Nehalem / X58...

[dntbloodshot]

2.9Ghz Nehalem and x58 article at tomshardware:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-x58-nehalem,5829.html

TLDR version:

Our sources indicated that Intel will release Bloomfield, the first of the Nehalem family at 3.2GHz, 2.93GHz and 2.66GHz and on an LGA1366-pin platform. Foxconn X58 MoboIntel's X58 chipOur test system used the 2.93GHz, but we can confirm that significantly higher clock frequencies are available.

 

[neoboy]

I'm too tired to digest the article, so will Nehalem only work with DDR3 then?

 

[doodah]

I'm too tired to digest the article, so will Nehalem only work with DDR3 then?

Just says this....

"Memory support will come in the form of DD3 with support for 800MHz, 1066MHz and 1333MHz frequencies initially. Total bandwidth will be 32GB/sec. with support for up to 24GB of total system memory initially. X58 motherboards will provide up to 6 slots of memory but will require that the first slot (DIMM0) be populated"

 

[Talrinys]

Nehalem will be only DDR3, and there would be no point in doing it any other way, the prices are hitting an acceptable level. DDR2 prices will start rising to DDR prices at some point, and besides DDR3 does offer benefits in terms of power cosumption etc that are great no matter if the performance is needed or not. This time i believe AMD will have to catch up, not like Intel rushing forward with DDR2.

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

Anybody else going to go for the 2.66ghz version?

guess it will take a good 6 months for the price to come down from around 300

 

[Azza]

Nope.

Santa will be bringing me the 3.2Ghz version.

 

[tbh]

Very good but ill wait till the Octocores

When will they be out anyhow?

Tis why am gonna wait till summer 09 and octocore it.... then never bother upgrading again

If remember correctly the only 8 core Nehalems will be for the server market, desktop users will get 6 cores with the 32nm shrink of Nehalem "Westmere". That is unless Intel have changed their roadmaps since I last looked, which is always possible.

 

[RoEy]

Can't wait!