a rumour.
If anything gets dropped my money is on Skylake-E. Why? it will be a 14nm set of processors likely with 6 - 10 maybe 12 cores for the 'Enthusiast' line if it was to be released (in 2017 most likely). The problem is that Intel would be due to release 'Consumer' 10nm Cannonlake shortly afterwards (H2 2017)which is widely believed to be the first 'Consumer' CPU from Intel to come with 6 (+) cores.
Skylake-E would be a bit of a hard sell because of this (the Enthusiast roadmap lagging behind the consumer one)
Whose going to pay £££ for a 'premium' Skylake-E CPU and motherboard when a 6/8 core consumer CPU on a smaller node is snapping at its heels
Indeed. Ever since Sandy Bridge there's been "rumours" about the next generation consumer chips featuring up to 6 cores.It's only a rumor that Cannonlake will feature 6+ cores. Nothing confirmed yet, so no point worrying about something that isn't certain.
It's only a rumor that Cannonlake will feature 6+ cores. Nothing confirmed yet, so no point worrying about something that isn't certain.
It's only a rumor that Cannonlake will feature 6+ cores. Nothing confirmed yet, so no point worrying about something that isn't certain.