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Intel 45 Nanometer, what happened?

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Intel 45 Nanometer, what happened?


Rahul Sood said:
We haven't launched Intel's 45 Nanometer processor as planned. We, like many, were hoping that it would work flawlessly on certain chipsets - and well, unfortunately it doesn't - not yet anyways. Even though we were getting close to qualifying it - last week we received some really bad news. The bottom line is we're working on a solution for Nvidia SLI, but at the moment there isn't one.

Interestingly enough there are those out there configuring this processor in configurations which we *know* are unstable. I think their customers will be in for major disappointment based on current issues. ..although there are certain configurations which do work, the question is whether they deliver a decent value to the customer. That said, it's not an issue of Intel's chip reliability, it's an issue of platform stability on certain non-Intel chipsets.

I don't want to get into the details, it's not a pretty situation. There is much confusion surrounding this launch -- it's somewhat unbelievable.
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its not just a die shrink there are some large changes to the CPU in general. interesting it has a problem with SLI chipsets. i really hope this doesnt push the cheaper launch further back. i dont think i can last longer with money burning a hole in my pocket :(
 
I hope they sell of the chips already processed that don't work well with SLI chipsets at a bargain basement price :D
 
happy days for Intel (sells more P35 and X38 boards) and AMD (sells more ATI crossfire setups).

Bad luck Nvidia...... i knew it had been dubious whether the 680/650 chipsets'd support Penryn, looks very dubious indeed now, especialy with Nvs tendancy to shelve problems when newer hardware comes out. My prediction is they "fix" it for the 7xx boards, but never release a fix for the 6xx series, forcing people to upgrade if they want Penryn. Since they never promised Penryn compatibility on the 6xx series they could technicaly do it without breaking spec on the older boards.

Nothing they havent done with their gfx cards before......
 
Oh Dohnut punching ^%%**** I was wanting to use this Q9550 in SLI!

Stupid Nvidia! Who wants to buy 2 8800 GTX's and 2 8800GT's?

grrrr

Looks like I am going down the Crossfire route then!
 
The reviewer testing the QX9650 at guru3d.com got on the phone with nvidia and they sent him a beta bios which allows the 680i to support penryn. Though it's still buggy.
 
prosk said:
That reviewer guy, he overclocked it to 4Ghz just by upping the multi to 12.
AFAIK guru3d is trustworthy. Here's the link to the QX9650 overclocking part of the review: http://www.guru3d.com/article/processor/471/4/
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guru3d said:
Now before we begin our benchmark session I clearly want to stipulate that I have opted for an NFORCE 680i mainboard purely for optimal overclocking.
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WTF?

If you want optimal overclocking for quad then you don't use 680i!!!!!

Also, the RETAIL chips are meant to be the ones with the issue, not the ES. ;)
 
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